Online Instructor’s Manual with Testbank
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for
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
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Sixth Edition
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Joanne B. Hames
m m
DemAnza mCollege
Yvonne Ekern m
Santa mClara mUniversity mLawmSchool
Boston m Columbusm Indianapolism NewmYork m San mFrancisco
Amsterdam m CapemTown m Dubaim London m Madrid m Milan m Munich m Parism Montrealm Toronto m
Delhim Mexico mCity m Sao mPaulo m Sydney m HongmKongm Seoulm Singaporem Taipeim Tokyo
1
, ISBN-13: m 978-0-13-455984-1
ISB N-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
m m
TomthemInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapterm1:mIntroductionmtomLegalmResearch,mWritingmand mAnalysis 1
Chapterm2:mThemStartingmPoint:mAnalyzingmFactsmand mIdentifyingmLegalmIssues 7
Chapterm3:mFindingmand mAnalyzingmCasemLaw 12
Chapterm4:mHow mtomRead mand mSummarizemamCasemLaw mDecision 20
Chapterm5:mConstitutions,mStatutes,mand mAdministrativemRegulations 27
Chapterm6:mStatutorymand mConstitutionalmAnalysis 40
Chapterm7:mSecondarymSources 48
Chapterm8:mDigests 58
Chapterm9:mValidatingmYourmResearch:mUsingmShepards,mKeycitemand mothermCitators 65
Chapterm10:mIntroductionmtomLexismAdvance,mWestlaw,m&mBloombergmLaw 75
Chapterm11:mComputer-
Assisted mLegalmResearchm(CALR):mThemFreelymAccessiblemInternet m 81mChapterm12:mBasicmL
egalmWritingmTools 86
Chapterm13:mThemMemorandummof mLaw:mPredictivemLegalmWriting 90
Chapterm14:mWritingmtomthemCourt:mPersuasivemWriting 95
Chapterm15:mMotionmPractice:mResearchmand mWritingmIssues 100
Chapterm16:mLegalmCorrespondence 104
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,Testbank 123
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, TomthemInstructor
ThemSixthmEditionmof mLegalm Research,m Analysis,m andm Writing
Whenmwemfirst mwrotemLegalmResearch,mAnalysis,mandmWriting,mwemweremconvinced mthat mstudentsmne
eded mamtext mthat mintegrated mresearch,manalysis,mand mwritingmskills.mWemremainmconvinced mof mthat;mth
erefore,mourmbasicmapproachmtomthemsubject mmattermhasmnot mchanged.mHowever,mlegalmresearchm mater
ialsmand mthemmethodsmof mdoingmlegalmresearchmhavemchanged mconsiderablymovermthempast mseveralmye
ars.mThemavailabilitymof mlegalmresourcesmthroughmthemInternet mhasmtremendousminfluencemonmthemwaym
researchmismconducted.mNomlongermaremresearchersmconfined mtomamlawmlibrary.m Themwidespread musemo
f mallmformsmof mcomputermassisted mlegalmresearchmrequiresmthat mlegalm researchers mdevelopmnew mskills.
However,mthemlaw mhasmnot mabandoned mthemwrittenmword mand,masmanymexperienced mresearchermknows
,mbooksmaremoftenmpreferred.mThemnew mskillsmthat mresearchersmmust mdevelop,mtherefore,mcannot msuppl
ant mtraditionalmresearchmskills,mbut mmust mcomplement mthem.mAsmamresult,mmost mchapters mnow mcontai
nmamsectionmincorporatingmthemavailabilitymof mlegalm researchmmaterials monmthemfreemInternet.m Wemcon
tinuemtomhavemamchaptermintroducingmWesttlaw,mLexismAdvance,mand mBloombergmLaw,masmwellmasma
nmoverview mchaptermonmInternet mresearch.m Wemhavemalsomrefined mthemusemof msamplempagesmfrommpri
nt mresources.m Sincemlegalmwritingmcontinuesmtombemamsourcemof mconcern,mwemhavemadded mamsectionmto
meachmchaptermprovidngmamshort mwritingmexercisemwithmsuggested msamplemanswersmfound minmanmApp
endixmtomthemtext.
Practical Approach
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Thismtextmassistsmtheminstructorminmpresentingmmaterialmin mampracticalmand mrelevantmwa
y.mEach mchaptermopensmwith mamshortmmemorandum mFromm them Desk m ofm W.m J.
Bryan,m Esq.,mthatmcontainsmamhypotheticalmfactualmsituationmto mbemresearched mand
manalyzedmbyma mfictionalmresearchmassociate. mThe mmemorandum mapproach mhelpsmt
o mintroduce mthemtopicmofmthemchaptermandmtomengagemthemstudent’smimagination.mE
ach mchaptermcontainsmfiguresmwithmsamplempagesmfrommprintmresources,mscreenmsh
otsmfrommonlinemsources,mormexamplesmofmlegalmwritingmsomasmto millustratemtextmma
terial.
Onemfeaturematmthemend mofmthemchapter,mCanmYoumFiguremItmOut?,mrequiresmstudentsmt
o manswermquestionsmrelatedmto mthesemfigures.mFurthermore,mbecausemlearningmtomdomle
galmresearch mrequiresmhands-
on mexperience,matmthemendmofmeach mchaptermaremresearch,manalysis,mcitation,mandmwriti
ngmexercises.mResearch massignmentsmcan mbemperformed
in mamlibrary mor,min mmanymcases,monline.m(Answersmtommostmofmthesemexercisesmarem
foundmin manmInstructor’smManual.)mSo mthatmstudentsmcanmbuildmconfidence mpriormt
o musingmamlibrarymormonlinemresource,mexercisesmaremfound minmamchaptermend mfeatu
re,mTestmYourself.mAnswersmtomselected mresearchmproblemsmaremfoundminmAppendi
x mGmto mthemtext.
Each mchaptermalso maddressesmimportantmwritingmissuesmin mend-of-
chaptermfeatures.mTestmYourselfmalso mcontainsmamsectionmentitled m“WritemItmRi
ght.”mHere
studentsmfind mamwritingmassignmentmprecededmbyman mexplanationmandmexample.mSuggested mans
wersmto mthemwritingmassignmentmaremgenerally mprovided min mAppendix mG.
Thismfeaturemcoversmamvariety mof mlegalmwritingmissues.
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m m m m
for
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
m m m m
Sixth Edition
m
Joanne B. Hames
m m
DemAnza mCollege
Yvonne Ekern m
Santa mClara mUniversity mLawmSchool
Boston m Columbusm Indianapolism NewmYork m San mFrancisco
Amsterdam m CapemTown m Dubaim London m Madrid m Milan m Munich m Parism Montrealm Toronto m
Delhim Mexico mCity m Sao mPaulo m Sydney m HongmKongm Seoulm Singaporem Taipeim Tokyo
1
, ISBN-13: m 978-0-13-455984-1
ISB N-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
m m
TomthemInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapterm1:mIntroductionmtomLegalmResearch,mWritingmand mAnalysis 1
Chapterm2:mThemStartingmPoint:mAnalyzingmFactsmand mIdentifyingmLegalmIssues 7
Chapterm3:mFindingmand mAnalyzingmCasemLaw 12
Chapterm4:mHow mtomRead mand mSummarizemamCasemLaw mDecision 20
Chapterm5:mConstitutions,mStatutes,mand mAdministrativemRegulations 27
Chapterm6:mStatutorymand mConstitutionalmAnalysis 40
Chapterm7:mSecondarymSources 48
Chapterm8:mDigests 58
Chapterm9:mValidatingmYourmResearch:mUsingmShepards,mKeycitemand mothermCitators 65
Chapterm10:mIntroductionmtomLexismAdvance,mWestlaw,m&mBloombergmLaw 75
Chapterm11:mComputer-
Assisted mLegalmResearchm(CALR):mThemFreelymAccessiblemInternet m 81mChapterm12:mBasicmL
egalmWritingmTools 86
Chapterm13:mThemMemorandummof mLaw:mPredictivemLegalmWriting 90
Chapterm14:mWritingmtomthemCourt:mPersuasivemWriting 95
Chapterm15:mMotionmPractice:mResearchmand mWritingmIssues 100
Chapterm16:mLegalmCorrespondence 104
2
,Testbank 123
3
, TomthemInstructor
ThemSixthmEditionmof mLegalm Research,m Analysis,m andm Writing
Whenmwemfirst mwrotemLegalmResearch,mAnalysis,mandmWriting,mwemweremconvinced mthat mstudentsmne
eded mamtext mthat mintegrated mresearch,manalysis,mand mwritingmskills.mWemremainmconvinced mof mthat;mth
erefore,mourmbasicmapproachmtomthemsubject mmattermhasmnot mchanged.mHowever,mlegalmresearchm mater
ialsmand mthemmethodsmof mdoingmlegalmresearchmhavemchanged mconsiderablymovermthempast mseveralmye
ars.mThemavailabilitymof mlegalmresourcesmthroughmthemInternet mhasmtremendousminfluencemonmthemwaym
researchmismconducted.mNomlongermaremresearchersmconfined mtomamlawmlibrary.m Themwidespread musemo
f mallmformsmof mcomputermassisted mlegalmresearchmrequiresmthat mlegalm researchers mdevelopmnew mskills.
However,mthemlaw mhasmnot mabandoned mthemwrittenmword mand,masmanymexperienced mresearchermknows
,mbooksmaremoftenmpreferred.mThemnew mskillsmthat mresearchersmmust mdevelop,mtherefore,mcannot msuppl
ant mtraditionalmresearchmskills,mbut mmust mcomplement mthem.mAsmamresult,mmost mchapters mnow mcontai
nmamsectionmincorporatingmthemavailabilitymof mlegalm researchmmaterials monmthemfreemInternet.m Wemcon
tinuemtomhavemamchaptermintroducingmWesttlaw,mLexismAdvance,mand mBloombergmLaw,masmwellmasma
nmoverview mchaptermonmInternet mresearch.m Wemhavemalsomrefined mthemusemof msamplempagesmfrommpri
nt mresources.m Sincemlegalmwritingmcontinuesmtombemamsourcemof mconcern,mwemhavemadded mamsectionmto
meachmchaptermprovidngmamshort mwritingmexercisemwithmsuggested msamplemanswersmfound minmanmApp
endixmtomthemtext.
Practical Approach
m
Thismtextmassistsmtheminstructorminmpresentingmmaterialmin mampracticalmand mrelevantmwa
y.mEach mchaptermopensmwith mamshortmmemorandum mFromm them Desk m ofm W.m J.
Bryan,m Esq.,mthatmcontainsmamhypotheticalmfactualmsituationmto mbemresearched mand
manalyzedmbyma mfictionalmresearchmassociate. mThe mmemorandum mapproach mhelpsmt
o mintroduce mthemtopicmofmthemchaptermandmtomengagemthemstudent’smimagination.mE
ach mchaptermcontainsmfiguresmwithmsamplempagesmfrommprintmresources,mscreenmsh
otsmfrommonlinemsources,mormexamplesmofmlegalmwritingmsomasmto millustratemtextmma
terial.
Onemfeaturematmthemend mofmthemchapter,mCanmYoumFiguremItmOut?,mrequiresmstudentsmt
o manswermquestionsmrelatedmto mthesemfigures.mFurthermore,mbecausemlearningmtomdomle
galmresearch mrequiresmhands-
on mexperience,matmthemendmofmeach mchaptermaremresearch,manalysis,mcitation,mandmwriti
ngmexercises.mResearch massignmentsmcan mbemperformed
in mamlibrary mor,min mmanymcases,monline.m(Answersmtommostmofmthesemexercisesmarem
foundmin manmInstructor’smManual.)mSo mthatmstudentsmcanmbuildmconfidence mpriormt
o musingmamlibrarymormonlinemresource,mexercisesmaremfound minmamchaptermend mfeatu
re,mTestmYourself.mAnswersmtomselected mresearchmproblemsmaremfoundminmAppendi
x mGmto mthemtext.
Each mchaptermalso maddressesmimportantmwritingmissuesmin mend-of-
chaptermfeatures.mTestmYourselfmalso mcontainsmamsectionmentitled m“WritemItmRi
ght.”mHere
studentsmfind mamwritingmassignmentmprecededmbyman mexplanationmandmexample.mSuggested mans
wersmto mthemwritingmassignmentmaremgenerally mprovided min mAppendix mG.
Thismfeaturemcoversmamvariety mof mlegalmwritingmissues.
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