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  2. Brief (law) - Wikipedia

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    Law school briefs are shorter than court briefs but follow a similar structure: presentation of issue, presentation of facts, presentation of legal and policy arguments and presentation of outcome. In the United States, the practice of briefing cases for study began at Harvard Law School in the fall of 1870 with the introduction of the case ...

  3. List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    A Law Reference Collection, 2011, ISBN 1624680003 and ISBN 978-1-62468-000-7; Trinxet, Salvador. Trinxet Reverse Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms, 2011, ISBN 1624680011 and ISBN 978-1-62468-001-4. Raistrick, Donald. Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations. 3rd ed. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2008. This book focuses more on British ...

  4. Oral argument - Wikipedia

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    Oral argument is not always considered an essential part of due process, as the briefs also give the parties an opportunity to be heard by the court. Whether a court will permit, require, or guarantee the opportunity to present oral argument is a decision usually left up to each court to decide as part of its rules of procedure, with ...

  5. Brandeis brief - Wikipedia

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    Some of the scientific evidence detailed in the Brandeis brief was later challenged and refuted. [8] But it still is regarded as a pioneering attempt to combine law and social science. [9] The Brandeis brief changed the direction of the Supreme Court and of U.S. law. It is considered a model for future Supreme Court presentations in cases ...

  6. Legal writing - Wikipedia

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    Legal writing involves the analysis of fact patterns and presentation of arguments in documents such as legal memoranda and briefs. [1] One form of legal writing involves drafting a balanced analysis of a legal problem or issue.

  7. Table of authorities - Wikipedia

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    The TOA list has the name of the authority followed by the page number or numbers on which each authority appears, and the authorities are commonly listed in alphabetical order within each grouping. The intention is to allow law clerks and judges to easily and rapidly identify and access the legal authorities cited in a litigation brief.

  8. Law - Wikipedia

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    The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and also serves as a mediator of relations between people. Legal systems vary between jurisdictions, with their differences analysed in comparative law. In civil law jurisdictions, a legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates the law.

  9. Watching brief (lawsuit) - Wikipedia

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    A watching brief is a method normally used in criminal cases by lawyers to represent clients not directly a party to the suit and to function as an observer. The method is normally used to help protect the rights and interests of victims of a crime, or also to protect a defendant from possible malicious prosecution .