Legal writing: Process, analysis, and organization

Legal writing: Process, analysis, and organization image
ISBN-10:

0316211257

ISBN-13:

9780316211253

Released: Jan 01, 1996
Format: Hardcover, 420 pages
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Description:

Instructors who want to concentrate on the basics of legal writing will welcome the new edition of this successful process-oriented text. LEGAL WRITING: Process, Analysis, and Organization, Fourth Edition, is a concise and straightforward guide for the beginner.<p class=copymedium> The book is designed to facilitate learning: <li class=copymedium>provides a basic guide to the skills of legal writing <li class=copymedium>process-oriented text takes students step by step through outlining, creating a working draft, creating the final document, and revising effectively <li class=copymedium>teaches reasoning and writing as two interrelated processes by integrating creating a rule of law into the writing process and linking it to the large-scale organization of the document The author pays close attention to different learning styles, keeping the book teachable and accessible <li class=copymedium>concrete explanations and examples reinforce the material <li class=copymedium>exercises help students build their writing skills <li class=copymedium>appendices include a sample office memorandum, trial brief, appellate brief, and cases uses in the examples and exercises</ul><p class=copymedium> Changes for the Fourth Edition enhance the teachability of the book: <li class=copymedium>two more sample documents are introduced, and all the documents in the appendices are identified as examples of particular common kinds of analysis <li class=copymedium>materials are streamlined wherever possible to control the length of the text <li class=copymedium>citation materials are fully updated</ul>











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