Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing: Structure, Strategy, and Style

by Richard K. Neumann Jr.

Teaches legal analysis and writing as an integrated clear legal reasoning results in effective legal writing.

Genres: Law, Writing, Legal, Nonfiction

542 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Joe]

Writing is learned through practice, not by reading about writing, so this book can only do so much. But it's a fine start: it helps build confidence for students that are new to legal writing. Regarding 'legal reasoning," this book makes a good case that writing helps a person understand what they think, and thus by forcing the writer into multiple drafts of writing, the writer is a more disciplined thinker.