Honigsberg and Ho's Gilbert Law Summary on Legal Research, Writing & Analysis, 13th

Imprint
Gilbert
ISBN-13
9781642426724
Primary Subject
Legal Writing
Format
Softbound
Copyright
2019
Series
Gilbert Law Summaries
Publication Date
06/24/2019
Softbound - New, softbound print book.
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Description

This outline covers court systems, precedent, case reporting system (including regional and state reporters, headnotes and the West Key Number System®, citations, and case finding), statutes, constitutions, and legislative history, and secondary sources (including treatises, law reviews, digests, and restatements). Also discussed are administrative agencies (including regulations), Shepard's Citations®, KeyCite, legal research using computers, including Westlaw, Lexis, and other online sources, reading and understanding a case (including briefing a case), using legal source books, basic guidelines for legal writing, organizing your research, writing a memorandum of law, writing a brief, and writing an opinion or client letter.