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
Bostonh Columbush Indianapolish NewhYorkh SanhFrancisco
Amsterdamh CapehTownh Dubaih Londonh Madridh Milanh Munichh Parish Montrealh TorontohDel
hih MexicohCityh SaohPauloh Sydneyh HonghKongh Seoulh Singaporeh Taipeih Tokyo
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, ISBN-13:h 978-0-13-455984-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
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TohthehInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapterh1:hIntroductionhtohLegalhResearch,hWritinghandhAnalysis 1
Chapterh2:hThehStartinghPoint:hAnalyzinghFactshandhIdentifyinghLegalhIssues 7
Chapterh3:hFindinghandhAnalyzinghCasehLaw 12
Chapterh4:hHowhtohReadhandhSummarizehahCasehLawhDecision 20
Chapterh5:hConstitutions,hStatutes,handhAdministrativehRegulations 27
Chapterh6:hStatutoryhandhConstitutionalhAnalysis 40
Chapterh7:hSecondaryhSources 48
Chapterh8:hDigests 58
Chapterh9:hValidatinghYourhResearch:hUsinghShepards,hKeycitehandhotherhCitators 65
Chapterh10:hIntroductionhtohLexishAdvance,hWestlaw,h&hBloomberghLaw 75
Chapterh11:hComputer-
AssistedhLegalhResearchh(CALR):hThehFreelyhAccessiblehInterneth 81hChapterh12:hBasichLegal
h WritinghTools 86
Chapterh13:hThehMemorandumhofhLaw:hPredictivehLegalhWriting 90
Chapterh14:hWritinghtohthehCourt:hPersuasivehWriting 95
Chapterh15:hMotionhPractice:hResearchhandhWritinghIssues 100
Chapterh16:hLegalhCorrespondence 104
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dhahtexththathintegratedhresearch,hanalysis,handhwritinghskills.hWehremainhconvincedhofhthat;htherefore,
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ityhofhlegalhresourceshthroughhthehInternethhashtremendoushinfluencehonhthehwayhresearchhishconducted
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sistedhlegalhresearchhrequireshthathlegalhresearchershdevelophnewhskills.
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oksharehoftenhpreferred.hThehnewhskillshthathresearchershmusthdevelop,htherefore,hcannothsupplanthtrad
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alyzedhbyhahfictionalhresearchhassociate.hThehmemorandumhapproachhhelpshtohintro
ducehthehtopichofhthehchapterhandhtohengagehthehstudent‘shimagination.hEachhchapte
rhcontainshfigureshwithhsamplehpageshfromhprinthresources,hscreenhshotshfromhonlin
ehsources,horhexampleshofhlegalhwritinghsohashtohillustratehtexthmaterial.
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swerhquestionshrelatedhtohthesehfigures.hFurthermore,hbecausehlearninghtohdohlegalhrese
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onhexperience,haththehendhofheachhchapterharehresearch,hanalysis,hcitation,handhwritinghe
xercises.hResearchhassignmentshcanhbehperformed
inhahlibraryhor,hinhmanyhcases,honline.h(Answershtohmosthofhthesehexercisesharehfoun
dhinhanhInstructor‘shManual.)hSohthathstudentshcanhbuildhconfidencehpriorhtohusingha
hlibraryhorhonlinehresource,hexercisesharehfoundhinhahchapterhendhfeature,hTesthYour
self.hAnswershtohselectedhresearchhproblemsharehfoundhinhAppendixhGhtohthehtext.
Eachhchapterhalsohaddresseshimportanthwritinghissueshinhend-of-
chapterhfeatures.hTesthYourselfhalsohcontainshahsectionhentitledh―WritehIthRight.
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studentshfindhahwritinghassignmenthprecededhbyhanhexplanationhandhexample.hSuggestedhanswer
shtohthehwritinghassignmentharehgenerallyhprovidedhinhAppendixhG.
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nhMatters,handhQuestionshforhReview,hashwellhashahCasehProject.hThishsectionh
allowshstudentshandhinstructorshtohselecthonehhypotheticalhcaseh(many
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