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Legal research, analysis, & writing / William H. Putman, Jennifer R. Albright.
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Title:Legal research, analysis, & writing / William H. Putman, Jennifer R. Albright.
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Variant Title:Legal research, analysis, and writing
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Author/Creator:Putman, William H., author.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Albright, Jennifer R., author.
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Published/Created:Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2024]
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Call Number: KF240 .P885 2024
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Number of Items:1
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Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 09-15-2024
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Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Legal research--United States.
Legal composition.
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Edition:Fifth edition.
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Description:xx, 634 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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Notes:Previous edition: Boston: Cengage Learning, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9780357619445 paperback
0357619447 paperback
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Introduction to Research, Analytical Principles, and the Legal Process
ch. 1 Introduction to Leqal Principles and Authorities
I. Introduction
II. Sources of Law
A. Constitutions
B. Enacted Law
C. Common Law or Case Law
III. Hierarchy of the Law
IV. Authority
A. Types of Authority
B. Role of Authority
V. Introduction to Legal Citation I
A. Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
B. ALWD Guide to Legal Citation
VI. Key Points Checklist: Legal Principles and Authorities
VII. Application
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
ch. 2 Introduction to Legal Research and Analysis
I. Introduction
II. Legal Analysis Defined
III. Legal Research and the Analysis Process
A. Facts and Key Terms
B. Preliminary Research
C. IRAC Analysis
IV. General Considerations
A. Focus
B. Ethics
Intellectual Honesty
C. When to Stop Researching
V. Key Points Checklist: Legal Research and Analysis
VI. Application
A. Battery Issue
B. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Issue
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
pt. 2 Legal Research
ch. 3 Constitutions, Statutes, Administrative Law, and Court Rules
Research and Analysis
I. Introduction
II. Anatomy of a Statute
A. Numbers
B. Short Title
C. Purpose Clause
D. Scope
E. Definitions
F. Substantive Provisions
G. Annotations/Reference Information
III. Statutory Research
Locating Statutes
A. Federal Law
B. State Statutory Law and Codes
C. Research Process
Techniques and Strategies
D. Ethics
Competence and Diligence
IV. Administrative Law
A. Federal Administrative Law
B. State Administrative Law
V. Court Rules
VI. Analysis
The Process
A. Step 1: Determine if the Statute Applies
B. Step 2: Analyze the Statute
C. Step 3: Apply the Statute to the Legal Problem or Issue
D. Summary of the Statutory Analysis Process
VII. General Considerations
A. Legislative History
B. Canons of Construction
VIII. Citing Constitutions, Statutes, Administrative Law, and Court Rules
A. Citing Constitutions
B. Citing Statutes
C. Citing Administrative Law
D. Citing Court Rules
E. Sections and Paragraphs
IX. Key Points Checklist: Working with Statutes
X. Application
A. Chapter Hypothetical
B. Will Revocation Statute
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
ch. 4 Case Law-Research and Briefing
I. Introduction
II. Court Opinions
In General
III. Court Opinions
Importance
IV. Court Opinions
Elements
A. In General
B. Annotated versus Unannotated Court Opinions
C. Elements of a Reported Case
V. Court Opinions
Publication and Researching
A. Publication of Court Opinions
B. Researching Court Opinions
Locating Case Law
VI. Court Opinions
Briefing (Case Brief)
A. Introduction
B. Importance of Briefing
C. How to Read a Case
D. Case Brief
Elements
E. Case Brief
Updating
VII. Citing Case Law
A. Case Names
B. Public DomainA/endor-Neutral Citations
C. Reporter(s)
D. Parenthetical Information
E. Other Considerations
VIII. Key Points Checklist: Locating, Reading, and Briefing Court Opinion
IX. Application
A. Locating Miera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.
B. Brief of Miera v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.
C. Comments on the Case Brief
D. Brief of Sterling Computer Systems of Texas, Inc. v. Texas Pipe Bending Company
E. Comments on the Case Brief
Procedural versus Substantive Issues
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
ch. 5 Secondary Authority and Other Research Sources
Encyclopedias, Treatises, American Law Reports, Digests, Shepard's
I. Introduction
II. Legal Encyclopedias
A. National Encyclopedias
B. State Encyclopedias
C. Foreign Encyclopedias
III. Treatises
A. Types and Features of Treatises
B. Research Using Treatises
IV. American Law Reports
A. ALR Components
B. Research Using ALR
V. Digests
A. West's Key Number Digest System
B. Components of West's Digests
C. Types of Digests
D. Research Using Digests
VI. Updating and Validating Research
A. Using Shepard's Online
B. Shepardizing Statutes, Constitutions, and Regulations
C. Using Westlaw's KeyCite
D. Other Online Citator Services
VII. Research Using Citators
A. Research Using Shepard's Citations
B. Research Using KeyCite
VIII. Citing Legal Encyclopedias, Treatises, and American Law Reports
A. Legal Encyclopedias
B. Treatises and Books
C. American Law Reports
D. Short Form Citation
IX. Key Points Checklist: Secondary Authority
X. Application
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
ch. 6 Secondary Authority
Periodicals, Restatements, Uniform Laws, Dictionaries, Legislative History, and Other Secondary Authorities
I. Introduction
II. Legal Periodicals
A. Types of Legal Periodicals
B. Research Using Legal Periodicals
III. Restatements of the Law
A. Restatement Features
B. Research Using Restatements of the Law
IV. Uniform Laws and Model Acts
A. Features of Uniform Laws and Model Acts
B. Research Using Uniform and Model Laws
V. Dictionaries and Words and Phrases
A. Legal Dictionaries
B. Words and Phrases
VI. Legislative History
A. Federal Legislative History Sources
B. Researching Federal Legislative History
C. State Legislative History
VII. Jury Instructions
Other Research Sources
A. Jury Instructions
B. Practice and Form Books
C. Loose-Leaf Services
D. Presidential Materials
VIII. Citing Periodicals, Restatements, Uniform Laws, Dictionaries, and Other Secondary Authorities
A. Restatements
B. Legal Dictionaries
C. Uniform Laws
D. Loose-Leaf Services
IX. Key Points Checklist: Periodicals, Restatements, Uniform Laws, Dictionaries, Legislative History, and Other Secondary Authorities
X. Application
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
ch. 7 Computers and Internet Legal Research
I. Introduction
A. In General
B. Ethics
II. Conducting Legal Research Using Internet Sources
A. Determine the Scope and Objective of the Research Project
B. Locate a Relevant Website
C. Searching a Specific Website
D. Best Practices for Keeping Research Focused
E. Limitations Inherent in Internet Sources
III. Internet Law-Related Websites
A. Legal Search Engines
B. Law Schools
C. Federal Government Sources
D. State Sources
E. Secondary Authority and Specialty Areas
F. Listservs
G. Organizations
IV. Citing Internet Sources
V. Key Points Checklist: Computers and Legal Research I
VI. Application
Summary
Key Terms
Exercises
ch. 8 Commercial Internet Research
I. Introduction
A. Getting Started on Any Commercial Legal Research Site
B. Boolean Searching
C. Plain English Searching
II. Westlaw
A. Getting Started
B. Finding Primary Authority
C. Finding Secondary Authority
D. Filters
E. Search Results
F. Printing and Saving
III. LexisNexis
A. Nexis Uni
B. LexisNexis
Lexis Advance
IV. Other Commercial (Fee-Based) Internet Research Sources I
A. VersusLaw
B. Fastcase I
C. Casemaker
D. Bloomberg Law
E. HeinOnline I
V. Citing Commercial Internet Sources
VI. Key Points Checklist: Commercial Internet Research
VII. Application
A. Chapter Hypothetical
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises I
pt. 3 Specifics of Legal Analysis
ch. 9 Legal Analysis-Key Facts
I. Introduction
II. Facts in General
Definition
III. Importance of Facts
IV. Types of Facts in General
A. Irrelevant Facts
B. Background Facts
C. Key Facts
V. Key Facts
Definition and Types
A. Definition
B. Types of Key Facts
VI. Key Facts Identification
Client's Case
A. Step 1: Identify Each Cause of Action
B. Step 2: Determine the Elements of Each Cause of Action
C. Step 3: List All Facts Related to the Elements
D. Step 4: Determine Which Facts Apply
E. Multiple Issues
VII. Key Facts Identification
Case Law
A. Step 1: Read the Entire Case
B. Step 2: Look to the Holding
C. Step 3: Identify the Key Facts
D. Multiple Issues
VIII. Key Points Checklist: Key Facts
IX. Application
A. Client's Fact Situation
B. Court Opinion
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
ch. 10 Legal Analysis: Issue Identification
Spotting the Issue
I. Introduction
II. Definition and Types
III. Elements
A. Applicable Law
B. Legal Question
C. Key Facts
D. Examples
IV. Issue Identification
Client's Case
A. Step 1: Identify Each Type of Cause of Action
B. Step 2: Determine the Elements of Each Cause of Action
C. Step 3: Determine the Key Facts
D. Step 4: Assemble the Issue
E. Summary of the Four-Step Process
F. Multiple Issues
V. Issue Identification
Case Law
A. Step 1: General Question
Contents note continued: B. Step 2: Look to the Holding
C. Step 3: Assemble the Issue
D. Other Aids
Case Law Issue Identification
E. Multiple Issues
VI. Key Points Checklist: Spotting the Issue
VII. Application
A. Client's Fact Situation
B. Court Opinion
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
Analysis
Conclusion
ch. 11 Legal Analysis: Stating the Issue
I. Introduction
II. Shorthand or Broad Statement of the Issue
III. Comprehensive or Narrow Statement of the Issue
IV. Issue
Law Component
A. Issue Based on Case Law
B. Issue Based on Enacted Law
C. Format of the Law Component
V. Issue
Question Component
VI. Issue
Significant or Key Facts Component
VII. Ethics
Objectively Stating the Issue
VIII. General Considerations
A. Name
B. Approach
C. Multiple Issues
IX. Key Points Checklist: Stating the Issue
X. Application
A. Chapter Hypothetical
B. Battery
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
ch. 12 Case Law Analysis-Is a Case On Point?
I. Introduction
II. Definition
On Point
III. On Point
Importance
A. Precedent
B. Mandatory Precedent
C. Persuasive Precedent
D. Stare Decisis
E. Role of Precedent
IV. Determining If a Case Is On Point
A. Step 1: Are the Key Facts Sufficiently Similar?
B. Step 2: Are the Rules or Principles of Law Sufficiently Similar?
V. Key Points Checklist: Is a Case On Point?
VI. Application
A. Chapter Hypothetical
B. Libel Case
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises I
ch. 13 Counter-analysis
I. Introduction
II. Counteranalysis
Definition
III. Counteranalysis
Why?
IV. Counteranalysis
When?
V. Counteranalysis
Research Sources
VI. Counteranalysis
Techniques
A. In General
B. Enacted Law
C. Case Law
VII. Counteranalysis Techniques
Comments
VIII. Counteranalysis
Where?
A. Court Brief
B. Interoffice Research Memorandum
IX. Key Points Checklist: Counteranalysis
X. Application
A. Chapter Hypothetical
B. Counteranalysis
Reliance on Legislative Act
C. Counteranalysis
Reliance on Court Opinion
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
pt. 4 Legal Writing
ch. 14 Fundamentals of Writing
I. Parts of Speech
A. Noun
B. Pronoun
C. Verb
D. Adjective
E. Adverb
F. Preposition
G. Conjunction
II. Sentences
A. Sentence Structure or Pattern
B. Basic Rules in Sentence Writing
III. Paragraphs
A. Topic Sentence of a Paragraph
B. Paragraph Body
C. Closing Sentence of a Paragraph
D. Transition Sentences
E. Paragraph Length
IV. Word Selection and Usage
A. Excessive or Redundant Words
B. Noun-Verb Strings
C. Nominalizations
D. Legalese
E. Archaic Terms
F. Gendered Language
G. Specific Words
Problem Areas
V. Grammar
A. Subject-Verb Agreement
B. Verb Tense
C. Parallel Construction
D. Superfluous Verbs
E. Modifiers and Infinitives
F. Noun-Pronoun Agreement
G. Adverbs, Adjectives, and Conjunctions
VI. Punctuation
A. Comma (,)
B. Semicolon (;)
C. Colon (:)
D. Apostrophe (')
E. Quotation Marks (" ")
F. Ellipses (three spaced dots)
G. Brackets ([ ])
H. Parentheses ( )
I. Hyphen (-)
J. Dash (
)
K. Period (.)
L. Question Mark (?)
M. Exclamation Point (!)
VII. General Considerations
A. Spelling
B. Numbers
C. Formal Writing Conventions
VIII. Key Points Checklist: Fundamentals of Writing
IX. Application
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
For Further Reading
ch. 15 Writing Process for Effective Legal Writing
I. Introduction
II. Importance of Writing Skills
III. Goal of Legal Writing
IV. Legal Writing Process
A. Prewriting Stage
B. Writing Stage
C. Postwriting Stage
V. General Research Suggestions
VI. Key Points Checklist: The Writing Process
A. Prewriting Stage
B. Writing Stage
C. Postwriting Stage
Summary I
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
ch. 16 Office Legal Memorandum: Issues and Facts
I. Introduction
II. Definition
III. Purposes, Uses, and Importance
IV. Prewriting Stage
A. Nature of the Assignment
B. Constraints on the Assignment
C. Organization of the Assignment
V. Sections of the Office Memorandum
A. Heading
B. Statement of Assignment
C. Issue
D. Brief Answer
E. Statement of Facts
VI. Key Points Checklist: Office Legal Memorandum
Issues and Facts
VII. Application
Statement of Assignment
Issue
Brief Answer
Statement of Facts
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
ch. 17 Office Legal Memorandum: Analysis to Conclusion
I. Introduction
II. Analysis Section
A. Analysis Format
B. Analysis Part A: Rule of Law
C. Analysis Part B: Rule of Law Interpretation
Case Law
D. Analysis Part C: Application of Rule of Law to Client's Case
E. Analysis Part D: Counteranalysis
III. Conclusion
IV. Recommendations
V. General Considerations
A. Heading
B. Introductory Sentences
C. Transition Sentences
D. Paragraphs
E. Persuasive Precedent
F. Conclusions
G. Revisions and Drafts
H. Additional Authority
VI. Key Points Checklist: Office Legal Memorandum
Analysis to Conclusion
VII. Application
A. Example 1
B. Example 2
C. Comments on Examples
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
ch. 18 External Memoranda: Court Briefs
I. Introduction
II. General Considerations
A. Similarities
Court Briefs and Office Memoranda
B. Dissimilarities
Court Briefs and Office Memoranda
III. Trial Court Briefs
A. Audience
B. Constraints
C. Format or Content
IV. Appellate Court Briefs
A. Audience I
B. Constraints
C. Format or Content
V. Key Points Checklist: External Memoranda-Court Briefs
VI. Application
A. Trial Brief
B. Comments
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises
ch. 19 Correspondence
I. Introduction
II. Basic Components
A. Letterhead
B. Date
C. Method of Delivery
D. Recipient's Address Block
E. Reference (Re:) Line
F. Salutation
G. Body
H. Closing
I. Signature and Title
J. Initials of Drafter
K. Enclosure Notation
L. Others Receiving Copies
M. Format Style
N. General Considerations
All Correspondence
III. Types of Correspondence
A. Information Letter
B. Opinion Letter
C. Demand or Advocacy Letter
IV. Key Points Checklist: Correspondence
V. Application
A. Example
Information Letter
B. Example
Opinion Letter
C. Comments on Examples
Summary
Key Terms
Internet Resources
Exercises.