How to write law essays & exams /
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| Author / Creator: | Strong, Stacie. |
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2014. |
| Description: | x, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10136783 |
Table of Contents:
- Guide to the Online Resource Centre
- 1. An introduction to writing law essays and exams
- 1.1. Why the need for a special approach to law essays and exams?
- 1.2. Hallmarks of a good essay in law
- 1.3. What is CLEO?
- 2. Building the necessary foundation: reading, understanding and summarising legal materials
- 2.7. Statutes
- 2.1.1. Reading statutes
- 2.1.2. Summarising statutes
- 2.1.3. Revising statutes
- 2.1.4. Example
- 2.2. Cases
- 2.2.1. Reading cases
- 2.2.2. Summarising cases
- 2.2.3. Examples
- 2.2.4. Revising cases
- 2.3. Textbooks, articles and treatises
- 3. Step one in the CLEO method: the claim
- 3.1. Relationship of the CLEO method to legal practice
- 3.2. Defining the claim in a legal essay or examination
- 3.2.1. Setting the context
- 3.2.2. Leading the reader through the elements of the claim
- 3.3. Identifying sub-issues within the claim
- 3.4. Spotting claims
- 3.5. Writing the 'C' portion of your essay
- 3.6. Worked example
- 3.6.1. Identifying the claim and sub-issues
- 3.6.2. Breaking down the question
- 3.6.3. Discarding extraneous parties, claims and issues
- 3.6.4. Writing your response
- 4. Step two in the CLEO method: the law
- 4.1. The purpose of supporting authority in legal writing
- 4.1.1. Supporting authority in other disciplines
- 4.1.2. Supporting authority in professional practice
- 4.1.3. Legal authority in university and vocational coursework
- 4.2. What constitutes supporting authority in legal writing
- 4.2.1. Binding authorities
- 4.2.2. Persuasive authorities
- a. Public policy arguments
- b. Legal commentary
- c. Legislative papers
- d. Case or statutory law from other jurisdictions
- 4.2.3. Legal authority in 'discuss questions'
- 4.3. Assembling your legal authority and planning your essay
- 4.3.1. Compiling relevant law
- a. Law supporting the elements of the claim
- b. Law supporting the contention sub-issues
- 4.3.2. Discarding irrelevant law
- 4.4. Writing the 'L' portion of your essay
- 4.5. Worked example
- 4.5.1. Identifying the claim and sub-issues
- 4.5.2. Compiling legal authority
- 4.5.3. Discarding legal authority
- 4.5.4. Writing your response
- 5. Step three in the CLEO method: the evaluation
- 5.1. What consitutes 'evaluation' under the CLEO method
- 5.2. The need for evaluation in legal writing
- 5.3. Distinguishing evaluation from the Law in the CLEO method
- 5.4. Stylistic and practical concerns regarding the evaluation step
- 5.5. Worked example
- 5.5.1. Considering your facts
- 5.5.2. Writing your response
- 6. Step four in the CLEO method: the outcome
- 6.1. What constitutes the 'outcome' in the CLEO method
- 6.2. The need for an outcome in legal writing
- 6.3. Writing the 'O' portion of your essay
- 6.4. Worked example
- 6.4.1. Writing your response
- 7. Adapting CLEO to 'discuss' questions
- 7.1. What a 'discuss' question is asking you to do
- 7.1.1. Legal theory
- 7.1.2. Legal reform
- 7.13. Legal history
- 7.2. Structuring your 'discuss' essay
- 7.3. Claims in 'discuss' questions
- 7.4. Law in 'discuss' questions
- 7.5. Evaluation in 'discuss' questions
- 7.6. Outcome in 'discuss' questions
- 8. General tips on legal writing
- 8.1. The importance of good writing
- 8.2. The need to learn the rules of grammar yourself
- 8.3. The need to develop a good writing style now
- 8.4. The elements of a good legal writing style
- 8.4.1. Mandatory elements of style
- a. The building blocks: parts of a sentence
- b. Constructing a sentence
- c. Subject-verb agreement
- d. Verbs and verb phrases
- e. Punctuation
- 8.4.2. Matter purely of style
- a. Word choice
- b. Sentence structure
- c. Formatting
- 8.5. Writing techniques: self-examination
- 9. Adapting CLEO for professional practice
- 9.1. Forms of legal documents
- 9.2. Finding the question in professional practice
- 9.2.1. Asking the right questions
- 9.2.2. Drafting the factual summary
- 9.3. Answering the question in professional practice
- 9.3.1. The question
- 9.3.2. Executive summary
- 9.3.3. The facts
- 9.3.4. In-depth analysis
- 9.3.5. Projected outcome and/or advice
- 9.3.6. Methodology and further questions
- 9.4. Formatting issues
- 10. Worked questions
- 10.1. Instructor's first-class model in tort
- 10.2. First-class model in tort
- 10.3. Contract problem question one (author one)
- 10.4. Contract problem question one (author two)
- 10.5. Contract problem question two
- 10.6. Tort problem question one
- 10.7. Tort problem question two
- 10.8. Tort 'discuss' question
- 10.9. Juriprudence 'discuss' question
- Index