Research Guides: HSC 571: Legal Aspects of Health Services Organizations: How to Brief a Case

How to Brief a Court Case

Briefing Cases
From Westlaw
An excerpt is from How to Study Law and Take Law Exams in a Nutshell, authored by Ann M. Burkhart and Robert A. Stein.
How to Brief a Case
Lloyd Sealy Library at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Essential Vocabulary

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The following terms are common to legal aspects of health care administration: