The legal writing handbook : analysis, research and writing. / Laurel Currie Oates, Anne Enquist
Material type: TextSeries: Aspen Coursebook SeriesPublisher: New York: Wolters Kluwer, 2014Edition: 6th edDescription: xl, 897 p. : illISBN: 9781454841555Subject(s): Legal research -- United States | Legal compositionDDC classification: 808.06'634 LOC classification: KF250.O18Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY Law Library | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA KUMASI LIBRARY | KF250.O18(6e) (Browse shelf) | Available | KSL/1740/003/23 |
Includes index.
Contents: Making the transition -- The United States legal system -- Reading and analyzing statutes and cases -- Researching issues governed by State statutes and regulations -- Researching plan for issues governed by Federal statutes and regulations -- Researching issues governed by common law -- Researching constitutional issues -- Researching issues governed by federal, state or local court rules -- Citators -- Drafting memos -- Drafting memo 1 -- Drafting memo 2 -- Drafting memos requiring other types of analysis -- Drafting e-memos, email and other text messages -- Drafting letters -- Writing a motion brief -- Writing an appellate brief -- Oral advocacy -- Effective writing-the whole paper -- Connections between paragraphs -- Effective paragraphs -- Connections between sentences -- Effective sentences -- Effective words -- Eloquence -- Grammar -- Punctuation -- Mechanics -- Before you practice -- Legal writing for English-as-a-second-language writers --
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