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Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
Sixth Edition
Joanne B. Hames
De Anza College
Yvonne Ekern
Santa Clara University Law School
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, ISBN-13:6 x 978-0-13-455984-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Content
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To6xthe6xInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapter6x1:6xIntroduction6xto6xLegal6xResearch,6xWriting6xand6xAnalysis 1
Chapter6x2:6xThe6xStarting6xPoint:6xAnalyzing6xFacts6xand6xIdentifying6xLegal6xIssues 7
Chapter6x3:6xFinding6xand6xAnalyzing6xCase6xLaw 12
Chapter6x4:6xHow6xto6xRead6xand6xSummarize6xa6xCase6xLaw6xDecision 20
Chapter6x5:6xConstitutions,6xStatutes,6xand6xAdministrative6xRegulations 27
Chapter6x6:6xStatutory6xand6xConstitutional6xAnalysis 40
Chapter6x7:6xSecondary6xSources 48
Chapter6x8:6xDigests 58
Chapter6x9:6xValidating6xYour6xResearch:6xUsing6xShepards,6xKeycite6xand6xother6xCitators 65
Chapter6x10:6xIntroduction6xto6xLexis6xAdvance,6xWestlaw,6x&6xBloomberg6xLaw 75
Chapter6x11:6xComputer-
Assisted6xLegal6xResearch6x(CALR):6xThe6xFreely6xAccessible6xInternet6 x 816xChapter6x12:6xBas
ic6xLegal6xWriting6xTools 86
Chapter6x13:6xThe6xMemorandum6xof6xLaw:6xPredictive6xLegal6xWriting 90
Chapter6x14:6xWriting6xto6xthe6xCourt:6xPersuasive6xWriting 95
Chapter6x15:6xMotion6xPractice:6xResearch6xand6xWriting6xIssues 100
Chapter6x16:6xLegal6xCorrespondence 104
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nts6xneeded6xa6xtext6xthat6xintegrated6xresearch,6xanalysis,6xand6xwriting6xskills.6xWe6xremain6xconvince
d6xof6xthat;6xtherefore,6xour6xbasic6xapproach6xto6xthe6xsubject6xmatter6xhas6xnot6xchanged.6xHowever,6xle
gal6xresearch6xmaterials6xand6xthe6xmethods6xof6xdoing6xlegal6xresearch6xhave6xchanged6xconsiderably6x
over6xthe6xpast6xseveral6xyears.6xThe6xavailability6xof6xlegal6xresources6xthrough6xthe6xInternet6xhas6xtrem
endous6xinfluence6xon6xthe6xway6xresearch6xis6xconducted.6xNo6xlonger6xare6xresearchers6xconfined6xto6x
a6xlaw6xlibrary.6xThe6xwidespread6xuse6xof6xall6xforms6xof6xcomputer6xassisted6xlegal6xresearch6xrequires
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knows,6xbooks6xare6xoften6xpreferred.6xThe6xnew6xskills6xthat6xresearchers6xmust6xdevelop,6xtherefore,6x
cannot6xsupplant6xtraditional6xresearch6xskills,6xbut6xmust6xcomplement6xthem.6xAs6xa6xresult,6xmost6xch
apters6xnow6xcontain6xa6xsection6xincorporating6xthe6xavailability6xof6xlegal6xresearch6xmaterials6xon6xth
e6xfree6xInternet.6 x We6xcontinue6xto6xhave6xa6xchapter6xintroducing6xWesttlaw,6xLexis6xAdvance,6xand6x
Bloomberg6xLaw,6xas6xwell6xas6xan6xoverview6xchapter6xon6xInternet6xresearch.6 x We6xhave6xalso6xrefine
d6xthe6xuse6xof6xsample6xpages6xfrom6xprint6xresources.6 x Since6xlegal6xwriting6xcontinues6xto6xbe6xa6xsou
rce6xof6xconcern,6xwe6xhave6xadded6xa6xsection6xto6xeach6xchapter6xprovidng6xa6xshort6xwriting6xexercise6x
with6xsuggested6xsample6xanswers6xfound6xin6xan6xAppendix6xto6xthe6xtext.
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d6xwriting6xexercises.6xResearch6xassignments6xcan6xbe6xperformed
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chapter6xfeatures.6xTest6xYourself6xalso6xcontains6xa6xsection6xentitled6x“Write6xI
t6xRight.”6xHere
students6xfind6xa6xwriting6xassignment6xpreceded6xby6xan6xexplanation6xand6xexample.6xSuggested
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