Legal Method and Writing I (Aspen Coursebook Series) 9th Edition by Charles R. Calleros, ISBN-13: 978-1543849523
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- Publisher: Aspen Publishing; 9th edition (January 31, 2022)
- Language: English
- 624 pages
- ISBN-10: 1543849512
- ISBN-13: 978-1543849523
Charles R. Calleros and Kimberly Y.W. Holst provide a solid grounding in the U.S. legal system and legal analysis, along with thorough coverage of predictive and persuasive writing spanning the entire first-year Legal Writing course and beyond. Illuminating text, illustrations, exercises, sample documents, and take-home assignments engage students in legal writing for a wide range of documents: office memoranda, briefs, trial court pleadings, motions, appellate briefs, contracts, advice letters, and more. And now, with a fresh design, the consolidated Ninth Edition of Legal Method and Writing highlights the many examples and illustrations in every chapter.
New to the Ninth Edition:
- A single-volume text that consolidates predictive and persuasive writing for the full-year, 1L LRW course
- Expanded and updated coverage of statutory interpretation, with new sources
- New examples of statements of rules in objective memos and briefs
- An enhanced design that highlights numerous helpful examples
- Endnotes in each chapter that list all reference sources
- Updated citation coverage that reflects the new Bluebook and ALWD editions
Professors and students will benefit from:
- A comprehensive, skills-based approach to writing and legal analysis, designed to impart flexible skills that enable students to tackle any writing challenge in their future practice of law
- Numerous practice exercises that advance students’ writing and analytical skills
- Attention to cultural and gender diversity to add depth and perspective
- Annotated examples of legal writing
Table of Contents:
Contents
Table of Charts and Sample Documents Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I LAW SCHOOL— GETTING STARTED
Chapter 1 Introduction to Writing Style: Policy, Purpose, and
Audience
Chapter 2 Overview of the Case Method of Study
PART II INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM
Chapter 3 Common Law
Chapter 4 Legislation
PART III LEGAL METHOD AND ANALYSIS
Chapter 5 The Role of Precedent: The Court System and
Stare Decisis
Chapter 6 Deductive Reasoning and IRAC— Introduction to
Legal Analysis
PART IV PREDICTIVE WRITING— THE OFFICE
MEMORANDUM OF LAW
Chapter 7 The Office Memorandum of Law
Chapter 8 Organization of Office Memoranda and Briefs
Chapter 9 Legal Writing Style in the Office Memorandum
Chapter 10 Signaling, Presenting, and Quoting Authority
PART V INTRODUCTION TO ADVOCACY
Chapter 11 Advocacy: Overview and Ethics
Chapter 12 Developing Your Legal Arguments
Chapter 13 Expressing Your Advocacy: Persuasive Writing
Style and Oral Argument
PART VI PRETRIAL ADVOCACY—PLEADINGS AND
MOTIONS
Chapter 14 Pleadings and Motions to Dismiss
Chapter 15 Motion for Summary Judgment
Chapter 16 Motion to Exclude Evidence Before Trial
PART VII APPELLATE BRIEFS
Chapter 17 Standards of Appellate Review
Chapter 18 The Brief— Effective Appellate Advocacy
PART VIII WRITING TO PARTIES: CONTRACTS AND
CORRESPONDENCE
Chapter 19 Contracts
Chapter 20 Advice Letters
Chapter 21 Demand Letters
APPENDICES
Index
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