An edition of U.S. legal reasoning, writing, and practice for international lawyers
(2014)
U.S. legal reasoning, writing, and practice for international lawyers
by John Brendan Thornton
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Law, Legal research, Practice of law, Legal composition, Foreign Lawyers, Handbooks, manuals, Lawyers, united states, Law--united states, Legal research--united states, Practice of law--united states, Lawyers, foreign, Lawyers, foreign--united states--handbooks, manuals, etc, Kf386 .t483 2014, 349.73Places
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U.S. legal reasoning, writing, and practice for international lawyers
2014, LexisNexis
in English
076985656X 9780769856568
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Table of Contents
A brief history of the common law in the United States
Similarities and differences between civil law systems and the U.S. legal system
The constitution and the U.S. system of government
The three-tiered U.S. court system
Reading cases
Writing a case brief
Organizing information from cases
The civil litigation process in the United States
Deductive and inductive reasoning
Introduction to U.S. legal rhetoric
Contrasts between the rhetorical styles of english and of other languages
Writing the office memorandum: large-scale and small-scale organization
The heart of legal reasoning
Citations to authority
The question presented, the short answer, and executive summaries
The introduction, or statement of facts
Writing and editing the work: verb tenses, articles, plurals, and punctutation
Editing unnecessary language and checking for proper legal vocabulary, active voice, and action verbs
Overview of legal research
Working in U.S. law firms
Writing emails and the email memorandum
Writing client letters and letters to opposing counsel
Overview of contract drafting
Law school skills : preparing for and taking final examinations.
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Includes index.
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