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| How to Brief an Opinion | |
| Introduction to Court Opinions and the Legal System | |
| Introduction to Briefing | |
| Identifying the Parties | |
| Identifying the Objectives and Theories of the Parties | |
| Identifying the History of the Litigation. | |
| Introduction to Identifying Key Facts | |
| Identifying Issues and Holdings | |
| Identifying the Reasoning | |
| Dictum, Disposition, and Commentary on an Opinion | |
| A Composite Brief | |
| The Application of Court Opinions | |
| Fact Comparison in the Application of Case Law | |
| Fact Similarities, Fact Differences, and Fact Gaps | |
| Rule-of-Law Comparison | |
| Factors Determining the Length and Comprehensiveness of Case Analysis | |
| Primary and Secondary Authority: Their use and Abuse in legal Writing | |
| Using and Abusing Legislative History in Legal Writing | |
| Writing the Memorandum of Law | |
| Letter Writing and Case Analysis | |
| The Appelatte Brief | |
| Clarity in Legal Writing | |
| Appendices | |
| Opinions to be Used for Some of the Assignments | |
| Suggested Responses to the Practice Assignments | |
| Overview of Civil and Criminal Litigation | |
| Citations in Legal Writing | |
| Quotation Marks, Brackets, and Ellipsis Dots | |
| Usage Rules and Guidelines From A to Z | |
| Proofreader's Marks | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
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