Legal writing
Subtitle: process, analysis, and organization
By: Linda H. Edwards.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780735585140
Subjects: Legal composition
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: First things first: the process of writing predictively: the office memo; title: Outlining a rule of law; title: Outlining a rule to organize your analysis of a legal issue; title: Formulating a rule from a case opinion; title: Formulating a rule from multiple authorities; title: Using a rule to form the structure: special circumstances; title: Writing the analysis of a single issue: rule explanation; title: Writing the analysis of a single issue: rule application; title: Writing the analysis of a single issue: organizing and writing the discussion of multiple authorities; title: Writing the analysis of multiple issues; title: The office memo and the law-trained reader; title: Organizing for your reader: the discussion section; title: Completing the draft of the office memo; title: Citations and quotations; title: Revising for usage and style; title: Writing professional letters; title: Ethics, judges, and briefs; title: Formulating and structuring a favorable rule; title: Drafting working headings; title: Writing the working draft; title: The argument and the format of the brief; title: The statement of facts; title: Editing the brief; title: Oral argument.