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1、WritingandAnalysisintheLawFifthEditionHELENES.SSHAPOProfessorofLawNorthwesternUniversitySchoolofLawMARILYNR.WWALTERProfessorofLawDirectoroftheLegalWritingProgramBrooklynLawSchoolELIZABETHFAJANS,PPH.D.AssociateProfessorofLegalWritingWritingSpecialistBrooklynLawSchoolThispu
2、blicationwascreatedtoprovideyouwithaccurateandauthoritativeinformationconcerningthesubjectmattercovered;however,thispublicationwasnotnecessarilypreparedbypersonslicensedtopracticelawinaparticularjurisdiction.Thepublisherisnotengagedinrenderinglegalorotherprofessionaladvic
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5、heUnitedStatesofAmericaISBN978–1–59941–424–9DedicationToourfamilies—Marshall,Benjamin,andNathanielShapoRon,Amy,andAlisonWalterBob,Nicholas,Rachel,andPaulZimmermanForthelove,support,andadvicetheyhavegivenusbeforeandduringthepreparationofthisbook’smanyeditions.IVPrefaceMany
6、peoplefindwritingadifficultandfrustratingprocess.Asaresult,theyputoffwritingprojectsinthehopethattheywilleven-tuallybestruckbyinspiration.Unfortunately,fewprofessions,es-peciallythelegalprofession,arewillingtopostponebusinessinanticipationofthishappening.Thisbookisdevoted
7、,therefore,totakingcontroloverthewrit-ingprocessawayfromchanceandinvestingitinourselves.Wehavetriedtobreakthelegalreasoningandwritingprocessintomanage-ablecomponentstoenableyoutobeconsciousofthatprocessandtobemasterofyourthoughtsandtheirexpression.Wehopethisawarenessofthe
8、writingprocesswillalsomakeyoulessanxiouswhenwritingandmoresatisfiedwithyourworkwhenfinished.Writ