Calleros, Charles R.

Legal method and writing / Charles R. Calleros. - 6th ed. - Austin : New York, NY : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; Aspen Publishers, c2011. - xxx, 613 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - Aspen coursebook series . - Aspen coursebook series. .

Introduction to writing style : policy, purpose, and audience -- Overview of the case method of study -- Common law -- Legislation -- The role of precedent : the court system and stare decisis -- Deductive reasoning and IRAC-introduction to legal analysis -- Case briefs -- Reorganization, summary, and inductive reasoning in outline form -- Essay examinations -- Introduction to the law library -- Content of the office memorandum of law -- Organization of office memoranda and briefs -- Legal writing style in the office memorandum -- Presenting, quoting, and citing to authority -- Advocacy : overview and ethics -- Developing your legal arguments -- Expressing your advocacy : persuasive writing style and oral argument -- Pleadings -- Motion for summary judgment -- Motion to exclude evidence before trial -- Standards of appellate review -- The brief-effective appellate advocacy -- Contracts -- Advice letters -- Demand letters.

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Legal composition.
Law--Methodology.--United States

KF250 / .C345 2011

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