Basic Legal Research

by Sloan, Amy E.; Schwinn, Steven D.

• ISBN13: 9780735533752
• ISBN10: 073553375X
• Edition: Workbook
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

Organized to complement Amy Sloan's Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies, this new workbook can also be used with any of the major research texts. it gives your students in-depth practice with all of the key point and electronic sources, using four-tiered exercises that progress from guided practice to independent research skills. Among the workbook features: each exercise incorporates questions at four levels, progressing from basic source features to advanced research skills includes both print and electronic sources in each exercise, allowing either one to be emphasized in assignments assignments can be applied to different fact patterns and jurisdictions, reducing demand on single library sources the final section shows students how to develop effective research plans throughout their academic and legal careers

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xiii
General Instructions	xv
Introduction to Legal Research	1	(16)
Problem Set Charts	1	(4)
Introduction to Print Research	5	(6)
Problem Set Charts	11	(2)
Introduction to Electronic Research	13	(4)
Generating Search Terms	17	(10)
Generating Search Terms	17	(2)
Charts 1-8	19	(8)
Secondary Source Research	27	(30)
Problem Set Charts	27	(12)
Researching Legal Encyclopedias, A.L.R. Annotations, and Legal Periodicals in Print	39	(6)
Researching Secondary Sources Electronically	45	(6)
Problem Set Chart	51	(2)
Researching Treatises in Print	53	(4)
Case Research	57	(18)
Problem Set Charts	57	(4)
Researching Cases in Print	61	(6)
Researching Cases Electronically	67	(4)
Problem Set Charts	71	(2)
Researching Cases on Your Own	73	(2)
Research with Shepard's Citations and Other Citators	75	(26)
Problem Set Charts	75	(4)
Shepardizing Cases in Print	79	(10)
Checking Case Citations Electronically	89	(6)
Problem Set Charts	95	(2)
Checking Case Citations on Your Own	97	(4)
Statutory Research	101	(18)
Problem Set Charts	101	(4)
Researching Statutes in Print	105	(4)
Problem Set Charts	109	(2)
Researching Statutes Electronically	111	(4)
Problem Set Charts	115	(2)
Researching Statutes on Your Own	117	(2)
Federal Legislative History Research	119	(24)
Problem Set Charts	119	(4)
Researching the Legislative History of a Federal Statute in Print	123	(6)
Researching the Legislative History of a Federal Statute Electronically	129	(6)
Problem Set Charts	135	(6)
Researching Federal Legislative History by Subject	141	(2)
Federal Administrative Law Research	143	(18)
Problem Set Charts	143	(6)
Researching Federal Administrative Regulations in Print	149	(4)
Researching Federal Administrative Regulations Electronically	153	(4)
Problem Set Charts	157	(2)
Researching Federal Administrative Regulations on Your Own	159	(2)
Electronic Search Techniques	161	(8)
Electronic Search Techniques	161	(8)
Research Planning	169	(4)
Problem Set Charts	169	(4)
Developing and Executing a Research Plan	173