Instructor's Manual + Testbank for Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing 6th Ed.

Online Instructor’s Manual with Testbank
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Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
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Sixth Edition
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Joanne B. Hames
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DeAAnzaACollege

Yvonne Ekern A

SantaAClaraAUniversityALawASchool




BostonA ColumbusA IndianapolisA NewAYorkA SanAFrancisco

AmsterdamA CapeATownA DubaiA LondonA MadridA MilanA MunichA ParisA MontrealA TorontoA

DelhiA MexicoACityA SaoAPauloA SydneyA HongAKongA SeoulA SingaporeA TaipeiA Tokyo




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, ISBN-13:A 978-0-13-455984-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
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ToAtheAInstructor iv

Syllabi ix

ChapterA1:AIntroductionAtoALegalAResearch,AWritingAandAAnalysis 1

ChapterA2:ATheAStartingAPoint:AAnalyzingAFactsAandAIdentifyingALegalAIssues 7

ChapterA3:AFindingAandAAnalyzingACaseALaw 12

ChapterA4:AHowAtoAReadAandASummarizeAaACaseALawADecision 20

ChapterA5:AConstitutions,AStatutes,AandAAdministrativeARegulations 27

ChapterA6:AStatutoryAandAConstitutionalAAnalysis 40

ChapterA7:ASecondaryASources 48

ChapterA8:ADigests 58

ChapterA9:AValidatingAYourAResearch:AUsingAShepards,AKeyciteAandAotherACitators 65

ChapterA10:AIntroductionAtoALexisAAdvance,AWestlaw,A&ABloombergALaw 75

ChapterA11:AComputer-

AssistedALegalAResearchA(CALR):ATheAFreelyAAccessibleAInternetA 81AChapterA12:ABasicALe

galAWritingATools 86

ChapterA13:ATheAMemorandumAofALaw:APredictiveALegalAWriting 90

ChapterA14:AWritingAtoAtheACourt:APersuasiveAWriting 95

ChapterA15:AMotionAPractice:AResearchAandAWritingAIssues 100

ChapterA16:ALegalACorrespondence 104


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,Testbank 123




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, ToAtheAInstructor

TheASixthAEditionAofALegalAResearch,AAnalysis,AandAWriting
WhenAweAfirstAwroteALegalAResearch,AAnalysis,AandAWriting,AweAwereAconvincedAthatAstudentsAnee
dedAaAtextAthatAintegratedAresearch,Aanalysis,AandAwritingAskills.AWeAremainAconvincedAofAthat;Ather
efore,AourAbasicAapproachAtoAtheAsubjectAmatterAhasAnotAchanged.AHowever,AlegalAresearchAmaterial
sAandAtheAmethodsAofAdoingAlegalAresearchAhaveAchangedAconsiderablyAoverAtheApastAseveralAyears.A
TheAavailabilityAofAlegalAresourcesAthroughAtheAInternetAhasAtremendousAinfluenceAonAtheAwayAresea
rchAisAconducted.ANoAlongerAareAresearchersAconfinedAtoAaAlawAlibrary.ATheAwidespreadAuseAofAallAf
ormsAofAcomputerAassistedAlegalAresearchArequiresAthatAlegalAresearchersAdevelopAnewAskills.
However,AtheAlawAhasAnotAabandonedAtheAwrittenAwordAand,AasAanyAexperiencedAresearcherAknows,
AbooksAareAoftenApreferred.ATheAnewAskillsAthatAresearchersAmustAdevelop,Atherefore,AcannotAsuppla

ntAtraditionalAresearchAskills,AbutAmustAcomplementAthem.AAsAaAresult,AmostAchaptersAnowAcontainA
aAsectionAincorporatingAtheAavailabilityAofAlegalAresearchAmaterialsAonAtheAfreeAInternet.A WeAcontin
ueAtoAhaveAaAchapterAintroducingAWesttlaw,ALexisAAdvance,AandABloombergALaw,AasAwellAasAanAo
verviewAchapterAonAInternetAresearch.A WeAhaveAalsoArefinedAtheAuseAofAsampleApagesAfromAprintAre
sources.A SinceAlegalAwritingAcontinuesAtoAbeAaAsourceAofAconcern,AweAhaveAaddedAaAsectionAtoAeach
AchapterAprovidngAaAshortAwritingAexerciseAwithAsuggestedAsampleAanswersAfoundAinAanAAppendixAt

oAtheAtext.

Practical Approach
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ThisAtextAassistsAtheAinstructorAinApresentingAmaterialAinAaApracticalAandArelevantAwa
y.AEachAchapterAopensAwithAaAshortAmemorandumAFromAtheADeskAofAW.AJ.
Bryan,AEsq.,AthatAcontainsAaAhypotheticalAfactualAsituationAtoAbeAresearchedAandA
analyzedAbyAaAfictionalAresearchAassociate.ATheAmemorandumAapproachAhelpsAto
AintroduceAtheAtopicAofAtheAchapterAandAtoAengageAtheAstudent’sAimagination.AEac

hAchapterAcontainsAfiguresAwithAsampleApagesAfromAprintAresources,AscreenAshots
AfromAonlineAsources,AorAexamplesAofAlegalAwritingAsoAasAtoAillustrateAtextAmateri

al.
OneAfeatureAatAtheAendAofAtheAchapter,ACanAYouAFigureAItAOut?,ArequiresAstudentsAto
AanswerAquestionsArelatedAtoAtheseAfigures.AFurthermore,AbecauseAlearningAtoAdoAlega

lAresearchArequiresAhands-
onAexperience,AatAtheAendAofAeachAchapterAareAresearch,Aanalysis,Acitation,AandAwriti
ngAexercises.AResearchAassignmentsAcanAbeAperformed
inAaAlibraryAor,AinAmanyAcases,Aonline.A(AnswersAtoAmostAofAtheseAexercisesAareAf
oundAinAanAInstructor’sAManual.)ASoAthatAstudentsAcanAbuildAconfidenceApriorAtoA
usingAaAlibraryAorAonlineAresource,AexercisesAareAfoundAinAaAchapterAendAfeature,A
TestAYourself.AAnswersAtoAselectedAresearchAproblemsAareAfoundAinAAppendixAGA
toAtheAtext.
EachAchapterAalsoAaddressesAimportantAwritingAissuesAinAend-of-
chapterAfeatures.ATestAYourselfAalsoAcontainsAaAsectionAentitledA“WriteAItARig
ht.”AHere
studentsAfindAaAwritingAassignmentAprecededAbyAanAexplanationAandAexample.ASuggestedAans
wersAtoAtheAwritingAassignmentAareAgenerallyAprovidedAinAAppendixAG.
ThisAfeatureAcoversAaAvarietyAofAlegalAwritingAissues.

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