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Exhibits | p. xv |
Charts and Examples | p. xix |
Preface | p. xxi |
Acknowledgments | p. xxiii |
Introduction: Literacy in the Law | p. 1 |
The FEAT of Legal Research | p. 2 |
American Legal Sources | p. 4 |
Legal Research Resources | p. 6 |
Work-Flow in Legal Research | p. 8 |
Planning | p. 8 |
Searching | p. 8 |
Monitoring | p. 10 |
Stopping | p. 10 |
An Illustration | p. 10 |
A Counterpoint: Google Research | p. 20 |
Test Your Understanding | p. 22 |
Reflection Questions | p. 22 |
Your Scenario | p. 22 |
Focusing on your Client's Situation | p. 23 |
Study Your Client's Situation | p. 24 |
Gather Information | p. 24 |
Synthesize Information | p. 25 |
Summarize Information | p. 25 |
Develop Your Research Vocabulary | p. 26 |
Generate Research Terms | p. 27 |
Draft Research Issues | p. 28 |
An Illustration | p. 29 |
Test Your Understanding | p. 34 |
Reflection Questions | p. 34 |
Your Scenario | p. 34 |
Framing Your Legal Research | p. 37 |
Overview of Commentary Sources | p. 39 |
Encyclopedias and Treatises | p. 39 |
Skill Set 1. Using Print Finding Tools | p. 41 |
Skill Set 2. Updating Print Resources | p. 45 |
Periodicals: Law Reviews and A.L.R Annotations | p. 49 |
Skill Set 3. Using External Finding Tools | p. 51 |
Skill Set 4. Key-Word Searching in a Full-Text, Online Database | p. 52 |
Restatements of the Law and Jury Instructions | p. 60 |
Practice Guides | p. 68 |
Summary of Commentary Research | p. 68 |
Plan Your Research in Legal Authorities | p. 72 |
Test Your Understanding | p. 73 |
Reflection Questions | p. 73 |
Your Scenario | p. 73 |
Case Law Research | p. 75 |
Litigated Disputes, Judicial Decisions, and Guidance for Your Client | p. 78 |
Litigated Disputes and Judicial Decisions | p. 78 |
Guidance for Your Client | p. 82 |
The Common Law System | p. 84 |
Whose Law Governs? | p. 84 |
Which Decisions Matter Most? | p. 86 |
Overview of Case Law Research Options | p. 88 |
The Classic Approach: the West Reporter System in Print | p. 89 |
Understanding the West System | p. 89 |
Using the West System | p. 94 |
The Major Commercial Online Services: Westlaw and LexisNexis | p. 97 |
Westlaw | p. 97 |
LexisNexis | p. 107 |
The Alternative Commercial Online Services | p. 122 |
Court Resources | p. 126 |
Summary | p. 128 |
Test Your Understanding | p. 129 |
Reflection Questions | p. 129 |
Your Scenario | p. 129 |
Research in Enacted Law | p. 131 |
The Statutory System | p. 133 |
Legislative Process | p. 133 |
Statutory Texts and Guidance for Your Client | p. 135 |
Statutory Interpretation | p. 138 |
Overview of Statutory Research Options | p. 140 |
Unannotated Official Codes | p. 141 |
Annotated Codes in Print | p. 142 |
Commercial Online Research in Statutes | p. 150 |
Newly Enacted Laws and Session Laws | p. 155 |
Summary of Statutory Research | p. 159 |
Constitutions | p. 160 |
Charters and Ordinances | p. 161 |
Test Your Understanding | p. 163 |
Reflection Questions | p. 163 |
Your Scenario | p. 163 |
Research in Legislative History Materials | p. 165 |
Overview of Legislative History Materials | p. 167 |
The legislative Process | p. 167 |
Legislative history Materials | p. 169 |
Overview of Options for Researching Legislative History | p. 179 |
Statutory Codes | p. 179 |
United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (U.S.C.C.A.N.) | p. 180 |
Compiled Legislative Histories | p. 182 |
THOMAS, a Government Website | p. 183 |
Commercial Online Services | p. 185 |
ProQuest Congressional | p. 185 |
LexisNexis and Westlaw | p. 185 |
Hein Online | p. 189 |
Summary of Legislative History Research | p. 191 |
Options for Researching Pending Legislation | p. 193 |
Test Your Understanding | p. 193 |
Reflection Questions | p. 193 |
Your Scenario | p. 196 |
Research in Administrative Materials | p. 197 |
Rules and Regulations | p. 199 |
Connections to Statutes | p. 199 |
The Rulemaking Process | p. 200 |
Researching the Regulation Itself | p. 203 |
Updating the Regulation | p. 207 |
Researching the Regulation's History and Statutory basis | p. 211 |
Summary | p. 214 |
Decisions and Orders | p. 215 |
Parallels to Case Law | p. 215 |
Case Adjudication Procedures | p. 215 |
Researching Agency Decisions | p. 224 |
Summary | p. 225 |
Non-legislative Rules and Other Guidance Materials | p. 225 |
Loose-leaf Services | p. 226 |
Test Your Understanding | p. 226 |
Reflection Questions | p. 226 |
Your Scenario | p. 228 |
Researchin Rules of Procedure | p. 229 |
Procedural Law | p. 231 |
Overview of Procedural Research Options | p. 237 |
Deskbooks | p. 237 |
Court Websites | p. 238 |
Commentary | p. 238 |
Annotated Rules | p. 242 |
Case Law | p. 245 |
Summary of Research in Rules of Procedure | p. 246 |
Rules of Professional Responsibility | p. 247 |
Understanding Professional Responsibility Rules | p. 247 |
Researching Rules of Professional Responsibility | p. 248 |
Test Your Understanding | p. 251 |
Reflection Questions | p. 251 |
Your Scenario | p. 251 |
International Law and Tribal Law | p. 253 |
Legal Research in Public International Law | p. 253 |
Foreign Law | p. 253 |
Public International Law | p. 254 |
Treaties and Conventions | p. 255 |
Customary International Law | p. 258 |
Decisions by Courts and Arbitration Panels | p. 260 |
UN Materials | p. 262 |
Commentary and General Principles | p. 263 |
Private International Law | p. 264 |
Legal Research in Tribal Law | p. 265 |
Federal Indian Law | p. 266 |
Tribal Law | p. 267 |
Index | p. 269 |
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