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• Title:The science behind the art of legal writing / Catherine J. Cameron, Lance N. Long.
  
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• Author/Creator:Cameron, Catherine J., author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Long, Lance N., author.
  
• Published/Created:Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2015]
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K94 .C358 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 09-15-2024
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal composition.
  Legal research.
  Law--Language.
  
• Description:xi, 144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781611630145 (pbk.)
  1611630142 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I SCIENCE AND WRITING
  ch. 1 Why Apply Science to Writing?
  ch. 2 Some Caveats on Science Applied to Writing
  pt. II BEFORE YOU START WRITING
  ch. 3 Word About Legal Research and Outlining
  Outline Exercise
  ch. 4 Introduction to Legal Documents
  Client Communications, Legal Memos, and Other Inter-Office Communication Documents
  Communications with Opposing Parties, Briefs, and Other Litigation Documents
  Contracts, Leases, Wills, and Other Transactional Documents
  Law Reviews, Treatises, and Other Academic Documents
  ch. 5 Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
  Deductive (Syllogistic) Reasoning
  Inductive Reasoning
  Sidebar: Rule Application versus Factual Comparisons
  Deductive and Inductive Reasoning Exercise
  ch. 6 Which Type of Legal Reasoning Works Best?
  pt. III CONCEPTS FOR WRITING ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS
  ch. 7 Does Format Matter?
  ch. 8 Does Correct Grammar Matter?
  ch. 9 Readability and Plain Language
  ch. 10 Narrative
  ch. 11 Macro-Organization of Legal Analysis
  ch. 12 Introductions, Transitions, and Conclusions
  Introductions
  Transitions
  Conclusions
  Introductions, Transitions, and Conclusions Exercise
  ch. 13 Micro-Organization of Legal Analysis
  Micro-Organization Exercise
  ch. 14 Citation
  -Does Anybody Really Care?
  Citation Exercise
  pt. IV CONCEPTS FOR WRITING PERSUASIVE DOCUMENTS
  ch. 15 How Do You Persuade in Legal Writing?
  Logos
  Pathos
  Ethos
  ch. 16 Do Intensifies Really Intensify?
  ch. 17 Is Less More?
  pt. V IMPROVING YOUR LEGAL WRITING
  ch. 18 Learning Legal Writing
  pt. VI SCIENCE AND THE ETHICS OF LEGAL WRITING
  ch. 19 Are Bad Writers Bad Lawyers?
  pt. VII SCIENCE AND LEGAL WRITING TOP TEN
  ch. 20 Top Ten Takeaways from The Science Behind the Art of Legal Writing.