02563cam a22003614a 4500 15596709 OSt 20170310111925.0 090123s2009 txuk b 001 0 eng 2009003050 9780735576667 (pbk.) 0735576661 (pbk.) 9780735576674 (pbk. ; teacher's manual) (OCoLC)ocn300031178 DLC DLC YDXCP BTCTA OHL WLL ILI CDX DLC pcc n-us--- KF250 .N48 2009 808/.06634 22 Neumann, Richard K., 1947- Legal reasoning and legal writing : structure, strategy, and style / Richard K. Neumann, Jr. 6th ed. Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, c2009. xxx, 520 p. : forms ; 26 cm. + teacher's manual. Includes bibliographical references and index. An introduction to American law -- Rule-based reasoning -- An introduction to judicial decisions and statutes -- Briefing cases -- The art of legal writing -- The process of writing -- Office memoranda -- Initially obtaining the facts: client interviewing -- Predictive writing -- A paradigm for organizing proof of a conclusion of law -- Varying the depth of rule proof and rule application -- Combining proofs of separate conclusions of law -- Working with the paradigm -- Selecting authority -- Working with precedent -- Working with statutes -- Working with facts -- Paragraphing -- Effective style -- Citations and quotations -- Client advice letters -- Demand letters -- How to write exam answers -- Developing a persuasive theory -- Developing persuasive arguments -- Handling the procedural posture -- Motion memoranda -- Point headings and sub-headings -- Statements of the case -- Questions presented -- Appellate practice -- Appellate briefs -- Writing the appellate brief -- Oral argument. Legal composition. Trial practice United States. Law United States Methodology. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 256260 256259 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC 40404 RUSLL GEN 2017-03-10 0 KF250 .N48 2009 201700078 2017-03-10 00:00:00 2017-03-10 BK