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" Legal writing : "
Linda H. Edwards, E. L. Cord Foundation Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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BL
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849750
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| Main Entry
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Edwards, Linda Holdeman,1948-
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Legal writing : : process, analysis, and organization /\ Linda H. Edwards, E. L. Cord Foundation Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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| Edition Statement
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Seventh edition.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Wolters Kluwer,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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| Series Statement
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Aspen coursebook series
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xxiii, 407 pages :: forms ;; 26 cm.
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| ISBN
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1454895918
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: 9781454895916
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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First things first -- Outlining rules -- Using rules to organize your analysis -- Finding a rule in a statute -- Finding a rule in a case -- Finding a rule from multiple authorities -- Analyzing a single issue: rule explanation -- Analyzing a single issue: rule application -- Analyzing a single issue: using multiple authorities -- Analyzing 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 -- Structuring the argument: first steps -- Finding and structuring a more favorable rule -- Writing the working draft: first steps -- Refining the arguments: the standard of review and the question presented -- The statement of facts -- Converting the draft to a brief -- Editing the brief -- Oral argument.
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Legal composition.
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Legal composition.
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| Dewey Classification
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808.06/634
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KF250.E38 2018
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