Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing

by: Hames, Joanne Banker; Ekern, Yvonne

Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing

by: Hames, Joanne Banker; Ekern, Yvonne

ISBN 13:
9780132447997
ISBN 10:
0132447991
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2000
Publisher: Pearson College Div
Newer Edition

Rent

Sorry, this item is currently unavailable.

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Extend or Purchase Your Rental at Any Time

Need to keep your rental past your due date? At any time before your due date you can extend or purchase your rental through your account.

Summary

This book presents a practical, integrated approach to legal research, analysis, and writing. It provides readers with all the basic tools they need to research and analyze a problem as well as communicate the results of their research. Introduction to Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis. Analyzing Facts and Identifying Legal Issues. Finding and Analyzing Case Law. How to Brief a Case. Constitutions, Statutes, and Administrative Regulations. Statutory and Constitutional Analysis. Computer Assisted Legal Research (CLAR). How to Create Research Strategies. Basic Legal Writing Tools. Legal Writing. For paralegals or anyone else interested in improving or learning the skills of legal research, analysis, and writing.

Preface

xiii

Introduction To Legal Research, Writing, And Analysis

(11)

Chapter Outline

(1)

Technology Corner

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

(5)

Introduction

(1)

Legal Research and Law Practice

(1)

The Role of the Research Assistant

(1)

Legal Publications

(1)

The Law Library

(1)

Types of Libraries

(1)

Types of Materials Found in Law Libraries

(2)

The Language of the Law

(1)

Citing the Law

(1)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Terms to Remember

(1)

Questions for Review

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

(1)

Research Assignments and Activities

(1)

Case Project

(1)

Before You Begin

(19)

Chapter Outline

(1)

Technology Corner

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

(15)

Introduction

(1)

Law and American Government

(1)

Federal Laws

(1)

State Laws

(1)

Relationship between State and Federal Law

(7)

Sources of American Law

(1)

Constitutional Law

(1)

Statutory Law

(1)

Administrative Regulations

(1)

Case Law

(1)

The Appeal Process

(1)

Writs of Mandate

(1)

Writs of Habeas Corpus

(1)

Legal Error

(1)

Stare Decisis

(1)

Mandatory Authority and Persuasive Authority

(1)

Relationship between Sources of Law

(1)

West Topic and Key Number System and Lawyers Cooperative Total Client-Service Library

(2)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Terms to Remember

(1)

Questions for Review

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

(1)

Research Assignments and Activities

(1)

Case Project

(1)

The Starting Point: Analyzing Facts And Identifying Legal Issues

(21)

Chapter Outline

(1)

Technology Corner

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

(18)

Introduction

(1)

Know and Analyze the Facts

(1)

How to Sort the Facts of a Client's Case

(1)

How to Compare Case Law Facts with Your Client's Facts

(6)

Legal Issues

(1)

How to Identify the Legal Issues

(1)

Issues in Your Client's Case

(1)

Issues in a Reported Case

(1)

How Issue Statements are Written

(8)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Terms to Remember

(1)

Questions for Review

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

(1)

Research Assignments and Activities

(1)

Case Project

(1)

Finding And Analyzing Case Law

(41)

Chapter Outline

(1)

Technology Corner

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

(36)

Overview of Case Law and the Concept of State Decisis

(1)

Where to Find Case Law

(1)

Case Law Reporters

(1)

Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw

(1)

CD-ROM Products

(1)

Internet

(1)

What Is a Case?

(1)

Case Citations

(3)

Federal Case Law

(1)

United States Supreme Court Case Law

(17)

Other Federal Reporters

(1)

Specialized Reporters

(1)

State Case Law

(1)

Regional Reporters

(1)

Official Reporters

(1)

Unofficial Reporters

(1)

Other Sources

(1)

How to Read a Case

(1)

Components of a Case

(10)

Official and Unofficial Publications

(1)

How to Use Case Law

(1)

Compare and Contrast the Facts of a Reported Case with Your Client's Facts

(1)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Terms to Remember

(1)

Questions for Review

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

(1)

Research Assignments and Activities

(1)

Case Project

(1)

How To Brief A Case

(18)

Chapter Outline

(1)

Technology Corner

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

(14)

Purpose of a Case Brief

(1)

The Components of a Case Brief

(1)

Name and Citation of the Case

(1)

Judicial History

(1)

Facts

(1)

Issue(s)

(1)

Rule(s)

(1)

Analysis or Reasoning

(1)

Conclusion or Holding

(5)

How to Write a Case Brief

101

(5)

Analysis and the Case Brief

106

(1)

An Approach to a Daunting Project

106

(2)

Chapter Summary

108

(1)

Terms to Remember

109

(1)

Questions for Review

109

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

109

(1)

Research Assignments and Activities

109

(2)

Constitutions, Statutes, And Administrative Regulations

111

(35)

Chapter Outline

111

(1)

Technology Corner

112

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

112

(28)

Introduction

112

(1)

Constitutions

113

(1)

Federal Statutory Law

113

(1)

Enactment of Statutory Law

113

(5)

Initial Publications of Statutes

118

(2)

United States Codes

120

(4)

Legislative Histories

124

(1)

United States Code Publications

124

(1)

Pocket Part Supplements

125

(1)

State Statutory Law

125

(6)

Local Ordinances

131

(1)

Administrative Regulations

131

(5)

Court Rules

136

(1)

Uniform Laws and Model Codes

136

(1)

Finding Constitutional Provisions, Statutory Law, Administrative Regulations and Rules of Court

137

(1)

Finding the Law

137

(3)

Finding Administrative Regulations and Rules of Court

140

(1)

Chapter Summary

140

(3)

Terms to Remember

143

(1)

Questions for Review

143

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

144

(1)

Research Assignments and Activites

144

(1)

Case Project

145

(1)

Statutory And Constitutional Analysis

146

(29)

Chapter Outline

146

(1)

Technology Corner

147

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

148

(24)

Introduction

148

(1)

Statutory Analysis

149

(1)

Outline Statutory Language

149

(1)

Review Case Law that Interprets Code Provisions

150

(1)

Review Other Code Sections

150

(9)

Watch Your Dates

159

(1)

Legislative History

159

(1)

Applying Statutory Law to a Fact Pattern

160

(9)

Constitutional Analysis

169

(1)

Federalism---the Relationship Between Federal and State Government

170

(2)

Chapter Summary

172

(1)

Terms to Remember

172

(1)

Questions for Review

172

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

172

(1)

Research Assignment and Activities

173

(1)

Case Project

174

(1)

Secondary Sources

175

(36)

Chapter Outline

175

(1)

Technology Corner

176

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

176

(32)

Introduction

176

(1)

Features of Secondary Source Materials

177

(7)

Legal Encyclopedias: American Jurisprudence 2nd and Corpus Juris Secundum

184

(1)

Using Legal Encyclopedias

184

(5)

American Law Reports

189

(1)

Using A. L. R.

190

(13)

Treatises

203

(1)

Using a Treatise

204

(1)

Periodicals

204

(1)

Guides to Periodicals

204

(3)

Looseleaf Services

207

(1)

Chapter Summary

208

(1)

Terms to Remember

208

(1)

Questions for Review

208

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

209

(1)

Research Assignments and Activities

209

(1)

Case Project

210

(1)

Digests and Miscellaneous Research Tools

211

(32)

Chapter Outline

211

(1)

Technology Corner

212

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

212

(29)

Introduction

213

(1)

Digests

213

(1)

Headnotes

213

(3)

Digest Topics

216

(1)

West Digests

216

(1)

The American Digest System

216

(5)

State Digests

221

(1)

Federal and Supreme Court Digests

221

(1)

Specialty Digests

221

(1)

West Digests

221

(6)

LEXIS Law Publishing Digests

227

(1)

Using Digests

227

(1)

Restatement of Law

228

(1)

Form Books

229

(1)

Pattern Jury Instructions

229

(8)

The Legal Dictionary and Legal Thesaurus

237

(4)

Chapter Summary

241

(1)

Terms to Remember

241

(1)

Questions for Review

241

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

242

(1)

Research Assignments and Activities

242

(1)

Case Project

242

(1)

Validating Your Research: Using Shepard's And Other Citators

243

(26)

Chapter Outline

243

(1)

Technology Corner

244

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

244

(20)

Introduction to Citators

244

(1)

Shepard's Citations

245

(1)

Shepard's Case Citations

246

(6)

Shepard's Case Citators in Print

252

(3)

Shepard's Cases on CD-ROM

255

(1)

Shepard's On-line

256

(1)

Shepard's Statutory Citators

257

(4)

Other Electronic Citators

261

(3)

Cite Checking a Document

264

(1)

Chapter Summary

264

(1)

Terms to Remember

265

(1)

Questions for Review

265

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

265

(1)

Research Assignments and Activites

266

(1)

Case Projects

267

(2)

Computer Assisted Legal Research (Calr)

269

(16)

Chapter Outline

269

(1)

Technology Corner

270

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

270

(12)

Introduction

270

(1)

Types of Computer Assisted Legal Research (Calr)

271

(1)

CD-ROM

271

(1)

LEXIS-NEXIS

271

(2)

Westlaw

273

(1)

Internet

273

(1)

Intranets

274

(1)

Search Methods

275

(1)

Full Text Searching

276

(1)

Boolean Searching

277

(2)

Natural Language Searches

279

(1)

Locating Known Citations

279

(1)

Preparing to Search

279

(2)

Search Possibilities and Problems

281

(1)

Software Enhancements

281

(1)

Chapter Summary

282

(1)

Terms to Remember

282

(1)

Questions for Review

283

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

283

(1)

Research Assignments and Activities

283

(1)

Case Project

284

(1)

How To Create Research Strategies

285

(41)

Chapter Outline

285

(1)

Technology Corner

286

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

286

(38)

Introduction

286

(1)

Create the Vocabulary List

287

(1)

Formulate the Issue for Initial Research Purposes

287

(1)

Use the Legal Dictionary and Thesaurus

287

(1)

Create a Research Plan Before Going to the Law Library

288

(1)

Take Your Research Terms/Vocabulary to the Indexes

289

(8)

Effective Use of the Index Volumes Enables You to Add Terms to Your Research Vocabulary List

297

(13)

When to Begin Research in Primary Sources

310

(1)

When to Begin Research in Secondary Sources

311

(11)

Update and Validate Your Research Results

322

(1)

Take Notes When Working with Printed Materials

322

(1)

Take Notes and Record Results When Working with On-Line or CD-ROM Materials

323

(1)

Organization of Photocopied or Downloaded Materials

323

(1)

Chapter Summary

324

(1)

Terms to Remember

324

(1)

Questions for Review

325

(1)

Research Assignments and Activities

325

(1)

Case Project

325

(1)

Basic Legal Writing Tools

326

(9)

Chapter Outline

326

(1)

Technology Corner

327

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

327

(7)

Initial Considerations After Completion of the Research

327

(1)

Overview of a Legal Research and Writing Project

327

(1)

The Thesis Paragraph

328

(1)

How to Arrange a Thesis Paragraph

328

(1)

Paragraphs in General

329

(1)

The Role of Topic Sentences

329

(1)

Construction of a Well-Written Paragraph

330

(1)

Sentences

330

(1)

Use Topic Sentences

331

(1)

Use Active Voice

331

(1)

Keep Legal Writing Simple

331

(1)

Use Short Sentences

331

(1)

Avoid Unnecessary Words

332

(1)

Use Specifice, Concrete Terms

332

(1)

Persuasive Writing

332

(1)

Overview of the Editing and Revision Process

333

(1)

Chapter Summary

334

(1)

Terms to Remember

334

(1)

Questions for Review

334

(1)

Research Assignments and Projects

334

(1)

Legal Writing: Writing To Inform

335

(30)

Chapter Outline

335

(1)

Technology Corner

336

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

336

(27)

Introduction

336

(1)

Memorandum of Law

337

(1)

Format for a Memorandum of Law

338

(1)

Preparing to Write the Memorandum of Law

339

(1)

Organizing a Memorandum

339

(1)

Situations Controlled by Statutory Law

339

(2)

Situations Controlled by Case Law

341

(7)

Writing the Memorandum of Law

348

(1)

Statement of Facts

348

(1)

Issue Statement

348

(1)

Discussion

348

(1)

Analysis

349

(1)

Citing Authorities

349

(1)

Conclusion

350

(11)

Opinion Letters

361

(2)

Chapter Summary

363

(1)

Terms to Remember

363

(1)

Questions for Review

363

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

364

(1)

Research Assignments and Activities

364

(1)

Case Project

364

(1)

Writing To The Court

365

(34)

Chapter Outline

365

(1)

Technology Corner

366

(1)

Interoffice Memorandum

366

(29)

Introduction

366

(1)

Rules of Court

367

(1)

Common Features

367

(1)

Case Caption

367

(1)

Table of Contents

367

(2)

Table of Authorities

369

(1)

Statement of Facts

369

(8)

Statement of Issue(s) or Questions Presented

377

(1)

Summary of Argument

377

(3)

Argument

380

(1)

Conclusion

380

(1)

Signature

380

(11)

Memorandum of Points and Authorities

391

(1)

Declarations

392

(2)

Trial Briefs

394

(1)

Appellate Briefs

394

(1)

Role of Research Assistant

395

(1)

Chapter Summary

395

(2)

Terms to Remember

397

(1)

Questions for Review

397

(1)

Can You Figure It Out?

397

(1)

Research Assignments and Activities

398

(1)

Case Project

398

(1)

Appendix A Research Problems

399

(6)

Appendix B Basic Citation Reference Guide

405

(5)

Appendix C Creating Research Strategies

410

(5)

Appendix D Defendants' Joint Memorandum Of Points And Authorities

415

(33)

Appendix E Appellate Brief

448

(23)

Glossary

471

(6)

Index

477

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing

Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing

9780132447997

0132447991

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

Write a Review

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing

Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing

9780132447997

0132447991

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

Write a Review

Related Products