Researching the Law: Finding What You Need When You Need It / Edition 2 available in Paperback
Researching the Law: Finding What You Need When You Need It / Edition 2
- ISBN-10:
- 1454886498
- ISBN-13:
- 9781454886495
- Pub. Date:
- 01/28/2017
- Publisher:
- Wolters Kluwer
- ISBN-10:
- 1454886498
- ISBN-13:
- 9781454886495
- Pub. Date:
- 01/28/2017
- Publisher:
- Wolters Kluwer
Researching the Law: Finding What You Need When You Need It / Edition 2
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Overview
Concise new title by the top author in legal research. Focuses onpre-and post-search analysis for effectively filtering vast amounts of material. Teaches students how to identify the most pertinent and authoritative information to solve a legal problem.
Features:
- Concise, reasonably priced new title from the top legal research author.
- Approaches legal research as a filtering process to identify the most pertinent and authoritative information from vast search results.
- Part I: Explains how to define a research question; pre-filter content before beginning a search; conduct research; and establish post-search criteria for filtering results.
- Part II: Describes essential features of individual sources of authority and search strategies unique to each source.
- Part III: Contains research flowcharts to help students plan research strategy for different types of research projects.
- Contains all information students need to learn fundamental principles of legal research.
- Can also be used to complement other texts and classroom materials.
- Not simply a shorter version of Basic Legal Research. Looks at research as a process of filtering the available information, rather than as a process that requires first choosing the right source of authority to solve a legal problem.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781454886495 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Wolters Kluwer |
| Publication date: | 01/28/2017 |
| Series: | Aspen Coursebook Series |
| Edition description: | Older Edition |
| Pages: | 168 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.40(d) |
Table of Contents
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Part I Research Process 1
Chapter 1 Introduction to Legal Research 3
A Introduction 3
B The research thought process 3
C A process for legal research 7
Chapter 2 The American Legal System 9
A Sources of law 9
B Types and weight of authority 12
1 Types of authority 12
2 Weight of authority 12
a Secondary authority: always nonbinding 13
b Primary authority: sometimes binding, sometimes nonbinding 13
c Summary of weight of authority 17
C How legal information is organized and cited 18
Chapter 3 Defining a Research Question 21
A What question do you need to answer? 21
B What terms are likely to describe what you are looking for? 24
C Search term chart 25
Chapter 4 Pre-Search Filtering 27
A How pre-search filtering affects research 27
B Criteria for pre-search filtering 29
C A process for pre-search filtering 31
Chapter 5 Research Tools and Search Techniques 35
A Selecting a research tool 35
B Common search techniques; citation, word, and subject searching 36
C Effective word searching 38
1 Types of word searches 38
2 Terms and connectors searching 39
a Terms and connectors search logic 40
b Drafting a terms and connectors search 41
Chapter 6 Working with Search Results 43
A Assessing search results 43
1 The organization of the results 43
2 Telling things apart online 44
3 Post-search filtering 46
B Updating research 48
C Refining, repeating, and ending the search 49
1 Is your research complete? 50
2 What if you do not find anything useful? 50
3 What if you find an overwhelming amount of information? 52
Chapter 7 Keeping Track of What You Find 52
Part II Researching Individual Types of Authority 57
Chapter 8 Legal and Non-Legal Secondary Sources 59
A Introduction 59
1 When secondary sources will be most useful 59
2 Limits on the appropriate use of secondary sources 60
B Methods of researching legal secondary sources 61
C Researching commonly used legal secondary sources 62
1 Legal encyclopedias 62
2 Treatises 63
3 Legal periodicals 64
4 American Law Reports 67
5 Restatements 68
6 Uniform laws and model acts 70
D Researching non-legal secondary sources 71
Chapter 9 Cases 73
A Introduction 73
1 The structure of the court system 73
2 Sources of cases 73
3 The anatomy of a published case 76
4 Unpublished, or non-precedential, opinions 77
B Methods of researching cases 78
C Researching cases using a digest 78
1 Online digest research 79
2 Print research with West digests 80
a Locating the correct digest set 80
b Locating topics and key numbers 83
c Reading case summaries 84
d Updating your research 85
D Emerging approaches to case research 85
Chapter 10 Citators and Other Updating Tools 87
A Introduction 87
1 The purpose of a citator 87
2 When to use a citator in case research 88
3 Terms and procedural concepts used in citator research 88
B Using a citator for case research 89
1 Shepard's in Lexis 89
2 KeyCite in Westlaw 92
3 BCite in Bloomberg Law 94
C Choosing among citators 95
D Staying up to date with alert services 96
Chapter 11 Statutes and Court Rules 99
A Introduction 99
1 The publication process for federal statutes 99
2 The organization of statutory codes 101
3 Types and sources of statutory codes 101
B Methods of researching statutes 103
C Using a citator for statutory research 105
D Researching rules of procedure 106
Chapter 12 Federal Legislative History and Administrative Regulations 109
A Federal legislative history 109
1 Introduction 109
2 The process of enacting a federal law 110
3 Types of federal legislative history documents 111
a Bills 112
b Hearings 112
c Floor debates 112
d Committee reports 113
4 Methods of researching federal legislative history documents 113
a Compiled legislative histories in print 114
b Government sources 115
c Commercial services 115
B Federal administrative regulations 116
1 Introduction 116
2 The process of adopting a federal regulation 117
3 Methods of researching federal regulations 118
4 Sources of federal regulations 119
a Government sources 119
b Commercial services 120
5 Using a citator for regulatory research 121
Part III Research Flowcharts 123
A General research flowchart 124
B Nonbinding authority research flowchart 126
C Flowcharts for four common types of research 128
1 State common-law research flowchart 129
2 State statutory research flowchart 130
3 Federal statutory research flowchart 131
4 State and federal procedural research flowchart 132
Appendix: Selected Research Resources 133
Index 139