Mastering Legal Analysis and Drafting
Second Edition
by George W. Kuney, Donna C. Looper
2024
Tags: Drafting, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Mastering Series, Practitioner Resources
334 pp $41.00
ISBN 978-1-5310-2919-7
eISBN 978-1-5310-2920-3
Mastering Legal Analysis and Drafting seeks to emphasize the fundamental structure and methods of legal drafting, grounded in the surprisingly few elemental rules and techniques of legal analysis. It is designed to (1) help the legal drafters identify those elemental rules and techniques, and (2) show how they are used to prepare effective legal writing in different formats, most of which share common elements and structures.
The book begins with a discussion of legal analysis, followed by a discussion of general drafting principles and rules, and then proceeds to apply these concepts to specific forms of legal writing, including client letters, demand letters, research memoranda, motions and supporting documents, appellate briefs, contracts and instruments, and legislation. It closes with a chapter on "writing to build a record" that reprises the other chapters and highlights the key concepts.
The second edition has been updated to reflect recent developments in legal practice, research, citation, and technology.
This book is part of the Carolina Academic Press Mastering Series edited by Russell L. Weaver, University of Louisville School of Law.
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