Legal Method and Legal Writing, Seventh Edition (Aspen Coursebook)

Features:

• Updated, enhanced, and clarified throughout
• Expanded discussion of statutory interpretation, with new and updated sources
• Description of tribal court systems (as well as state and federal courts systems) added, supplementing existing discussion of tribal governments and legal method
• New examples of statements of rules, in objective memos and arguments for briefs, including samples illustrating (1) the difference between rules with mandatory elements and those with factors that the court will consider or balance, and (2) explaining or proving a rule by establishing noncontroversial matters with light analysis and more complicated or disputed matters with in-depth analysis.
• Addition of an advanced outlining exercise, as well as an illustration of flow-charting.
• Citation coverage updated to reflect the new Bluebook and ALWD editions