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Legal argument : the structure and language of effective advocacy / James A. Gardner.
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Publication details:
New Jersey, New Jersey : LexisNexis, c2007.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Record id:
71017
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Subject:
Trial practice -- United States.
Communication in law -- United States.
Contents:
Part I. The basic method
Chapter 1. The syllogism model
Chapter 2. Determining your conclusion from your position
Chapter 3. Building the premises
Chapter 4. Grounding the premises
Part II. Elements of persuasive legal argument
Chapter 5. The major premise
Chapter 6. The minor premise
Chapter 7. Summary of the method
Part III. Putting it all together
Chapter 8. Building a complete argument
Part IV. Writing a legal argument
Chapter 9. Introduction to writing arguments
Chapter 10. Writing a legal argument
Chapter 11. Common problems of written legal advocacy and how to avoid them
Part V. Advenced techniques of persuasive legal argument
Chapter 12. Special problems of legal advocacy
Chapter 13. Responding to arguments
Chapter 14. Common tactics and rhetorical techniques of effective written advocacy
Chapter 15. Professionalism in advocacy
Chapter 16. The ethical limits of argument.
ISBN:
9781422418208
Phys. description:
xvii, 169 p. ; 24 cm