Contents
Legal Research Explained
Section I: Legal Research: Primary Authorities
Chapter 1 Finding the Law and Introduction to Legal Research
Chapter 2 The Federal and State Court Systems
Chapter 3 Statutory Law
Chapter 4 Case Law and Judicial Opinions
Chapter 5 Finding Cases: The Use of Digests and Annotated Law Reports
Section II: Legal Research: Secondary Authorities
Chapter 6 Encyclopedias, Periodicals, Treatises, Restatements, and
Chapter 6 Encyclopedias, Periodicals, Treatises, Restatements, and
Miscellaneous Secondary Authorities
Chapter 7 Special Research Issues
Section III: Using Electronic and Computer Resources
Chapter 8 The Digital Library: LexisNexis, Westlaw, and Non-Print Research Tools
Chapter 9 E-Research: Legal Research Using the Internet
Section IV: Citing and Validating the Authorities
Chapter 10 Legal Citation Form
Chapter 11 Updating and Validating Your Research
Section V: Putting it Together: An Overview of the Research Process
Chapter 12 An Overview of the Research Process
Appendix A - Citation Form
Glossary
Index
Section III: Using Electronic and Computer Resources
Chapter 8 The Digital Library: LexisNexis, Westlaw, and Non-Print Research Tools
Chapter 9 E-Research: Legal Research Using the Internet
Section IV: Citing and Validating the Authorities
Chapter 10 Legal Citation Form
Chapter 11 Updating and Validating Your Research
Section V: Putting it Together: An Overview of the Research Process
Chapter 12 An Overview of the Research Process
Appendix A - Citation Form
Glossary
Index
