Successful legal analysis and writing : the fundamentals /
Bradley G. Clary, Pamela Lysaght.
- 2nd ed.
- St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2006.
- viii, 226 p. ; 26 cm. + teacher's manual.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Road mapping -- The role of facts in resolving legal problems -- The role of rules in resolving legal problems -- Determining the rule in typical, simple scenarios -- Determining the rule in typical, complex scenarios -- Determining the rule in atypical scenarios -- Determining the meaning of a statutory rule -- Basic organizing principles in legal analysis and writing -- Basic writing principles -- Citation and quotation basics -- Communicating a predictive analysis -- Communicating a presuasive analysis.