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Honigsberg and Ho's Gilbert Law Summary on Legal Research, Writing & Analysis, 14th

Imprint
Gilbert
ISBN-13
9798892096454
Primary Subject
Legal Writing
Format
eBook
Copyright
2024
Series
Gilbert Law Summaries
Publication Date
07/12/2024

Description

This outline covers court systems, precedent, case reporting system (including regional and state reporters, citations, and case findings), statutes, constitutions, administrative agencies (including regulations), legislative history, and secondary sources (including treatises, law reviews, digests, and restatements). The outline also discusses Shepard's Citations and KeyCite, as well as headnotes and the West Key Number System.

An introduction to the evolving role of artificial intelligence in legal research has been added, along with updates on computerized legal research, including Westlaw and Lexis. This edition also contains chapters on reading and understanding a case (including briefing a case), basic guidelines for legal writing, organizing your research, writing a memorandum of law, writing a brief, and writing an opinion or client letter.