The Legal writing handbook : practice book / Laurel Currie Oates, Anne Enquist.
2010
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Author
Title
The Legal writing handbook : practice book / Laurel Currie Oates, Anne Enquist.
Published
Austin : Wolters Kluwer, Law & Business, 2010.
Call Number
KF250 .O18 2010a
Edition
Fifth edition.
ISBN
9780735585188
0735585180
0735585180
Description
ix, 323 pages ; 28 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)606779102
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Table of Contents
Preface
ch. 1
Making the Transition (no exercises)
1
ch. 2
The United States Legal System (no exercises)
3
ch. 3
Reading and Analyzing Statutes and Cases (no exercises)
5
ch. 4
Introduction to Legal Research
7
Exercise 4A
Primary Sources, Secondary Sources, and Finding Tools
7
Exercise 4B
Reading Citations
8
Exercise 4C
Using Citations to Find Materials in Books
8
Exercise 4D
Using Citations to Find Materials in Fee-Based Services
9
Exercise 4E
Mandatory and Persuasive Authority
9
ch. 5
Researching Issues Governed by State Statutes and Regulations
11
Exercise 5A
State Practice Manuals
11
Exercise 5B
Hornbooks and Nutshells
11
Exercise 5C
Google and Bing
11
Exercise 5D
State Statutes: The Names of State Codes
12
Exercise 5E
State Regulations: The Names of State Administrative Codes
12
Exercise 5F
Locating State Statutes
12
Exercise 5G
The Names of State Reporters
12
Exercise 5H
Locating Cases in State and Regional Reporters
13
Exercise 5I
Researching an Issue Governed by a State Statute
13
ch. 6
Researching Issues Governed by Federal Statutes and Regulations
19
Exercise 6A
Sources That Can Be Used to Find Background Reading
19
Exercise 6B
Federal Statutes
19
Exercise 6C
Federal Regulations
20
Exercise 6D
Locating Cases That Discuss the Constitutionality of a Statute
20
Exercise 6E
Sources for United States Supreme Court Decisions
20
Exercise 6F
Sources for Law Review Articles
21
Exercise 6G
Research Exercise
21
ch. 7
Researching Issues Governed by Common Law
23
Exercise 7A
Background Reading
23
Exercise 7B
Finding Tools
23
Exercise 7C
Reporters
24
Exercise 7D
Researching Common Law Issues
25
ch. 8
Researching Constitutional Issues
33
Exercise 8A
Background Reading
33
Exercise 8B
Primary Authority
33
Exercise 8C
Finding Tools
35
Exercise 8D
Briefs
36
ch. 9
Researching Issues Governed by County and City Ordinances
37
Exercise 9A
City Charters
37
Exercise 9B
Municipal Ordinances
37
Exercise 9C
Simple Research Exercise
37
Exercise 9D
More Complicated Research Exercise
38
ch. 10
Citators
39
Exercise 10A
Using KeyCite to Determine If a Case Is Still Good Law
39
Exercise 10B
Using KeyCite to Locate Additional Cases and Other Sources
42
Exercise 10C
Using KeyCite to Determine If a Statute Is Still Good Law
44
Exercise 10D
Using KeyCite Alert
45
Exercise 10E
Using Shepards® to Determine if a Case Is Still Good Law
45
Exercise 10F
Using Shepards® to Locate Additional Cases and Authorities
48
ch. 11
Drafting Memos (no exercises)
49
ch. 12
Drafting Memo 1
51
ch. 13
Drafting Memo 2
53
ch. 14
Drafting Memos Requiring Other Types of Analysis (no exercises)
55
ch. 15
Drafting Opinion Letters (no exercises)
57
ch. 16
Drafting Email and Text Messages (no exercises)
59
ch. 17
Motion Briefs (no exercises)
61
ch. 18
Drafting Appellate Briefs (no exercises)
63
ch. 19
Making an Effective Oral Argument (no exercises)
65
ch. 20
Effective Writing --- The Whole Paper (no exercises)
67
ch. 21
Connections Between Paragraphs (no exercises)
69
ch. 22
Effective Paragraphs
71
Exercise 22A
Paragraph Length
71
Exercise 22B
Paragraph Length
72
Exercise 22C
Topic Sentences
74
Exercise 22D
Topic and Concluding Sentences
75
Exercise 22E
Paragraph Blocks
75
Exercise 22F
Paragraph Blocks
83
Exercise 22G
Paragraph Length
84
ch. 23
Connections Between Sentences
85
Exercise 23A
Generic Transitions
85
Exercise 23B
Dovetailing
86
Exercise 23C
Dovetailing
87
ch. 24
Effective Sentences
89
Exercise 24A
Active and Passive Voice
89
Exercise 24B
Passive Voice
90
Exercise 24C
Passive Voice
91
Exercise 24D
Concrete Subjects
92
Exercise 24E
Action Verbs
94
Exercise 24F
Subject-Verb Distance
95
Exercise 24G
Subject-Verb Review
96
Exercise 24H
Sentence Length
97
Exercise 24I
Sentence Length
99
Exercise 24J
Sentences Review
100
Exercise 24K
Sentences Review
100
Exercise 24L
Emphasis
102
Exercise 24M
Single Word Emphasizers
104
Exercise 24N
Changing Word Order
105
Exercise 24O
Breaking a Pattern
106
Exercise 24P
Emphasis Application
107
Exercise 24Q
Emphasis Application
107
ch. 25
Effective Words
109
Exercise 25A
Word Choice
109
Exercise 25B
Consistent Terms
111
Exercise 25C
Appropriate Comparisons
112
Exercise 25D
Subject-Verb-Object Combinations
113
Exercise 25E
Grammatical Ambiguities
114
Exercise 25F
Conciseness
114
Exercise 25G
Conciseness
116
Exercise 25H
Conciseness
118
Exercise 25I
Conciseness Review
119
Exercise 25J
Conciseness Review
121
Exercise 25K
Legalese
122
Exercise 25L
Gender-Neutral Language
123
Exercise 25M
Gender-Neutral Language
124
Exercise 25N
Gender-Neutral Language
126
ch. 26
Eloquence (no exercises)
127
ch. 27
Grammar
129
Exercise 27A
Fragments
129
Exercise 27B
Fragments
130
Exercise 27C
Fragments Review
131
Exercise 27D
Verb Tense
132
Exercise 27E
Verb Tense
134
Exercise 27F
Subject-Verb Agreement
135
Exercise 27G
Pronoun Agreement
137
Exercise 27H
Ambiguous Pronouns
140
Exercise 27I
Broad Pronoun Reference
141
Exercise 27J
Pronoun Antecedents
143
Exercise 27K
Pronoun Review
144
Exercise 27L
Modifier Placement
145
Exercise 27M
Modifier Placement
146
Exercise 27N
Misplaced Modifiers
146
Exercise 27O
Dangling Modifiers
147
Exercise 27P
Parallelism
149
Exercise 27Q
Parallelism
150
ch. 28
Punctuation
153
Exercise 28A
Commas --- Rule 1
153
Exercise 28B
Commas --- Rule 2
154
Exercise 28C
Commas --- Rule 3
155
Exercise 28D
Commas --- Rule 4
156
Exercise 28E
Commas --- Rule 4
157
Exercise 28F
Commas --- Rules 5 and 6
158
Exercise 28G
Commas --- Rules 7 ad 8
159
Exercise 28H
Commas --- Rules 9 and 10
160
Exercise 28I
Commas --- Rules 11 and 12
161
Exercise 28J
Commas --- Rules 11 and 12
163
Exercise 28K
Unnecessary Commas
164
Exercise 28L
Unnecessary Commas
165
Exercise 28M
Comma Review
167
Exercise 28N
Semicolons
169
Exercise 28O
Semicolons
170
Exercise 28P
Semicolons
172
Exercise 28Q
Semicolon Review
173
Exercise 28R
Colons
174
Exercise 28S
Apostrophes
176
Exercise 28T
Apostrophes
177
Exercise 28U
Apostrophes
177
Exercise 28V
Other Marks of Punctuation
178
Exercise 28W
Hyphens
179
Exercise 28X
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
180
ch. 29
Mechanics (no exercises)
183
ch. 30
Grammar and Rhetoric for English-as-a-Second-Language Law Students
185
Exercise 30A
Count and Non-Count Nouns
185
Exercise 30B
Articles --- "A" and "An"
186
Exercise 30C
Articles --- "A" and "An"
186
Exercise 30D
Articles --- "The"
188
Exercise 30E
Articles ---- "A" "An" "The"
189
Exercise 30F
Auxiliary, or Helping Verbs
190
Exercise 30G
Base Form of Verbs
191
Exercise 30H
Verbs with Gerunds and Infinitives
193