Legal research, analysis, and writing /Joanne Banker Hames, Yvonne Ekern.
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[Book]
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
3rd ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Upper Saddle River, NJ :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Pearson Prentice Hall
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxiv, 528 p.
Dimensions
;28 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
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English
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Rev. ed. of : Legal research, analysis, and writing / Joanne Banker Hames, Yvonne Ekern, 2006.
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Includes index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction to legal research, writing, and analysis -- The starting point : analyzing facts and identifying legal issues -- Finding and analyzing case law -- How to brief a case -- Constitutions, statutes, and administrative regulations -- Statutory and constitutional analysis -- Secondary sources -- Digests -- Validating your research : using Sheppard's , Keycite, and other citators -- Computer assisted legal research (CALR) -- Basic legal writing tools -- Predictive legal writing : the memorandum of law -- Persuasive writing : writing to the court -- Legal correspondence.