PART I: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH, ANALYTICAL PRINCIPLES, AND THE LEGAL PROCESS.1: Introduction to Legal Principles and Authorities.2: Introduction to Legal Research and Analysis.PART II: LEGAL RESEARCH.3: Constitutions, Statutes, Administrative Law, and Court Rules--Research and Analysis.4: Case Law--Research and Briefing.5: Secondary Authority and Other Research Sources--Encyclopedias, Treatises, American Law Reports, Digests, Shepard's.6: Secondary Authority-- Periodicals, Restatements, Uniform Laws, Dictionaries, Legislative History, and Other Secondary Authorities.7: Computers and Legal Research.8: Legal Citation.PART III: THE SPECIFICS OF LEGAL ANALYSIS.9: Legal Analysis--Key Facts.10: Legal Analysis--Issue Identification--Spotting the Issue.11: Legal Analysis--Stating the Issue.12: Case Law Analysis--Is a Case on Point?13: Counteranalysis.PART IV: LEGAL WRITING.14: Fundamentals of Writing.15: The Writing Process for Effective Legal Writing.16: Office Legal Memorandum: Issues and Facts.17: Office Legal Memorandum: Analysis to Conclusion.18: External Memoranda: Court Briefs.19: Correspondence.Appendix A: Court Opinions Referred to in the Text.Appendix B: Appellate Court Brief.Appendix C: Web Sites.Glossary.Index.
