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Edition: 14th
Pages: 366 pp
Pub. Date: Aug 2007
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Legal Research: How to Find & Understand
the Law
By Attorneys Stephen Elias, Susan Levinkind, Nolo Press
Description:
Excellent for anyone searching for information in a real
or virtual law library (including paralegals, law students,
legal assistants and journalists), Legal Research outlines a
systematic method to find answers and get results.
In plain, readable English, Attorneys Elias and Levinkind
explain, with plenty of examples and instructions, how to:
- read and understand statues, regulations and cases
- evaluate cases for their value as precedent
- use all the basic tools of legal research
- practice what you've learned with "hands-on, feet-in"
library exercises, as well as hypothetical research problems
and solutions
Table of Contents
1. How to Use This Book
2. An Overview of Legal Research
- A. Patience and Perspective
- B. How to Find (and Feel at Home in) a Law Library
- C. Legal Research on the Internet
- D. A Basic Approach to Legal Research
- E. Six Time-Saving Research Tips
- F. Understand the Legal Uncertainty Principle
- G. Know When You're Done
3. An Overview of the Law
- A. What Is the Law?
- B. Foundations of American Law
- C. The Increasing Importance of Statutes and Regulations
- D. The Development of American Common Law
- E. Where Modern American Law Comes From
- F. About Going to Court
4. Putting Your Questions Into Legal Categories
- A. The Land of the Law
- B. Find the Broad Legal Category for Your Problem
- C. Identify Specific Terms for Your Problem
5. Getting Some Background Information
- A. How Background Resources Can Help
- B. Self-Help Law Resources
- C. Law Textbooks
- D. Legal Encyclopedias
- E. Form Books
- F. Practice Manuals
- G. Law Reviews and Other Legal Periodicals
- H. Specialized Loose-Leaf Materials
- I. Treatises and Monographs
- J. Restatements of the Law
- K. Background Resources on the Internet
6. Constitutions, Statutes, Regulations and Ordinances
- A. Constitutional Research
- B. Introduction to Federal Statutes
- C. How to Find Statutes in the United States Code
- D. How to Find a Recent or Pending Federal Statute
- E. Finding Pending and Recent Federal Legislation on
the Internet
- F. Finding Out-of-Date Federal Statutes in the Law Library
- G. Finding State Statutes in the Law Library and on
the Internet
- H. Finding Recently Enacted or Pending State Statutes
- I. How to Read Statutes
- J. The Importance of Cases That Interpret Statutes
- K. Using Words and Phrases to Interpret Statutes
- L. Using Attorney General Opinions to Interpret Statutes
- M. Using Legislative History to Interpret Statutes
- N. Using Uniform Law Histories to Interpret Statutes
- O. Regulations
- P. Procedural Statutes and Rules
- Q. Local Law-Ordinances
7. Understanding Case Law
- A. What Is a Case?
- B. How Cases Affect Later Disputes
8. How Cases Are Published
- A. Federal Cases
- B. State Court Cases
- C. Keeping Case Reporters Up-to-Date
- D. The Newest Cases
- E. Publishing Cases on the Internet
9. Finding Cases
- A. Interpreting Case Citations
- B. How to Find Cases in the Law Library
- C. Finding State Case Law on the Internet
- D. Finding Federal Case Law on the Internet
- E. Using VersusLaw to Research Federal and State Case
Law
- F. The Next Step
10. Sheppard's, Digests and the Internet: Expand and Update
Your Research
- A. Sheppard's Citations for Cases
- B. The West Digest System
- C. Expanding and Updating on the Internet
11. How to Write a Legal Memorandum
- A. Why Prepare a Legal Memorandum?
- B. How to Prepare a Legal Memorandum
- C. Sample Legal Memorandum
12. The Legal Research Method: Examples
- A. The Facts
- B. Classify the Problem
- C. Select a Background Resource
- D. Use the Legal Index
- E. Get an Overview of Your Research Topic
- F. Use Sheppard's Citations for Cases
- G. Check the Pocket Parts
- H. Use Sheppard's and Digests to Find On-Point Cases
- I. Summary
- J. Constitutional Research
13. Legal Research Online
- A. Searching with Google
- B. What's out There-And What Isn't
- C. How Legal Materials Are Organized on the Internet
- D. Searching by Subject Matter Categories on the Internet
- E. Key Word Searching on the Internet
- F. An Online Search Strategy
Appendixes
- A. Research Hypothetical's
- B. Research Hypothetical's and Memoranda
- C. Glossary of Legal Terms
Index
Library Exercises
- Paperchase
- Using Citations to Find Cases
- Using Am. Jur.
- Using A.L.R.
- Using A.L.R. & C.J.S.
- Using A.L.R. 5th and Form Books
- Finding Law Reviews: Exercise One
- Finding Law Reviews: Exercise Two
- Using a Loose-Leaf Service
- Using Treatises
- Finding a Statute From Its Citation: Exercise One
- Finding a Statute From Its Citation: Exercise Two
- Finding Statutes by Their Popular Names
- Finding Federal Statutes by Using the Index to the U.S.
Codes
- Using Annotated Code Index to Find a Federal Statutory
Scheme
- Finding Statutes by Pub. L. No.
- Using Words and Phrases
- Finding the Legislative History of Federal Statutes
- Using U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News
- Finding Federal Regulations
- The Nuts and Bolts of a Case
- Anatomy of a U.S. Supreme Court Case
- How to Use Sheppard's Citations: Statutes
- Finding Cases by Popular Name
- Using Sheppard's Citations: Cases
- Using A.L.R., Case Headnotes and Sheppard's
- Using Digests
- Using the American Digest System
Internet Exercises
- Finding a Federal Statute on the Internet
- Finding Pending Federal Legislation
- Finding a State Statute on the Internet
- Finding Pending State Legislation
- Finding an Attorney General Opinion
- Finding a Federal Regulation
- Finding a State Regulation
- Finding a State Case on the Internet
- Finding a Federal Case on the Internet
Summaries
- How to Find a Federal Statute or Amendment Passed Within
the Past Year
- How to Find a State Statute or Amendment Passed Within
the Past Year
- How to Find Federal Regulations
- How to Find State Regulations
- How to Shepardize Federal Statutes
- How to Shepardize State Statutes
- How to Find Federal Cases When the Citation Is Unknown
- How to Find U.S. Supreme Court Cases When the Citation
Is Unknown
- How to Find State Cases When No Citation Is Known
- How to Find the Text of a U.S. Supreme Court Case Decided
Over One Year Ago
- How to Find a State Supreme Court Case Decided More
Than One Year Ago
- How to Find the Text of a U.S. Supreme Court Case Decided
Within the Past Year
- How To Find a State Supreme Court Case Decided Within
the Past Year
- How to Shepardize State Court Cases
- How to Shepardize U.S. Supreme Court Cases
- How to Find Similar Cases in Different States
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