MVV73K Legal Writing, USA-Style

Právnická fakulta
jaro 2011
Rozsah
1/0. 3 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
prof. Leslie Burton (přednášející), JUDr. Kateřina Uhlířová, Ph.D., LL.M. (zástupce)
Garance
JUDr. Kateřina Uhlířová, Ph.D., LL.M.
Katedra mezinárodního a evropského práva – Právnická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Hana Brzobohatá
Rozvrh
Po 14. 3. 8:00–9:30 302, 9:35–11:05 302, Út 15. 3. 8:00–9:30 038, 9:35–11:05 038, St 16. 3. 8:00–9:30 038, 9:35–11:05 038
Předpoklady
good knowledge og English
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.

Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 30 stud.
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Cíle předmětu
The primary goals for this course are: 1. To develop students’ ability to analyze legal issues. 2. To develop students’ ability to present written analysis in a predictive office memorandum. 3. To develop students’ ability to present written analysis in a persuasive document. To attain these goals, our classes will focus on specific skills you must develop to become proficient in legal reasoning and writing. These class objectives include learning to: 1. Analyze facts; 2. Analyze diverse sources of law to arrive at a rule, 3. How to apply the rule to specific facts in a predictive memo; 4. How to write a persuasive trial-level document; and 5. The style, tone and diction of legal writing
Osnova
  • Professor Leslie Burton lburton@ggu.edu SYLLABUS Legal Writing, USA-Style Content of the Course Legal Writing is a two-part course designed to introduce and develop skills of legal analysis, USA-style. The two parts are Objective Writing and Persuasive Writing. The course will enable students to develop a legal analysis, to present that analysis in predictive office memoranda, and to persuade the court of the correctness of that argument in a court memorandum. Goals and Objectives The primary goals for this course are: 1. To develop students’ ability to analyze legal issues. 2. To develop students’ ability to present written analysis in a predictive office memorandum. 3. To develop students’ ability to present written analysis in a persuasive document. To attain these goals, our classes will focus on specific skills you must develop to become proficient in legal reasoning and writing. These class objectives include learning to: 1. Analyze facts; 2. Analyze diverse sources of law to arrive at a rule, 3. How to apply the rule to specific facts in a predictive memo; 4. How to write a persuasive trial-level document; and 5. The style, tone and diction of legal writing. Class One: Objective Writing I • Introduction • Reading cases • Interpreting cases • Working with cases • Briefing cases Class Two: Objective Writing II • Types of Precedent • Hierarchy of Authority • Predictive writing • IRAC (also known as IREAAC) structure • Structure of an Office Memorandum • The Process of Writing • Analogizing and distinguishing cases Class Three: Persuasive Writing I • Differences between objective and persuasive writing • IREACC vs. CREACC • Theme & theory in a persuasive document • Parts of a Persuasive Document • Point Headings Class Four: Persuasive Writing II • Considering your audience • Process • Outlining • First drafts • Later drafts • Final draft
Literatura
  • actual literature set by taechar
Výukové metody
lectures, class discussion
Metody hodnocení
short written essay
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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