Online Instructor’s Manual with Testbank
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Sixth Edition
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Joanne B. Hames
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DemAnzamCollege
Yvonne Ekern
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SantamClaramUniversitymLawmSchool
Bostonm Columbusm Indianapolism NewmYorkm SanmFrancisco
Amsterdamm CapemTownm Dubaim Londonm Madridm Milanm Munichm Parism Montrealm Torontom
Delhim MexicomCitym SaomPaulom Sydneym HongmKongm Seoulm Singaporem Taipeim Tokyo
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, ISBN-13:m 978-0-13-455984-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
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TomthemInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapterm1:mIntroductionmtomLegalmResearch,mWritingmandmAnalysis 1
Chapterm2:mThemStartingmPoint:mAnalyzingmFactsmandmIdentifyingmLegalmIssues 7
Chapterm3:mFindingmandmAnalyzingmCasemLaw 12
Chapterm4:mHowmtomReadmandmSummarizemamCasemLawmDecision 20
Chapterm5:mConstitutions,mStatutes,mandmAdministrativemRegulations 27
Chapterm6:mStatutorymandmConstitutionalmAnalysis 40
Chapterm7:mSecondarymSources 48
Chapterm8:mDigests 58
Chapterm9:mValidatingmYourmResearch:mUsingmShepards,mKeycitemandmothermCitators 65
Chapterm10:mIntroductionmtomLexismAdvance,mWestlaw,m&mBloombergmLaw 75
Chapterm11:mComputer-
AssistedmLegalmResearchm(CALR):mThemFreelymAccessiblemInternetm 81mChapterm12:mBasicmL
egalmWritingmTools 86
Chapterm13:mThemMemorandummofmLaw:mPredictivemLegalmWriting 90
Chapterm14:mWritingmtomthemCourt:mPersuasivemWriting 95
Chapterm15:mMotionmPractice:mResearchmandmWritingmIssues 100
Chapterm16:mLegalmCorrespondence 104
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meachmchaptermprovidngmamshortmwritingmexercisemwithmsuggestedmsamplemanswersmfoundminmanmApp
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m m m m
for
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
m m m m
Sixth Edition
m
Joanne B. Hames
m m
DemAnzamCollege
Yvonne Ekern
m
SantamClaramUniversitymLawmSchool
Bostonm Columbusm Indianapolism NewmYorkm SanmFrancisco
Amsterdamm CapemTownm Dubaim Londonm Madridm Milanm Munichm Parism Montrealm Torontom
Delhim MexicomCitym SaomPaulom Sydneym HongmKongm Seoulm Singaporem Taipeim Tokyo
1
, ISBN-13:m 978-0-13-455984-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
m m
TomthemInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapterm1:mIntroductionmtomLegalmResearch,mWritingmandmAnalysis 1
Chapterm2:mThemStartingmPoint:mAnalyzingmFactsmandmIdentifyingmLegalmIssues 7
Chapterm3:mFindingmandmAnalyzingmCasemLaw 12
Chapterm4:mHowmtomReadmandmSummarizemamCasemLawmDecision 20
Chapterm5:mConstitutions,mStatutes,mandmAdministrativemRegulations 27
Chapterm6:mStatutorymandmConstitutionalmAnalysis 40
Chapterm7:mSecondarymSources 48
Chapterm8:mDigests 58
Chapterm9:mValidatingmYourmResearch:mUsingmShepards,mKeycitemandmothermCitators 65
Chapterm10:mIntroductionmtomLexismAdvance,mWestlaw,m&mBloombergmLaw 75
Chapterm11:mComputer-
AssistedmLegalmResearchm(CALR):mThemFreelymAccessiblemInternetm 81mChapterm12:mBasicmL
egalmWritingmTools 86
Chapterm13:mThemMemorandummofmLaw:mPredictivemLegalmWriting 90
Chapterm14:mWritingmtomthemCourt:mPersuasivemWriting 95
Chapterm15:mMotionmPractice:mResearchmandmWritingmIssues 100
Chapterm16:mLegalmCorrespondence 104
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,Testbank 123
3
, TomthemInstructor
ThemSixthmEditionmofmLegalmResearch,mAnalysis,mandmWriting
WhenmwemfirstmwrotemLegalmResearch,mAnalysis,mandmWriting,mwemweremconvincedmthatmstudentsmne
ededmamtextmthatmintegratedmresearch,manalysis,mandmwritingmskills.mWemremainmconvincedmofmthat;mth
erefore,mourmbasicmapproachmtomthemsubjectmmattermhasmnotmchanged.mHowever,mlegalmresearchmmater
ialsmandmthemmethodsmofmdoingmlegalmresearchmhavemchangedmconsiderablymovermthempastmseveralmye
ars.mThemavailabilitymofmlegalmresourcesmthroughmthemInternetmhasmtremendousminfluencemonmthemwaym
researchmismconducted.mNomlongermaremresearchersmconfinedmtomamlawmlibrary.mThemwidespreadmusemo
fmallmformsmofmcomputermassistedmlegalmresearchmrequiresmthatmlegalmresearchersmdevelopmnewmskills.
However,mthemlawmhasmnotmabandonedmthemwrittenmwordmand,masmanymexperiencedmresearchermknows
,mbooksmaremoftenmpreferred.mThemnewmskillsmthatmresearchersmmustmdevelop,mtherefore,mcannotmsuppl
antmtraditionalmresearchmskills,mbutmmustmcomplementmthem.mAsmamresult,mmostmchaptersmnowmcontai
nmamsectionmincorporatingmthemavailabilitymofmlegalmresearchmmaterialsmonmthemfreemInternet.m Wemcon
tinuemtomhavemamchaptermintroducingmWesttlaw,mLexismAdvance,mandmBloombergmLaw,masmwellmasma
nmoverviewmchaptermonmInternetmresearch.m Wemhavemalsomrefinedmthemusemofmsamplempagesmfrommpri
ntmresources.m Sincemlegalmwritingmcontinuesmtombemamsourcemofmconcern,mwemhavemaddedmamsectionmto
meachmchaptermprovidngmamshortmwritingmexercisemwithmsuggestedmsamplemanswersmfoundminmanmApp
endixmtomthemtext.
Practical Approach
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Thismtextmassistsmtheminstructorminmpresentingmmaterialminmampracticalmandmrelevantmwa
y.mEachmchaptermopensmwithmamshortmmemorandummFrommthemDeskmofmW.mJ.
Bryan,mEsq.,mthatmcontainsmamhypotheticalmfactualmsituationmtombemresearchedmand
manalyzedmbymamfictionalmresearchmassociate.mThemmemorandummapproachmhelpsmt
omintroducemthemtopicmofmthemchaptermandmtomengagemthemstudent’smimagination.mE
achmchaptermcontainsmfiguresmwithmsamplempagesmfrommprintmresources,mscreenmsh
otsmfrommonlinemsources,mormexamplesmofmlegalmwritingmsomasmtomillustratemtextmma
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foundminmanmInstructor’smManual.)mSomthatmstudentsmcanmbuildmconfidencempriormt
omusingmamlibrarymormonlinemresource,mexercisesmaremfoundminmamchaptermendmfeatu
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