b b b b
for
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
b b b b
Sixth Edition b
Joanne B. Hames b b
De bAnza bCollege
Yvonne Ekern b
Santa bClara bUniversity bLaw bSchool
Boston b Columbus b Indianapolis b New bYork b San bFrancisco
Amsterdam b Cape bTown b Dubai b London b Madrid b Milan b Munich b Paris b Montreal
b Toronto bDelhi b Mexico bCity b Sao bPaulo b Sydney b Hong bKong b Seoul b Singapore
b Taipei b Tokyo
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, ISBN-13: b 978-0-13-455984-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
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To bthe bInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapter b1: bIntroduction bto bLegal bResearch, bWriting band bAnalysis 1
Chapter b2: bThe bStarting bPoint: bAnalyzing bFacts band bIdentifying bLegal bIssues 7
Chapter b3: bFinding band bAnalyzing bCase bLaw 12
Chapter b4: bHow bto bRead band bSummarize ba bCase bLaw bDecision 20
Chapter b5: bConstitutions, bStatutes, band bAdministrative bRegulations 27
Chapter b6: bStatutory band bConstitutional bAnalysis 40
Chapter b7: bSecondary bSources 48
Chapter b8: bDigests 58
Chapter b9: bValidating bYour bResearch: bUsing bShepards, bKeycite band bother bCitators 65
Chapter b10: bIntroduction bto bLexis bAdvance, bWestlaw, b& bBloomberg bLaw 75
Chapter b11: bComputer-Assisted bLegal bResearch b(CALR): bThe bFreely bAccessible bInternet
b 81 bChapter b12: bBasic bLegal bWriting bTools 86
Chapter b13: bThe bMemorandum bof bLaw: bPredictive bLegal bWriting 90
Chapter b14: bWriting bto bthe bCourt: bPersuasive bWriting 95
Chapter b15: bMotion bPractice: bResearch band bWriting bIssues 100
Chapter b16: bLegal bCorrespondence 104
Testbank 123
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, To bthe bInstructor
The bSixth bEdition bof bLegal bResearch, bAnalysis, band bWriting
When bwe bfirst bwrote bLegal bResearch, bAnalysis, band bWriting, bwe bwere bconvinced bthat bstudents
bneeded ba btext bthat bintegrated bresearch, banalysis, band bwriting bskills. bWe bremain bconvinced bof bthat;
btherefore, bour bbasic bapproach bto bthe bsubject bmatter bhas bnot bchanged. bHowever, blegal bresearch
bmaterials band bthe bmethods bof bdoing blegal bresearch bhave bchanged bconsiderably bover bthe bpast
bseveral byears. bThe bavailability bof blegal bresources bthrough bthe bInternet bhas btremendous binfluence
bon bthe bway bresearch bis bconducted. bNo blonger bare bresearchers bconfined bto ba blaw blibrary. bThe
bwidespread buse bof ball bforms bof bcomputer bassisted blegal bresearch brequires bthat blegal bresearchers
bdevelop bnew bskills.
However, bthe blaw bhas bnot babandoned bthe bwritten bword band, bas bany bexperienced bresearcher
bknows, bbooks bare boften bpreferred. bThe bnew bskills bthat bresearchers bmust bdevelop, btherefore,
bcannot bsupplant btraditional bresearch bskills, bbut bmust bcomplement bthem. bAs ba bresult, bmost
bchapters bnow bcontain ba bsection bincorporating bthe bavailability bof blegal bresearch bmaterials bon bthe
bfree bInternet. b We bcontinue bto bhave ba bchapter bintroducing bWesttlaw, bLexis bAdvance, band
bBloomberg bLaw, bas bwell bas ban boverview bchapter bon bInternet bresearch. b We bhave balso brefined bthe
buse bof bsample bpages bfrom bprint bresources. b Since blegal bwriting bcontinues bto bbe ba bsource bof
bconcern, bwe bhave badded ba bsection bto beach bchapter bprovidng ba bshort bwriting bexercise bwith
bsuggested bsample banswers bfound bin ban bAppendix bto bthe btext.
Practical Approach
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This btext bassists bthe binstructor bin bpresenting bmaterial bin ba bpractical band brelevant
bway. bEach bchapter bopens bwith ba bshort bmemorandum bFrom bthe bDesk bof bW. bJ.
Bryan, bEsq., bthat bcontains ba bhypothetical bfactual bsituation bto bbe bresearched band
banalyzed bby ba bfictional bresearch bassociate. bThe bmemorandum bapproach bhelps
bto bintroduce bthe btopic bof bthe bchapter band bto bengage bthe bstudent’s bimagination.
bEach bchapter bcontains bfigures bwith bsample bpages bfrom bprint bresources, bscreen
bshots bfrom bonline bsources, bor bexamples bof blegal bwriting bso bas bto billustrate btext
bmaterial.
One bfeature bat bthe bend bof bthe bchapter, bCan bYou bFigure bIt bOut?, brequires bstudents
bto banswer bquestions brelated bto bthese bfigures. bFurthermore, bbecause blearning bto bdo
blegal bresearch brequires bhands-on bexperience, bat bthe bend bof beach bchapter bare
bresearch, banalysis, bcitation, band bwriting bexercises. bResearch bassignments bcan bbe
bperformed
in ba blibrary bor, bin bmany bcases, bonline. b(Answers bto bmost bof bthese bexercises bare
bfound bin ban bInstructor’s bManual.) bSo bthat bstudents bcan bbuild bconfidence bprior
bto busing ba blibrary bor bonline bresource, bexercises bare bfound bin ba bchapter bend
bfeature, bTest bYourself. bAnswers bto bselected bresearch bproblems bare bfound bin
bAppendix bG bto bthe btext.
Each bchapter balso baddresses bimportant bwriting bissues bin bend-of-chapter
bfeatures. bTest bYourself balso bcontains ba bsection bentitled b“Write bIt bRight.”
bHere
students bfind ba bwriting bassignment bpreceded bby ban bexplanation band bexample. bSuggested
banswers bto bthe bwriting bassignment bare bgenerally bprovided bin bAppendix bG.
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, This bfeature bcovers ba bvariety bof blegal bwriting bissues.
All bchapters balso binclude ba bChapter bSummary, bTerms bto bRemember,
bCitation bMatters, band bQuestions bfor bReview, bas bwell bas ba bCase bProject.
bThis bsection ballows bstudents band binstructors bto bselect bone bhypothetical bcase
b(many
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