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Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing : An Integrated Approach

ISBN: 9780132447997 | 0132447991
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
Pub. Date: 1/1/2000

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SummaryTable of Contents
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... MORE
Prefacexiii
Introduction To Legal Research, Writing, And Analysis
1(11)
Chapter Outline
1(1)
... MORE
Technology Corner
2(1)
Interoffice Memorandum
3(5)
Introduction
3(1)
Legal Research and Law Practice
3(1)
The Role of the Research Assistant
4(1)
Legal Publications
5(1)
The Law Library
5(1)
Types of Libraries
5(1)
Types of Materials Found in Law Libraries
6(2)
The Language of the Law
8(1)
Citing the Law
8(1)
Chapter Summary
9(1)
Terms to Remember
10(1)
Questions for Review
10(1)
Can You Figure It Out?
10(1)
Research Assignments and Activities
10(1)
Case Project
11(1)
Before You Begin
12(19)
Chapter Outline
12(1)
Technology Corner
13(1)
Interoffice Memorandum
13(15)
Introduction
13(1)
Law and American Government
14(1)
Federal Laws
14(1)
State Laws
14(1)
Relationship between State and Federal Law
14(7)
Sources of American Law
21(1)
Constitutional Law
21(1)
Statutory Law
21(1)
Administrative Regulations
21(1)
Case Law
22(1)
The Appeal Process
23(1)
Writs of Mandate
24(1)
Writs of Habeas Corpus
24(1)
Legal Error
25(1)
Stare Decisis
25(1)
Mandatory Authority and Persuasive Authority
25(1)
Relationship between Sources of Law
25(1)
West Topic and Key Number System and Lawyers Cooperative Total Client-Service Library
26(2)
Chapter Summary
28(1)
Terms to Remember
28(1)
Questions for Review
29(1)
Can You Figure It Out?
29(1)
Research Assignments and Activities
29(1)
Case Project
30(1)
The Starting Point: Analyzing Facts And Identifying Legal Issues
31(21)
Chapter Outline
31(1)
Technology Corner
32(1)
Interoffice Memorandum
32(18)
Introduction
33(1)
Know and Analyze the Facts
33(1)
How to Sort the Facts of a Client's Case
34(1)
How to Compare Case Law Facts with Your Client's Facts
34(6)
Legal Issues
40(1)
How to Identify the Legal Issues
41(1)
Issues in Your Client's Case
41(1)
Issues in a Reported Case
41(1)
How Issue Statements are Written
42(8)
Chapter Summary
50(1)
Terms to Remember
50(1)
Questions for Review
50(1)
Can You Figure It Out?
50(1)
Research Assignments and Activities
51(1)
Case Project
51(1)
Finding And Analyzing Case Law
52(41)
Chapter Outline
52(1)
Technology Corner
53(1)
Interoffice Memorandum
54(36)
Overview of Case Law and the Concept of State Decisis
54(1)
Where to Find Case Law
54(1)
Case Law Reporters
54(1)
Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw
55(1)
CD-ROM Products
55(1)
Internet
55(1)
What Is a Case?
55(1)
Case Citations
56(3)
Federal Case Law
59(1)
United States Supreme Court Case Law
59(17)
Other Federal Reporters
76(1)
Specialized Reporters
76(1)
State Case Law
77(1)
Regional Reporters
77(1)
Official Reporters
77(1)
Unofficial Reporters
77(1)
Other Sources
78(1)
How to Read a Case
79(1)
Components of a Case
79(10)
Official and Unofficial Publications
89(1)
How to Use Case Law
89(1)
Compare and Contrast the Facts of a Reported Case with Your Client's Facts
89(1)
Chapter Summary
90(1)
Terms to Remember
91(1)
Questions for Review
91(1)
Can You Figure It Out?
91(1)
Research Assignments and Activities
92(1)
Case Project
92(1)
How To Brief A Case
93(18)
Chapter Outline
93(1)
Technology Corner
94(1)
Interoffice Memorandum
94(14)
Purpose of a Case Brief
94(1)
The Components of a Case Brief
95(1)
Name and Citation of the Case
95(1)
Judicial History
95(1)
Facts
96(1)
Issue(s)
96(1)
Rule(s)
96(1)
Analysis or Reasoning
96(1)
Conclusion or Holding
96(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 Problems399(6)
Appendix B Basic Citation Reference Guide405(5)
Appendix C Creating Research Strategies410(5)
Appendix D Defendants' Joint Memorandum Of Points And Authorities415(33)
Appendix E Appellate Brief448(23)
Glossary471(6)
Index477

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