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Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing: An Integrated Approach, 2/E
Joanne Banker Hames, De Anza College
Yvonne Ekern, West Valley College

ISBN-10: 0131188887
ISBN-13: 9780131188884

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 528 pp
Published: 08/31/2005

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Appropriate for Paralegal Studies, Legal Studies, and Pre-Law.

By integrating the basics of legal research, legal analysis and legal writing, Hames and Ekern’s Legal Research, Analysis and Writing, 2^nd Edition clarifies the interrelationship of legal research, legal analysis and legal writing and allows students to experience the total legal research process. Its goal is to provide readers with the basic knowledge and tools needed to research and analyze a legal problem and to communicate the results of that research and analysis in different types of legal memoranda. Included in the text are numerous research and writing exercises, sample law book pages and writing memoranda, a discussion of current legal research techniques and an emphasis on proper citation in legal writing.

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Appropriate for Paralegal Studies, Legal Studies, and Pre-Law.

Hallmark Features

An integrated approach— clarifies the interrelationship of legal research, legal writing and legal analysis.

Reflects the way research, writing and analysis actually work in practice—as related tools, not isolated topics.

Sample legal writing documents—appear in Appendix D, E and throughout several chapters.

Give students and opportunity to see actual examples of legal writing.

Sample law book pages—appear throughout the research chapters.

Link to Can You Figure it Out assignments and give students a chance to see how research materials work prior to going to the library.

Assignments and Activities—appear at the end of each chapter.

Contain research, analysis and writing problems that require the use of a law library to complete.

Technology Corner feature—appears in each chapter.

Demonstrates how technology relates to the subject matter and provides a list of useful Internet sites.

Built-in Legal Dictionary—defines legal terms in margins as they are presented.

Familiarizes students with common legal terms and helps them build a strong legal vocabulary.

New To This Edition

NEW —Citation Matters feature–appears at the beginning of every chapter.

Helps students learn the basics and importance of proper citation in legal writing.

REVISED- Chapter on computer-assisted legal research–appears as chapter 11.

Reflects current trends in legal research, including how to use the Internet as a research tool.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis.

2. Before You Begin.

3. The Starting Point: Analyzing Facts and Identifying Legal Issues.

4. Finding and Analyzing Case Law.

5. How to Brief a Case.

6. Constitutions, Statutes, and Administrative Regulations.

7. Statutory and Constitutional Analysis.

8.Secondary Sources.

9. Digests and Miscellaneous Research Tools.

10. Validating Your Research: Using Shepard’s and Other Citators.

11.Computer Assisted Legal Research.

12. How to Create Research Strategies.

13. Basic Legal Writing Tools.

14. Legal Writing: Writing to Inform.

15. Writing to the Court.

Appendix A: Research Problems.

Appendix B: Basic Citation Reference Guide.

Appendix C: Creating Research Strategies: An Overview.

Appendix D: Defendants’ joint memorandum of points and authorities.

Appendix E: Appellate Brief.

Glossary.

Index .

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Legal Research (Legal Studies & Paralegal)
Legal Writing (Legal Studies & Paralegal)
Legal Research and Writing (Legal Studies & Paralegal)

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Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing, 3/E
Hames & Ekern
©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 552 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 013159480X | ISBN-13: 9780131594807
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For courses in legal research and writing.

By integrating the basics of legal research, legal analysis and legal writing, this book clarifies the interrelationship of these three competencies and allows students to experience the total legal research process. Its goal is to provide readers with the basic knowledge and tools needed to research and analyze a legal problem and communicate the results of that research and analysis in different types of legal memoranda. Included in the text are skill-building exercises, sample law book pages and a built-in legal dictionary. This edition features expanded coverage of legal writing, a new chapter on legal correspondence, more on computer assisted legal research, and new appendices that reinforce the integrated approach of the text.

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Hames & Ekern
©2012 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 600 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0135109442 | ISBN-13: 9780135109441
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For all courses covering legal research, legal writing, or legal analysis.

This text fully integrates the basics of legal research, analysis, and writing, bringing together all the basic knowledge and tools students need to research and analyze a legal problem and communicate the results in diverse forms of legal memoranda. It provides many highly realistic research and writing exercises, as well as new tools designed to help students become more effective writers. Throughout, it clarifies the interrelationships among legal research, analysis, and writing, enabling students to experience the total process as it is performed in practice. Reflecting today’s new realities, this edition also contains extensive new coverage of Internet-based research on both free and fee-based sites.
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