Online Instructor’s Manual with Testbank
for
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
Sixth Edition
Joanne B. Hames
De Anza College
Yvonne Ekern
Santa Clara University Law School
Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco
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, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-
Table of 455984-1
Contents ISBN-10:0-13-455984-3
To the Instructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapter 1: Introduction to Legal Research, Writing and
Analysis 1
Chapter 2: The Starting Point: Analyzing Facts and
Identifying Legal Issues 7
Chapter 3: Finding and Analyzing Case Law 12
Chapter 4: How to Read and Summarize a Case Law
Decision 20
Chapter 5: Constitutions, Statutes, and Administrative
Regulations 27
Chapter 6: Statutory and Constitutional Analysis 40
Chapter 7: Secondary Sources 48
Chapter 8: Digests 58
Chapter 9: Validating Your Research: Using Shepards,
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, Keycite and other Citators 65
Chapter 10: Introduction to Lexis Advance, Westlaw, &
Bloomberg Law 75
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted Legal Research
(CALR): The Freely Accessible Internet 81 Chapter
12: Basic Legal Writing Tools
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Chapter 13: The Memorandum of Law: Predictive Legal
Writing 90
Chapter 14: Writing to the Court: Persuasive Writing 95
Chapter 15: Motion Practice: Research and Writing Issues
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Chapter 16: Legal Correspondence 104
Testbank 123
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