RESEARCHING LAW, POLICY, AND PRECEDENT IN LEGAL WRITING

The article offered process and result. Law, policy and precedent share some point of convergence and divergence, respectively. However, they are processes of a product. In the circumstances of this article, they are means to an end in view which is legal writing. Legal research as a process informs legal writing. Invariably, legal writing is meaningless or worse without accurate content gained from the research process. This article would took a brief explanations on terms, examined point of convergence of the processes, their points of divergence and application of such processes to an end in view, that is legal writing. Employing the doctrinal methodology of research, the article concluded that law research is guided by policy and precedent to enable arrival at outcomes that are clearly manifested and, thus, recommended.