Pennsylvania Legal Research

by Busharis, Barbara J.; Tavares, Bonny L.

• ISBN13: 9781594603945
• ISBN10: 1594603944
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-01
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

Summary

Pennsylvania Legal Research is part of the Carolina Academic Press Legal Research Series.

Table of Contents

The Research Process and Legal Analysis	p. 3
Pennsylvania Legal Research	p. 3
The Intersection of Legal Research and Legal Analysis	p. 4
Types and Weight of Legal Authority	p. 5
Court Systems	p. 7
Overview of the Research Process	p. 11
Organization of This Text	p. 12
Planning and Organizing Research	p. 13
Planning Your Research	p. 13
Organizing Your Research	p. 23
Turning Research into a Work Product	p. 30
Sample Case Cover Sheet	p. 32
Sample Analysis Chart	p. 33
Judicial Opinions and Reporters	p. 35
Reporters for Pennsylvania Cases	p. 36
Reporters for Federal Cases	p. 46
Topical Reporters	p. 48
Case Analysis	p. 49
Finding and Updating Case Law	p. 57
Overview: The Process of Finding Cases	p. 57
Using Digests in Print and Online	p. 58
Searching for Cases Online	p. 74
Updating Cases	p. 79
Professional Standards for Case Research	p. 83
Conclusion	p. 85
Statutes and Legislative History	p. 87
Overview	p. 87
Pennsylvania Statutory Research	p. 88
Pennsylvania Legislative History Research	p. 96
Statutes and Legislative History of Other States	p. 99
Federal Statutory Research	p. 100
Federal Legislative History Research	p. 103
Statutory Interpretation	p. 109
Pennsylvania Constitutional Law	p. 115
The Pennsylvania Constitution	p. 116
Finding a Pennsylvania Constitutional Provision and Cases Interpreting It	p. 116
Researching Other Constitutions	p. 118
Administrative Law	p. 121
Overview of Administrative Lawmaking	p. 121
Researching Administrative Law Issues	p. 123
Pennsylvania Administrative Law Materials	p. 125
Federal Administrative Law Materials	p. 130
USC & CFR Titles	p. 138
Rules of Court and Ethics	p. 141
Introduction	p. 141
Researching Pennsylvania Rules of Court	p. 142
Researching Federal Rules of Court	p. 145
Pennsylvania Ethics	p. 149
Secondary Sources	p. 153
Introduction	p. 153
Treatises	p. 157
Legal Encyclopedias	p. 160
American Law Reports	p. 166
CLE Materials	p. 169
Form Books	p. 172
Looseleaf Services and "Mini-Libraries"	p. 176
Legal Periodicals	p. 179
Restatements	p. 184
Updating a Case with the Print Version of Shepard's Citations	p. 191
Legal Citation	p. 201
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