Legal Writing and Analysis
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Legal Writing and Analysis, Fourth Edition, is a concise text that still has all of the clarity of Linda Edward’s writing style and process-based approach. In a sequence that mirrors legal practice, students learn to read and analyze the law; discuss and write about legal issues; compose office and email memos, professional correspondence, and briefs; and prepare oral arguments. This book teaches students how to use analogical reasoning, in addition to rule-based and policy-based reasoning, as a tool for synthesizing cases, how to organize a legal discussion using analysis and reasoning, and how to use precedent in persuasive legal writing, particularly with regard to cases.
Key Features of The New Edition:
Thoroughly updated
Discusses how to write an office memo via email
Demonstrates how to use the optional "deep issue" format when writing issue statements
Features expanded coverage of analogizing and distinguishing cases
Adds updates to the citation rules, consistent with current citation authorities
Author(s): Linda H. Edwards
Series: Aspen Coursebook Series
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, Year: 2015
ISBN: 1454857986 9781454857983
Legal Writing and Analysis, Fourth Edition, is a concise text that still has all of the clarity of Linda Edward’s writing style and process-based approach. In a sequence that mirrors legal practice, students learn to read and analyze the law; discuss and write about legal issues; compose office and email memos, professional correspondence, and briefs; and prepare oral arguments. This book teaches students how to use analogical reasoning, in addition to rule-based and policy-based reasoning, as a tool for synthesizing cases, how to organize a legal discussion using analysis and reasoning, and how to use precedent in persuasive legal writing, particularly with regard to cases.
Key Features of The New Edition:
Thoroughly updated
Discusses how to write an office memo via email
Demonstrates how to use the optional "deep issue" format when writing issue statements
Features expanded coverage of analogizing and distinguishing cases
Adds updates to the citation rules, consistent with current citation authorities
Author(s): Linda H. Edwards
Series: Aspen Coursebook Series
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, Year: 2015
ISBN: 1454857986 9781454857983
