TY - BOOK AU - Honigsberg, Peter jan AU - Ho, Edith TI - Legal Research, Writing & Analysis SN - 9781642426724 U1 - 808.066 PY - 2019/// CY - USA PB - West Academic Publishing KW - Droit Recherche documentaire États-Unis Résumés, programmes, etc KW - Legal composition KW - Legal research United States Outlines, syllabi, etc KW - Résumés et programmes N1 - Definitions Understanding our legal system Cases Statutes, constitutions, legislative history, and treaties Secondary sources Administrative agencies Keeping up to date : using Shepard's and KeyCite Online legal research Reading and understanding a case Searching through legal sources Legal writing and analysis : basic guidelines Organizing the fruits of your research Writing a memorandum of law Writing a memorandum of points and authorities or brief Writing an opinion or client letter N2 - This outline covers court systems, precedent, case reporting system (including regional and state reporters, headnotes and the West Key Number System ®, citations, and case finding), statutes, constitutions, and legislative history, and secondary sources (including treatises, law reviews, digests, and restatements). Also discussed are administrative agencies (including regulations), Shepard's Citations ®, KeyCite, legal research using computers, including Westlaw, Lexis, and other online sources, reading and understanding a case (including briefing a case), using legal source books, basic guidelines for legal writing, organizing your research, writing a memorandum of law, writing a brief, and writing an opinion or client letter ER -