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Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing 6th Edition by Joanne
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, ISBN-13:l 978-0-13-455984-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
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TolthelInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapterl1:lIntroductionltolLegallResearch,lWritinglandlAnalysis 1
Chapterl2:lThelStartinglPoint:lAnalyzinglFactslandlIdentifyinglLegallIssues 7
Chapterl3:lFindinglandlAnalyzinglCaselLaw 12
Chapterl4:lHowltolReadlandlSummarizelalCaselLawlDecision 20
Chapterl5:lConstitutions,lStatutes,landlAdministrativelRegulations 27
Chapterl6:lStatutorylandlConstitutionallAnalysis 40
Chapterl7:lSecondarylSources 48
Chapterl8:lDigests 58
Chapterl9:lValidatinglYourlResearch:lUsinglShepards,lKeycitelandlotherlCitators 65
Chapterl10:lIntroductionltolLexislAdvance,lWestlaw,l&lBloomberglLaw 75
Chapterl11:lComputer-
AssistedlLegallResearchl(CALR):lThelFreelylAccessiblelInternetl 81lChapterl12:lBasiclLegallWritingl
Tools
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Chapterl13:lThelMemorandumloflLaw:lPredictivelLegallWriting 90
Chapterl14:lWritingltolthelCourt:lPersuasivelWriting 95
Chapterl15:lMotionlPractice:lResearchlandlWritinglIssues 100
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,Chapterl16:lLegallCorrespondence 104
Testbank 123
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ThelSixthlEditionloflLegallResearch,lAnalysis,landlWriting
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thatlintegratedlresearch,lanalysis,landlwritinglskills.lWelremainlconvincedloflthat;ltherefore,lourlbasiclap
proachltolthelsubjectlmatterlhaslnotlchanged.lHowever,llegallresearchlmaterialslandlthelmethodslofldoingl
legallresearchlhavelchangedlconsiderablyloverlthelpastlseverallyears.lThelavailabilitylofllegallresourcesl
throughlthelInternetlhasltremendouslinfluencelonlthelwaylresearchlislconducted.lNollongerlarelresearchersl
confinedltolallawllibrary.lThelwidespreadluseloflalllformsloflcomputerlassistedllegallresearchlrequireslthat
llegallresearchersldeveloplnewlskills.
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areloftenlpreferred.lThelnewlskillslthatlresearcherslmustldevelop,ltherefore,lcannotlsupplantltraditionallre
searchlskills,lbutlmustlcomplementlthem.lAslalresult,lmostlchapterslnowlcontainlalsectionlincorporatinglthela
vailabilitylofllegallresearchlmaterialslonlthelfreelInternet.l WelcontinueltolhavelalchapterlintroducinglWes
ttlaw,lLexislAdvance,landlBloomberglLaw,laslwelllaslanloverviewlchapterlonlInternetlresearch.l Welhavela
lsolrefinedltheluseloflsamplelpageslfromlprintlresources.l Sincellegallwritinglcontinuesltolbelalsourceloflconc
ern,lwelhaveladdedlalsectionltoleachlchapterlprovidnglalshortlwritinglexerciselwithlsuggestedlsamplelans
werslfoundlinlanlAppendixltoltheltext.
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apterlopenslwithlalshortlmemorandumlFromlthelDeskloflW.lJ.
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dlbylalfictionallresearchlassociate.lThelmemorandumlapproachlhelpsltolintroducelthelt
opicloflthelchapterlandltolengagelthelstudent’slimagination.lEachlchapterlcontainslfigur
eslwithlsamplelpageslfromlprintlresources,lscreenlshotslfromlonlinelsources,lorlexamples
lofllegallwritinglsolasltolillustrateltextlmaterial.
Onelfeaturelatlthelendloflthelchapter,lCanlYoulFigurelItlOut?,lrequireslstudentsltolanswerlq
uestionslrelatedltoltheselfigures.lFurthermore,lbecausellearningltoldollegallresearchlrequir
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onlexperience,latlthelendlofleachlchapterlarelresearch,lanalysis,lcitation,landlwritinglexer
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inlallibrarylor,linlmanylcases,lonline.l(AnswersltolmostlofltheselexerciseslarelfoundlinlanlI
nstructor’slManual.)lSolthatlstudentslcanlbuildlconfidencelpriorltolusinglallibrarylorlonlin
elresource,lexerciseslarelfoundlinlalchapterlendlfeature,lTestlYourself.lAnswersltolselect
edlresearchlproblemslarelfoundlinlAppendixlGltoltheltext.
Eachlchapterlalsoladdresseslimportantlwritinglissueslinlend-of-
chapterlfeatures.lTestlYourselflalsolcontainslalsectionlentitledl“WritelItlRight.”lHere
studentslfindlalwritinglassignmentlprecededlbylanlexplanationlandlexample.lSuggestedlanswersltolt
helwritinglassignmentlarelgenerallylprovidedlinlAppendixlG.
Thislfeaturelcoverslalvarietylofllegallwritinglissues.
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rs,landlQuestionslforlReview,laslwelllaslalCaselProject.lThislsectionlallowslstudentsl
andlinstructorsltolselectlonelhypotheticallcasel(many
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