Legal writing and analysis
By: Linda H. Edwards.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780735562296
Subjects: Legal composition; Briefs -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of the lawyer's role; title: The legal system, the common law process, and kinds of authority; title: Briefing and synthesizing cases; title: Interpreting statutes; title: Forms of legal reasoning; title: The writing process and law-trained readers; title: Large-scale organization: creating an annotated outline; title: Small-scale organization: explaining the law; title: Small-scale organization: applying the law; title: Discussing multiple issues: putting it all together; title: Deepening your analysis; title: Writing an office memo; title: Writing professional letters; title: Introduction to brief-writing; title: Questions presented and point headings; title: Writing the argument section; title: Standards of review; title: Writing a fact statement; title: Using legal theory to sharpen your arguments; title: Citations and quotations; title: Paragraphs, sentences, and style; title: Oral argument.