Solution Manual - Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing 5th Edition by Putman & Albright All 19 Chapters Covered, Verified Latest Edition

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Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing, 5th Edition
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by Putman, Albright, Chapters 1 - 19
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PART I: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH, ANALYTICAL PRINCIPLES, AND THE
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LEGAL PROCESS.
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1. Introduction to Legal Principles and Authorities.
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2. Introduction to Legal Research and Analysis.
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PART II: LEGAL RESEARCH.
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3. Constitutions, Statutes, Administrative Law, and Court Rules—Research and Analysis.
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4. Case Law—Research and Briefing.
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5. Secondary Authority and Other Research Sources—Encyclopedias, Treatises, American Law
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Reports, Digests, Shepard's.
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6. Secondary Authority—Periodicals, Restatements, Uniform Laws, Dictionaries, Legislative
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History, and Other Secondary Authorities.
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7. Computers and Internet Legal Research.
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8. Commercial Internet Research.
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PART III: THE SPECIFICS OF LEGAL ANALYSIS.
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9. Legal Analysis—Key Facts.
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10. Legal Analysis—Issue Identification (Spotting the Issue).
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11. Legal Analysis—Stating the Issue.
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12. Case Law Analysis—Is a Case on Point?
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13. Counteranalysis.
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,PART IV: LEGAL WRITING.
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14. Fundamentals of Writing.
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15. The Writing Process for Effective Legal Writing.
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16. Office Legal Memorandum: Issues and Facts.
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17. Office Legal Memorandum: Analysis to Conclusion.
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18. External Memoranda: Court Briefs.
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19. Correspondence.
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CHAPTER t1: t: tINTRODUCTION tTO tLEGAL tPRINCIPLES tAND tAUTHORITIES.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Assignment t1 tAnswers .......................................................................................................................... 1
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Answer tthe tfollowing tquestions tregarding tthe tcourts tin tyour tstate:

1. Are tthere tlimited tjurisdiction tcourts tin tyour tState?

Answer: tThe tstate tconsidered there tis, tTexas tin tthe tUnited tStates. tFederal tcourts tare tthe tcourts tthat thave
tlimited tjurisdictions. tThey tonly thear tthe tcases twhich tare tapproved tby tthe tUnited tStates tconstitution.

tDistrict tcourts tare tthe tfirst tlevel tof tfederal tcourts twhere tlimited tjurisdiction texists, tfollowed tby tcircuit

tcourts tand tsupreme tcourts.




a. Name tthose tcourts:

Answer: tThere tare tfour tfederal tdistrict tcourts tin tthe tState tof tTexas. tThey tare tdivided tinto tUnited tStates
tDistrict tCourts tof tthe tNorthern tDistrict, tEastern tDistrict, tSouthern tDistrict, tand tWestern tDistrict tof

tTexas. tThere tare t14 tcourts tof tappeals tin tTexas twhich thave tintermediate tjurisdiction tin tcivil tand tcriminal

tcases twhich tare tappeals tfrom tthe tcountry tcourts. t And tlastly tthe tSupreme tcourt tof tTexas




b. What ttypes tof tcases tcan teach tof tthose tcourts tpreside tover?

Answer: tThe tcases tin tthe tdistrict tcourt tof tTexas tconsist tof tcriminal tcases, tdivorce tcases, telection tcases,
tcivil tmatters, tand tany tother tmatters twhich tare tnot tplaced tin tthe ttrial tcourt. tThe tcircuit tcourt tconsists tof

tthe tcivil tand tcriminal tcase twhich tis tappealed tby tdistrict tcourts. tThe tSupreme tCourt tof tTexas tis tthe tresort

tof tcivil tmatters tin tthe tUS. tTexas tCourt tis tthe tresort tof tcriminal tmatters.




2. What
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