Legal research and legal citation
Generally, one of the most important factors that establish the veracity of particular facts is the evidence adduced to support such facts. Just as a lawyer in a court of law is required to adduce evidence to support his or her statement of fact, a legal research is required to provide the relev...
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| author | Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi |
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| description | Generally, one of the most important factors that establish the veracity
of particular facts is the evidence adduced to support such facts. Just
as a lawyer in a court of law is required to adduce evidence to support
his or her statement of fact, a legal research is required to provide the
relevant details, sources, and references to justify any statement or
submission made during the course of a research. Therefore, legal
research and legal citation are two important aspects of legal method
that are closely related.
This chapter provides an introduction to legal research and gives
step-by-step guidelines on how to conduct research as greenhorns in
the legal field. At the end of the chapter the student should be able to:
(1) Explain what constitutes legal research in the study of law;
(2) Understand the relationship between legal research and legal
method;
(3) Acquire the ability to identify the different types of legal research;
(4) Understand the relevance and types of legal citations; and
(5) Conduct a successful legal research. |
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| spelling | iium-392472018-06-11T03:04:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/39247/ Legal research and legal citation Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Generally, one of the most important factors that establish the veracity of particular facts is the evidence adduced to support such facts. Just as a lawyer in a court of law is required to adduce evidence to support his or her statement of fact, a legal research is required to provide the relevant details, sources, and references to justify any statement or submission made during the course of a research. Therefore, legal research and legal citation are two important aspects of legal method that are closely related. This chapter provides an introduction to legal research and gives step-by-step guidelines on how to conduct research as greenhorns in the legal field. At the end of the chapter the student should be able to: (1) Explain what constitutes legal research in the study of law; (2) Understand the relationship between legal research and legal method; (3) Acquire the ability to identify the different types of legal research; (4) Understand the relevance and types of legal citations; and (5) Conduct a successful legal research. Malaysian Current Law Journal 2014-11 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39247/1/39247.pdf Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi (2014) Legal research and legal citation. In: Malaysian Legal System. Malaysian Current Law Journal, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 799-829. ISBN 9789670748719 |
| spellingShingle | K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi Legal research and legal citation |
| title | Legal research and legal citation |
| title_full | Legal research and legal citation |
| title_fullStr | Legal research and legal citation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Legal research and legal citation |
| title_short | Legal research and legal citation |
| title_sort | legal research and legal citation |
| topic | K Law (General) KPG Malaysia |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/39247/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39247/1/39247.pdf |