Legal research methods
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Foundation Press ,
c2006
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| Series: | Legal research and writing
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction to legal research and printed sources of the law
- 2. Federal and state reporters of cases
- 3. Case finders and verification sources: digest, annotated law reports, and shepard's citations
- 4. Secondary sources of the law: encyclopedias, treatises, law reviews, and periodicals
- 5. Court rules, local rules, and loose-leaf services
- 6. Constitutions and federal, state, and municipal legislation
- 7. Legislative history
- 8. Federal regulatory and administrative law
- 9. Computer assisted legal research
- 10. Strategies for research and determining when you are finished