Legal Writing and Analysis

Classroom-tested features of this bestselling text include: - a consistent use of the legal method approach, from an opening chapter providing an overview of a civil case and the lawyer's role, to information about the legal system, case briefing, synthesizing cases, and statutory interpretation - an emphasis on analogical reasoning and synthesizing cases, as well as rule-based and policy-based reasoning, with explanations of how to use these types of reasoning to organize a legal discussion - a logical organization that starts with reading and analyzing the law and then moves on to writing the discussion of a legal question, writing an office memo and professional letters, and advocacy writing - chapters addressing style and formality considerations as well as oral advocacy - effective coverage of the use of precedent - a superior discussion of small-scale organization, including the thesis paragraph - numerous examples and frequent short exercises - a comprehensive Teacher's Manual The Second Edition offers - new exercises, including increased focus on first-year courses - a revision of Part Five on advocacy writing, streamlining the order of the chapters and adding more coverage of questions presented - an updated citation chapter - Chapter 12 on the Office Memorandum has been expanded to add another format for a question presented and is accompanied by an exampleEdwards, Linda H. is the author of 'Legal Writing and Analysis ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780735562295 and ISBN 0735562296.