Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students, Third Edition (Aspen Coursebook)

The Third Edition offers suggestions and exercises to gain confidence and participate in U.S. classrooms. Research chapters are updated to include more in-depth international research explanations and exercises. More in-depth examples and exercises demonstrate drafting contracts. An expanded and revised chapter on the use of case method includes a synthesis of international case law, such as WTO appellate opinions and CISG interpretation. A new section on legal changes includes indications of success and failure.

Hallmark features of Legal Reasoning, Research, and Writing for International Graduate Students:

• Helps international students understand and approach legal research and writing assignments the way attorneys do in the United States
• Uses a comparative law perspective to explain unique and important features of the United States legal system
  • begins by comparing common and civil law
  • builds on this foundation with practical skills
  • assumes the reader has studied law but is unfamiliar with U.S. legal culture
• Helps LL.M. candidates who are not native English speakers, in particular
  • features chapters that are short and clear
  • repeat the major points for greater comprehension
• Includes methodology of research and writing componentsin preparing legal documents
  • bases reasoning andwriting components on standard IRAC analysis
  • integrates citation format information into the text
• Incorporates discussion of plagiarism and U.S. law school honor codes
  • helpful when teaching students from a wide variety of cultures
• Includes exercises in each chapter to apply new skills to practical problems
  • exercises can be done in the law library or on the Internet, with commercial or non-commercial Websites
  • the Internet is likely the only legal research source available to foreign attorneys accessing US law from their countries of origin
• Provides charts and summaries as reference tools