Legal Writing

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Further Reading

• Maureen F. Fitzgerald and Susan Barker, The ultimate guide to Canadian legal research (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis, 2011)
• Suzanne Gordon and Sherifa Elkhadem, The Law Workbook: Developing Skills for Legal Research and Writing (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2001)
• M. Drew Jackson and Timothy L. Taylor, The Internet handbook for Canadian lawyers, 3rd ed. (Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 2000)
• Jacqueline R. Castel and Omeela K. Latchman, The Practical Guide to Canadian Legal Research, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 1996)
• Margaret A. Banks and Karen E.H. Foti, Banks on Using a Law Library: A Canadian Guide to Legal Research, 6th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 1994)
• Edmund M.A. Kwaw, The Guide to Legal Analysis, Legal Methodology and Legal Writing (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 1992)
• Barbara Cotton, “Advanced Legal Research and Writing: How to Build a Cadillac” Advocates Quarterly 13(2):232-245 (Oct 1991)
• Nancy McCormack, John Papadopoulos and Catherine Cotter, The practical guide to Canadian legal research, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2010)
• Maureen F. Fitzgerald and Susan Barker, Legal problem solving: reasoning, research & writing, 5th ed. (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2010)
• John Eaton, “Teaching legal research in Canadian law schools: are we meeting the needs of the profession?” Legal Information Management 10(2):98-101 (Summer 2010)
• A quick guide to researching statutes, (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2006)
• Rosemary Bocska, “When is it time to stop doing research?”. Lawyer’s Weekly 25(12):15,17 (July 22, 2005)
• Do-Ellen Hansen, “A legal research plan should be part of every litigator’s toolkit”. Lawyer’s Weekly 24(37):16 (February 11, 2005)
• Ted Tjaden, Legal Research and Writing, 2nd ed. (Toronto : Irwin Law, 2004).
• Pierre-Claude Lafond, Techniques de repérage des sources documentaires du droit : guide pratique, 3rd ed. (Cowansville, Québec : Éditions Y. Blais, 2004)
• Bonnie Fish, Fish on legal research, (Aurora, Ont.: Canada Law Book, 2009)
• John Eaton and Denis Le May, Essential sources of Canadian law = Les références essentielles en droit canadien, (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2009)
• Margaret E. McCallum, Deborah A. Schmedemann and Christina L. Kunz, Synthesis : legal reading, reasoning and writing in Canada, 2nd ed. (Toronto : CCH Canadian, 2008)
• Maureen F. Fitzgerald, Legal Problem Solving: Reasoning, Research & Writing, 4th ed. (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2007)
• Eric B. Appleby, Legal research guide to statutes, (Frederiction, NB: Maritime Law Book Inc., 2007)
• Connie Crosby, “Students still unprepared for legal research”. Lawyer’s Weekly 26(12):14 (July 21, 2006)
• John A. Yogis and Innis M. Christie, Legal writing and research manual, 6th ed. by Michael J. Iosipescu and Phillip W. Whitehead (Toronto : Butterworths, 2004)
• Douglass T. MacEllven, Legal research handbook, 6th ed. by Michael J. McGuire, Neil A. Campbell, and John N. Davis (Toronto : Butterworths, 2003)
• Denis Le May and Dominique Goubau, La Recherche Documentaire en Droit: 2002 5th ed. (Montréal: Wilson & Lafleur, 2002)

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