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for
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
r r r r
Sixth Edition r
Joanne rB. rHames
De rAnza rCollege
Yvonne rEkern
Santa rClara rUniversity rLaw rSchool
Boston r Columbus r Indianapolis r New rYork r San rFrancisco
Amsterdam r Cape rTown r Dubai r London r Madrid r Milan r Munich r Paris r Montreal
r Toronto rDelhi r Mexico rCity r Sao rPaulo r Sydney r Hong rKong r Seoul r Singapore
r Taipei r Tokyo
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, ISBN-13: r 978-0-13-455984-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
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To rthe rInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapter r1: rIntroduction rto rLegal rResearch, rWriting rand rAnalysis 1
Chapter r2: rThe rStarting rPoint: rAnalyzing rFacts rand rIdentifying rLegal rIssues 7
Chapter r3: rFinding rand rAnalyzing rCase rLaw 12
Chapter r4: rHow rto rRead rand rSummarize ra rCase rLaw rDecision 20
Chapter r5: rConstitutions, rStatutes, rand rAdministrative rRegulations 27
Chapter r6: rStatutory rand rConstitutional rAnalysis 40
Chapter r7: rSecondary rSources 48
Chapter r8: rDigests 58
Chapter r9: rValidating rYour rResearch: rUsing rShepards, rKeycite rand rother rCitators 65
Chapter r10: rIntroduction rto rLexis rAdvance, rWestlaw, r& rBloomberg rLaw 75
Chapter r11: rComputer-Assisted rLegal rResearch r(CALR): rThe rFreely rAccessible rInternet
r 81 rChapter r12: rBasic rLegal rWriting rTools 86
Chapter r13: rThe rMemorandum rof rLaw: rPredictive rLegal rWriting 90
Chapter r14: rWriting rto rthe rCourt: rPersuasive rWriting 95
Chapter r15: rMotion rPractice: rResearch rand rWriting rIssues 100
Chapter r16: rLegal rCorrespondence 104
Testbank 123
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, To rthe rInstructor
The rSixth rEdition rof rLegal rResearch, rAnalysis, rand rWriting
When rwe rfirst rwrote rLegal rResearch, rAnalysis, rand rWriting, rwe rwere rconvinced rthat rstudents
rneeded ra rtext rthat rintegrated rresearch, ranalysis, rand rwriting rskills. rWe rremain rconvinced rof rthat;
rtherefore, rour rbasic rapproach rto rthe rsubject rmatter rhas rnot rchanged. rHowever, rlegal rresearch
rmaterials rand rthe rmethods rof rdoing rlegal rresearch rhave rchanged rconsiderably rover rthe rpast
rseveral ryears. rThe ravailability rof rlegal rresources rthrough rthe rInternet rhas rtremendous rinfluence ron
rthe rway rresearch ris rconducted. rNo rlonger rare rresearchers rconfined rto ra rlaw rlibrary. rThe
rwidespread ruse rof rall rforms rof rcomputer rassisted rlegal rresearch rrequires rthat rlegal rresearchers
rdevelop rnew rskills.
However, rthe rlaw rhas rnot rabandoned rthe rwritten rword rand, ras rany rexperienced rresearcher rknows,
rbooks rare roften rpreferred. rThe rnew rskills rthat rresearchers rmust rdevelop, rtherefore, rcannot
rsupplant rtraditional rresearch rskills, rbut rmust rcomplement rthem. rAs ra rresult, rmost rchapters rnow
rcontain ra rsection rincorporating rthe ravailability rof rlegal rresearch rmaterials ron rthe rfree rInternet.
r We rcontinue rto rhave ra rchapter rintroducing rWesttlaw, rLexis rAdvance, rand rBloomberg rLaw, ras
rwell ras ran roverview rchapter ron rInternet rresearch. r We rhave ralso rrefined rthe ruse rof rsample rpages
rfrom rprint rresources. r Since rlegal rwriting rcontinues rto rbe ra rsource rof rconcern, rwe rhave radded ra
rsection rto reach rchapter rprovidng ra rshort rwriting rexercise rwith rsuggested rsample ranswers rfound rin
ran rAppendix rto rthe rtext.
Practical Approach
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This rtext rassists rthe rinstructor rin rpresenting rmaterial rin ra rpractical rand rrelevant
rway. rEach rchapter ropens rwith ra rshort rmemorandum rFrom rthe rDesk rof rW. rJ.
Bryan, rEsq., rthat rcontains ra rhypothetical rfactual rsituation rto rbe rresearched rand
ranalyzed rby ra rfictional rresearch rassociate. rThe rmemorandum rapproach rhelps rto
rintroduce rthe rtopic rof rthe rchapter rand rto rengage rthe rstudent’s rimagination.
rEach rchapter rcontains rfigures rwith rsample rpages rfrom rprint rresources, rscreen
rshots rfrom ronline rsources, ror rexamples rof rlegal rwriting rso ras rto rillustrate rtext
rmaterial.
One rfeature rat rthe rend rof rthe rchapter, rCan rYou rFigure rIt rOut?, rrequires rstudents rto
ranswer rquestions rrelated rto rthese rfigures. rFurthermore, rbecause rlearning rto rdo rlegal
rresearch rrequires rhands-on rexperience, rat rthe rend rof reach rchapter rare rresearch,
ranalysis, rcitation, rand rwriting rexercises. rResearch rassignments rcan rbe rperformed
in ra rlibrary ror, rin rmany rcases, ronline. r(Answers rto rmost rof rthese rexercises rare
rfound rin ran rInstructor’s rManual.) rSo rthat rstudents rcan rbuild rconfidence rprior rto
rusing ra rlibrary ror ronline rresource, rexercises rare rfound rin ra rchapter rend rfeature,
rTest rYourself. rAnswers rto rselected rresearch rproblems rare rfound rin rAppendix rG
rto rthe rtext.
Each rchapter ralso raddresses rimportant rwriting rissues rin rend-of-chapter
rfeatures. rTest rYourself ralso rcontains ra rsection rentitled r“Write rIt rRight.”
rHere
students rfind ra rwriting rassignment rpreceded rby ran rexplanation rand rexample. rSuggested
ranswers rto rthe rwriting rassignment rare rgenerally rprovided rin rAppendix rG.
This rfeature rcovers ra rvariety rof rlegal rwriting rissues.
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, All rchapters ralso rinclude ra rChapter rSummary, rTerms rto rRemember,
rCitation rMatters, rand rQuestions rfor rReview, ras rwell ras ra rCase rProject.
rThis rsection rallows rstudents rand rinstructors rto rselect rone rhypothetical rcase
r(many
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