Authors: Laurel Currie Oates, Anne Enquist
ISBN-13: 9780735576704, ISBN-10: 073557670X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Date Published: March 2009
Edition: 2nd Edition
Part I: Introduction to Legal Research
Chapter 1. Fortresses, Tumors, and Legal Research
Chapter 2. The United States Legal System
Chapter3. Sources, Citations to Sources, and Mandatory and Persuasive Authority
Part II: Researching Issues Governed by State Statutes, Federal Statutes, and Local Regulations
Chapter 4. Researching Issues Governed by State Statutes and Regulations
Chapter 5. Researching Issues Governed by Federal Statutes and Regulations
Chapter 6. Researching Issues Governed by County and City Ordinances
Chapter 7. Doing Federal and State Legislative Histories
Part III: Researching Common Law and Constitutional Issues
Chapter 8. Researching Issues Governed by Common Law
Chapter 9. Researching Constitutional Issues
Part IV: Rules
Chapter 10. Researching Issues Governed by Federal, State, or Local Rules
Part V: Cite Checking
Chapter 11. Citators
Part VI: Practice Information
Chapter 12. Locating Forms
Chapter 13. Researching Judges, Law Firms, People, Companies, and Things
Glossary Describing Sources for Legal Research
Reliable Websites
Index
Part I: Introduction to Legal Research
Chapter 1. Fortresses, Tumors, and Legal Research
Chapter 2. The United States Legal System
Chapter3. Sources, Citations to Sources, and Mandatory and Persuasive Authority
Part II: Researching Issues Governed by State Statutes, Federal Statutes, and Local Regulations
Chapter 4. Researching Issues Governed by State Statutes and Regulations
Chapter 5. Researching Issues Governed by Federal Statutes and Regulations
Chapter 6. Researching Issues Governed by County and City Ordinances
Chapter 7. Doing Federal and State Legislative Histories
Part III: Researching Common Law and Constitutional Issues
Chapter 8. Researching Issues Governed by Common Law
Chapter 9. Researching Constitutional Issues
Part IV: Rules
Chapter 10. Researching Issues Governed by Federal, State, or Local Rules
Part V: Cite Checking
Chapter 11. Citators
Part VI: Practice Information
Chapter 12. Locating Forms
Chapter 13. Researching Judges, Law Firms, People, Companies, and Things
Glossary Describing Sources for Legal Research
Reliable Websites
Index