Fundamentals of Legal Research (University Casebook Series)

Synopsis

The Legal Research Process; Court Reports; Federal Court Cases; State Court Cases and the National Reporter System; Digests for Court Reverts; Annotated Law Reports; Constitutions; Federal Legislation; Federal Legislative Histories; State and Municipal Legislation; Court Rules and Procedures; Administrative Law; Looseleaf Services; Shepard's Citations and Other Citator Services; Legal Encyclopedias; Legal Periodicals and Indexes; Treatises, Restatements, Uniform Laws, Model Codes and Interstate Compacts; Other Research Aids; International Law; English Legal Research; Computer-Assisted Legal Research; Legal Citation Form; Federal Tax Research.

This authoritative introduction and guide to legal research has been updated to include the latest developments in legal research. You'll find in-depth discussion of the legal research process, including citators, research aids, computer-assisted research, and key Internet sources. Numerous appendixes speed up and simplify your research. Illustrations and charts help present and clarify fundamentals. Textbook can be used in conjunction with Jacobstein, Mersky, and Dunn's Assignment to Fundamentals of Legal Research, a workbook of exercises that complement and reinforce information in the textbook (see individual listing).