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001 2013044563
003 DLC
005 20140415080333.0
008 131105s2014 nyuak b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013044563
020 $a9781454841548 (pbk.)
020 $a1454841540 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aKF250$b.E38 2014
082 00 $a808.06/634$223
100 1 $aEdwards, Linda Holdeman,$d1948-
245 10 $aLegal writing :$bprocess, analysis, & organization /$cLinda H. Edwards, Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
250 $aSixth edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bWolters Kluwer Law and Business,$c[2014]
300 $axxvii, 447 pages :$billustrations, forms ;$c26 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aAspen coursebook series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aFirst things first -- Outlining a rule of law -- Outlining a rule to organize your analysis of a legal issue -- Formulating a rule from a case opinion -- Formulating a rule from multiple authorities -- Using a rule to form the structure : special circumstances -- Writing the analysis of a single issue : rule explanation -- Writing the analysis of a single issue : rule application -- Writing the analysis of a single issue : organizing and writing the discussion of multiple authorities -- Writing the Analysis of Multiple Issues -- The office memo and the law-trained reader -- Organizing for your reader : the discussion section -- Completing the draft of the office memo -- Citations and quotations -- Revising for usage and style -- Writing professional letters -- Ethics, judges, and briefs -- Formulating and structuring a favorable rule -- Drafting working headings -- Writing the working draft -- The argument and the format of the brief -- The statement of facts -- Editing the brief -- Oral argument.
650 0 $aLegal composition.