Legal reasoning and legal writing
By: Richard K. Neumann, Jr., Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University; Kristen Konrad Tiscione, Professor of Legal Research and Writing, Georgetown University Law Center
Contributors: Tiscione, Kristen Konrad, 1959-
Edition: Seventh edition.
Series: Aspen coursebook series
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9781454826972
Subjects: Legal composition; Trial practice; Practice of law; Law; Language
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Rule-based reasoning; title: An introduction to judicial decisions and statutes; title: Inside the writing process; title: More about writing; title: Office memoranda; title: Predictive writing; title: Selecting authority; title: Working with statutes; title: Working with precedent; title: Working with facts; title: A paradigm for organizing proof of a conclusion of law; title: Varying the depth of rule proof and rule application; title: Combining proofs of separate conclusions of law; title: Working with the paradigm; title: Paragraphing; title: Effective style; title: Quotations; title: Professional email; title: Orally reporting research results; title: Client advice letters; title: Developing a persuasive theory; title: Developing persuasive arguments; title: Motion memoranda; title: Point headings and subheadings; title: Statements of the case (or facts); title: Appellate practice; title: Appellate briefs; title: Writing the appellate brief; title: Questions presented; title: Oral argument.