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Legal method and writing / Charles R. Calleros.

By: Calleros, Charles R.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Aspen Law & Business, 2006Edition: 5th ed.Description: xxx, 590 p. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0735553750.Subject(s): Legal composition | Law -- United States -- MethodologyDDC classification: 808.066 34
Contents:
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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Includes index.

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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