Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students / Edition 4

by Nadia E. Nedzel

Overview

Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students helps readers understand and approach legal research and writing assignments the way attorneys do in the United States. Chapters are short and clear, and repeat the major points to aid, in particular, LL.M. candidates who are not native English speakers. A methodology of research and writing in preparing legal documents is presented, and reasoning and writing methods are based on standard IRAC analysis used by many instructors. To allow instructors to discuss citation requirements as they become needed, citation format information is integrated into the text. Most of the exercises in each chapter can be done on the Web as well as in the law library, with either commercial or non-commercial websites.

Key Features:

• An example of rule synthesis based on the simple Soccer close memo example that had been included in the third edition
• Updated the chapter on the use of technology in the court system and by practicing attorneys, and how both changing technology and economic changes are affecting the legal profession in the United States.
• New, straightforward, and very effective way for students to outline essay exam questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454870036
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date:	09/16/2016
Series:	Aspen Coursebook Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	460
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. United States Common Law
Chapter 2. Introduction to American Legal Research and the Federal System
Chapter 3. Legal Reasoning and Objective Legal Writing
Chapter 4. The Legal Process: Introduction to Civil and Administrative Procedure
Chapter 5. The Research Process
Chapter 6. Researching and Updating Case Law
Chapter 7. Researching and Interpreting Constitutions, Statutes, and International Law
Chapter 8. Rewriting and Style
Chapter 9. Advanced Objective Writing
Chapter 10. Nonfee Internet Legal Research
Chapter 11. Persuasive Writing
Chapter 12. Drafting Contracts

Appendix: Preparing for and Taking Examinations
Index