Legal Writing

Subjects:
Drafting and Legal Writing
Contents:
The Aim of Legal Writing: Communicating Ideas and Constructing Arguments
Legal Research and Its Role in Legal Writing
Essay Writing
Answering Problem Questions
Correct Referencing
Completing, Polishing and Presenting Your Work

ISBN13: 9781859419199
ISBN: 1859419194
Published: March 2005
Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
Country of Publication: UK
Binding: Paperback
Price: £15.95

This book guides students through the legal writing process, from questions to final essays and problem answers. It considers how to dissect essay and problem questions and how to conduct and use legal research to answer set questions. The book explains how to reference others' work correctly. It also focuses on how to construct and communicate legal arguments. Students are shown examples of good practice and also common mistakes made in written work, to assist them in their skills progression.