The Resource U.S. legal reasoning, writing, and practice for international lawyers, John B. Thornton, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
U.S. legal reasoning, writing, and practice for international lawyers, John B. Thornton, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
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- Extent
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- xxii, 452 pages
- x, 94 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- A brief history of the common law in the United States
- Similarities and differences between civil law systems and the U.S. legal system
- The constitution and the U.S. system of government
- The three-tiered U.S. court system
- Reading cases
- Writing a case brief
- Organizing information from cases
- The civil litigation process in the United States
- Deductive and inductive reasoning
- Introduction to U.S. legal rhetoric
- Contrasts between the rhetorical styles of english and of other languages
- Writing the office memorandum: large-scale and small-scale organization
- The heart of legal reasoning
- Citations to authority
- The question presented, the short answer, and executive summaries
- The introduction, or statement of facts
- Writing and editing the work: verb tenses, articles, plurals, and punctutation
- Editing unnecessary language and checking for proper legal vocabulary, active voice, and action verbs
- Overview of legal research
- Working in U.S. law firms
- Writing emails and the email memorandum
- Writing client letters and letters to opposing counsel
- Overview of contract drafting
- Law school skills : preparing for and taking final examinations
- Isbn
- 9780769856568
- Label
- U.S. legal reasoning, writing, and practice for international lawyers
- Title
- U.S. legal reasoning, writing, and practice for international lawyers
- Statement of responsibility
- John B. Thornton, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
- Title variation
- United States legal resoning, writing and practice for international lawyers
- Subject
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- Law -- United States
- Law -- United States
- Lawyers, Foreign
- Lawyers, Foreign -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Legal composition
- Legal composition
- Legal composition
- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Legal research -- United States
- Legal research -- United States
- Practice of law
- Practice of law -- United States
- Practice of law -- United States
- United States
- Legal research
- Law
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thornton, John Brendan
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Law
- Legal research
- Practice of law
- Legal composition
- Lawyers, Foreign
- Law
- Lawyers, Foreign
- Legal composition
- Legal research
- Practice of law
- United States
- Label
- U.S. legal reasoning, writing, and practice for international lawyers, John B. Thornton, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
- Note
- Includes index
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- A brief history of the common law in the United States -- Similarities and differences between civil law systems and the U.S. legal system -- The constitution and the U.S. system of government -- The three-tiered U.S. court system -- Reading cases -- Writing a case brief -- Organizing information from cases -- The civil litigation process in the United States -- Deductive and inductive reasoning -- Introduction to U.S. legal rhetoric -- Contrasts between the rhetorical styles of english and of other languages -- Writing the office memorandum: large-scale and small-scale organization -- The heart of legal reasoning -- Citations to authority -- The question presented, the short answer, and executive summaries -- The introduction, or statement of facts -- Writing and editing the work: verb tenses, articles, plurals, and punctutation -- Editing unnecessary language and checking for proper legal vocabulary, active voice, and action verbs -- Overview of legal research -- Working in U.S. law firms -- Writing emails and the email memorandum -- Writing client letters and letters to opposing counsel -- Overview of contract drafting -- Law school skills : preparing for and taking final examinations
- Dimensions
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- 26 cm
- 28 cm
- Extent
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- xxii, 452 pages
- x, 94 pages
- Isbn
- 9780769856568
- Lccn
- 2014008737
- Materials
- Teacher's manual
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
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- (OCoLC)871689627
- Label
- U.S. legal reasoning, writing, and practice for international lawyers, John B. Thornton, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A brief history of the common law in the United States -- Similarities and differences between civil law systems and the U.S. legal system -- The constitution and the U.S. system of government -- The three-tiered U.S. court system -- Reading cases -- Writing a case brief -- Organizing information from cases -- The civil litigation process in the United States -- Deductive and inductive reasoning -- Introduction to U.S. legal rhetoric -- Contrasts between the rhetorical styles of english and of other languages -- Writing the office memorandum: large-scale and small-scale organization -- The heart of legal reasoning -- Citations to authority -- The question presented, the short answer, and executive summaries -- The introduction, or statement of facts -- Writing and editing the work: verb tenses, articles, plurals, and punctutation -- Editing unnecessary language and checking for proper legal vocabulary, active voice, and action verbs -- Overview of legal research -- Working in U.S. law firms -- Writing emails and the email memorandum -- Writing client letters and letters to opposing counsel -- Overview of contract drafting -- Law school skills : preparing for and taking final examinations
- Dimensions
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- 26 cm
- 28 cm
- Extent
-
- xxii, 452 pages
- x, 94 pages
- Isbn
- 9780769856568
- Lccn
- 2014008737
- Materials
- Teacher's manual
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)871689627
Subject
- Law -- United States
- Law -- United States
- Lawyers, Foreign
- Lawyers, Foreign -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Legal composition
- Legal composition
- Legal composition
- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Legal research -- United States
- Legal research -- United States
- Practice of law
- Practice of law -- United States
- Practice of law -- United States
- United States
- Legal research
- Law
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