Florida Legal Research

by Busharis, Barbara J.; Rowe, Suzanne E.

• ISBN13: 9781594604041
• ISBN10: 1594604045
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-01
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

Summary

This book fulfills the need of beginning legal researchers for concise explanations of the sources they will use early in their careers by combining an overview of essential primary and secondary sources with an introduction to research methods that will enable a novice researcher to move beyond the sources described in the text.A teacher's manual is also available. "Barbara J. Busharis and Suzanne E. Rowe have written a fine book to teach [the] basics. It should be in every library that supports Florida research. Overall, their book is excellent. It is well-written, well-planned, and extremely useful." -Legal Information Alert, Volume 22, #2, Alert Publications, Inc., Chicago, IL, www.alertpub.com, on the second edition ". . . a concise, no-nonsense book that will both educate laywers anew as well as remind them about what they once knew on everything from the basics to the truly obscure. . . . this book is well-written, clearly organized, and truly a gem." -Trial Advocate Quarterly, on the second edition

Author Biography

Barbara J. Busharis is a legal writing instructor at the Florida State University College of Law. Suzanne E. Rowe is a professor of law and Director of Legal Research and Writing at the University of Oregon School of Law.

Table of Contents

Introduction : the legal research process	p. 3
Judicial decisions	p. 11
Statutes and constitutions	p. 39
Administrative law	p. 73
Updating	p. 95
Planning and organizing research	p. 111
Secondary sources	p. 129
Rules of court and ethics	p. 163
Form books	p. 173
Looseleaf services	p. 181
Citation	p. 189
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