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for
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
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Sixth Edition e
Joanne B. Hames e e
De eAnza eCollege
Yvonne Ekern e
Santa eClara eUniversity eLaw eSchool
Boston e Columbus e Indianapolis e New eYork e San eFrancisco
Amsterdam e Cape eTown e Dubai e London e Madrid e Milan e Munich e Paris
e Montreal e Toronto eDelhi e Mexico eCity e Sao ePaulo e Sydney e Hong eKong e Seoul
e Singapore e Taipei e Tokyo
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, ISBN-13: e 978-0-13-455984-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
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To ethe eInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapter e1: eIntroduction eto eLegal eResearch, eWriting eand eAnalysis 1
Chapter e2: eThe eStarting ePoint: eAnalyzing eFacts eand eIdentifying eLegal eIssues 7
Chapter e3: eFinding eand eAnalyzing eCase eLaw 12
Chapter e4: eHow eto eRead eand eSummarize ea eCase eLaw eDecision 20
Chapter e5: eConstitutions, eStatutes, eand eAdministrative eRegulations 27
Chapter e6: eStatutory eand eConstitutional eAnalysis 40
Chapter e7: eSecondary eSources 48
Chapter e8: eDigests 58
Chapter e9: eValidating eYour eResearch: eUsing eShepards, eKeycite eand eother eCitators 65
Chapter e10: eIntroduction eto eLexis eAdvance, eWestlaw, e& eBloomberg eLaw 75
Chapter e11: eComputer-Assisted eLegal eResearch e(CALR): eThe eFreely eAccessible eInternet
e 81 eChapter e12: eBasic eLegal eWriting eTools 86
Chapter e13: eThe eMemorandum eof eLaw: ePredictive eLegal eWriting 90
Chapter e14: eWriting eto ethe eCourt: ePersuasive eWriting 95
Chapter e15: eMotion ePractice: eResearch eand eWriting eIssues 100
Chapter e16: eLegal eCorrespondence 104
Testbank 123
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, To ethe eInstructor
The eSixth eEdition eof eLegal eResearch, eAnalysis, eand eWriting
When ewe efirst ewrote eLegal eResearch, eAnalysis, eand eWriting, ewe ewere econvinced ethat estudents
eneeded e a etext ethat eintegrated eresearch, eanalysis, e and ewriting eskills. eWe eremain econvinced eof
ethat; etherefore, eour ebasic eapproach eto ethe e subject ematter ehas enot echanged. eHowever, elegal
eresearch ematerials eand ethe emethods eof edoing elegal eresearch ehave echanged econsiderably eover
ethe epast eseveral eyears. eThe eavailability eof elegal eresources ethrough ethe eInternet ehas etremendous
einfluence eon ethe eway eresearch eis econducted. eNo e longer eare eresearchers econfined eto ea elaw
elibrary. eThe ewidespread euse eof eall eforms eof ecomputer eassisted elegal eresearch erequires ethat
elegal eresearchers edevelop enew e skills.
However, ethe elaw ehas enot eabandoned ethe ewritten eword eand, eas eany eexperienced eresearcher
eknows, ebooks eare eoften epreferred. eThe enew eskills ethat eresearchers emust edevelop, etherefore,
ecannot e supplant etraditional eresearch eskills, ebut emust ecomplement ethem. eAs ea eresult, emost
echapters enow econtain ea esection eincorporating ethe eavailability eof elegal eresearch ematerials eon ethe
efree eInternet. e We econtinue eto ehave ea e chapter eintroducing eWesttlaw, e Lexis eAdvance, eand
eBloomberg eLaw, eas ewell eas ean eoverview echapter eon eInternet eresearch. e We ehave ealso erefined
ethe euse eof esample epages efrom eprint eresources. e Since elegal ewriting econtinues eto ebe ea esource eof
econcern, ewe ehave eadded ea esection eto eeach e chapter eprovidng ea e short ewriting eexercise e with
esuggested e sample e answers efound ein ean eAppendix eto ethe etext.
Practical Approach
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This etext eassists ethe einstructor ein epresenting ematerial ein ea epractical eand erelevant
eway. eEach echapter eopens ewith ea eshort ememorandum eFrom ethe eDesk eof eW. eJ.
Bryan, eEsq., ethat econtains ea ehypothetical efactual esituation eto ebe eresearched
eand eanalyzed eby ea efictional e research eassociate. eThe e memorandum eapproach
ehelps eto eintroduce ethe etopic eof ethe echapter eand eto eengage ethe estudent’s
eimagination. eEach echapter econtains e figures ewith esample epages efrom eprint
eresources, escreen eshots efrom eonline esources, eor eexamples eof elegal ewriting eso
eas eto eillustrate etext ematerial.
One efeature eat ethe eend eof ethe echapter, eCan eYou eFigure eIt eOut?, erequires
estudents eto eanswer equestions erelated eto ethese efigures. eFurthermore, ebecause
elearning eto edo elegal eresearch erequires ehands-on eexperience, eat ethe e end eof eeach
echapter eare e research, eanalysis, ecitation, eand ewriting eexercises. eResearch
eassignments ecan ebe eperformed
in ea elibrary eor, ein emany ecases, eonline. e(Answers eto emost eof ethese eexercises
eare efound ein ean eInstructor’s eManual.) eSo ethat estudents ecan ebuild e confidence
eprior eto eusing e a elibrary eor eonline eresource, e exercises eare e found ein ea echapter
eend efeature, eTest eYourself. eAnswers eto eselected eresearch eproblems eare efound
ein eAppendix eG eto ethe etext.
Each echapter ealso eaddresses eimportant ewriting eissues ein eend-of-chapter
efeatures. eTest eYourself ealso econtains ea esection eentitled e“Write eIt eRight.”
eHere
students efind ea ewriting eassignment epreceded eby ean eexplanation eand eexample. eSuggested
eanswers eto ethe e writing eassignment eare egenerally eprovided ein eAppendix eG.
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, This efeature ecovers ea evariety eof elegal ewriting eissues.
All echapters ealso einclude ea eChapter eSummary, eTerms eto eRemember,
eCitation eMatters, eand eQuestions efor eReview, eas ewell eas ea eCase eProject.
eThis esection eallows estudents eand einstructors eto eselect eone ehypothetical
ecase e(many
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