SOLUTION MANUAL
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing, 5th Edition
by Putman, Albright, Chapters 1 - 19
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PART I: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH, ANALYTICAL PRINCIPLES, AND THE LEGA
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1. Introduction to Legal Principles and Authorities.
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2. Introduction to Legal Research and Analysis.
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PART II: LEGAL RESEARCH.
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3. Constitutions, Statutes, Administrative Law, and Court Rules—Research and Analysis.
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4. Case Law—Research and Briefing.
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5. Secondary Authority and Other Research Sources—
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Encyclopedias, Treatises, American Law Reports, Digests, Shepard's.CD CD CD CD CD CD
6. Secondary Authority—
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Periodicals, Restatements, Uniform Laws, Dictionaries, Legislative History, and Other Secondary A
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horities.
7. Computers and Internet Legal Research.
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8. Commercial Internet Research.
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PART III: THE SPECIFICS OF LEGAL ANALYSIS.
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9. Legal Analysis—Key Facts.
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10. Legal Analysis—Issue Identification (Spotting the Issue).
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11. Legal Analysis—Stating the Issue.
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12. Case Law Analysis—Is a Case on Point?
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13. Counteranalysis.
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PART IV: LEGAL WRITING.
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14. Fundamentals of Writing.
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15. The Writing Process for Effective Legal Writing.
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16. Office Legal Memorandum: Issues and Facts.
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17. Office Legal Memorandum: Analysis to Conclusion.
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18. External Memoranda: Court Briefs.
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19. Correspondence.
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CHAPTER 1: : INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND AUTHORITIES.
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Answer the following questions regarding the courts in your state:
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1. Are there limited jurisdiction courts in your State?
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Answer: The state considered here is, Texas in the United States. Federal courts are the courts that have limit
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ed jurisdictions. They only hear the cases which are approved by the United States constitution. District court
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s are the first level of federal courts where limited jurisdiction exists, followed by circuit courts and supreme c
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Answer: There are four federal district courts in the State of Texas. They are divided into United States Distr
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ict Courts of the Northern District, Eastern District, Southern District, and Western District of Texas.There
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are 14 courts of appeals in Texas which have intermediate jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases which are ap
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peals from the country courts. And lastly the Supreme court of Texas
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b. What types of cases can each of those courts preside over?
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Answer: The cases in the district court of Texas consist of criminal cases, divorce cases, election cases, civil
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matters, and any other matters which are not placed in the trial court. The circuit court consists of thecivil an
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d criminal case which is appealed by district courts. The Supreme Court of Texas is the resort of civil matters
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in the US. Texas Court is the resort of criminal matters.
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Answer: In the State Texas of United States, the general jurisdiction court is a district court.
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a. How are those courts organized—by county, district, etc.?
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Answer: The geographical area covered by each court is formulated by the Legislature of the Unite
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the districts; it covers both civil and criminal cases.
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3. What are the appellate jurisdiction courts in your state?
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Answer: The appellant courts in States Texas consist of the Supreme Court, 14 intermediate courts of theap
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pellant, and a court of criminal appeals.
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a. Is there an intermediate appellate court? What is it called and is it a single court orare
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there multiple divisions?
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Answer: There are 14 intermediate courts of appeals. They have jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters fro
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m the district courts in each of their geographical court of appeals of district state. They have limited writ juri
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sdiction.
b. What is the highest appellate court?
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Answer: The court of Criminal appeals is the highest appellate court in the state Texas of The United States.
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Question:
Access the website for your state‘s legislature. How many groups of statutes are there (these may be called ti
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tles, sections, codes, etc.)? Does the state legislature website provide a link to the state constitution?
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