TY - BOOK AU - Edwards,Linda Holdeman TI - Legal writing and analysis SN - 9780735562295 PY - 2007/// CY - New York, NY PB - Aspen Publishers KW - Legal composition KW - Legal briefs KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Overview of the lawyer's role -- The legal system, the common law process, and kinds of authority -- Briefing and synthesizing cases -- Interpreting statutes -- Forms of legal reasoning -- The writing process and law-trained readers -- Large-scale organization: creating an annotated outline -- Small-scale organization: explaining the law -- Small-scale organization: applying the law -- Discussing multiple issues: putting it all together -- Deepening your analysis -- Writing an office memo -- Writing professional letters -- Introduction to brief-writing -- Questions presented and point headings -- Writing the argument section -- Standards of review -- Writing a fact statement -- Using legal theory to sharpen your arguments -- Citations and quotations -- Paragraphs, sentences, and style -- Oral argument UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006101316.html ER -