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    Legal Research: a QuickStudy Laminated Law Reference
    Legal Research: a QuickStudy Laminated Law Reference
    Legal Research: a QuickStudy Laminated Law Reference
    Ebook55 pages34 minutes

    Legal Research: a QuickStudy Laminated Law Reference

    By Debra Moss Curtis and Vincent Feliu

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    Legal research abilities will determine success as a law student, and as a lawyer, to the point it’s been argued the abilities should be tested on the bar exam. This handy tool authored and designed to be a concise pin-pointed reference can support those research abilities. In 6 laminated pages our clearly labeled sections offer answers to your questions at a glance. Our authors and professors Deborah Moss Vollweiler, JD, and Vicenç F. Feliú, JD, LLM, MLIS bring years of experience in teaching and practicing to this inexpensive, must have reference.
    6 page laminated guide includes:
    • Research Methodology
    • Primary Authority Research
    • Legislative System/Constitutions & Statutes
    • Case Opinions: The Reporting System
    • State Court Reporters
    • Federal Court Reporters
    • Locating Case law
    • Secondary Authority Research
    • Free Legal Sources Online
    • Westlaw®
    • Bloomberg Law
    • Lexis®
    • Heinonline
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarCharts, Inc.
    Release dateMay 1, 2018
    ISBN9781423240662
    Legal Research: a QuickStudy Laminated Law Reference

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      Legal Research - Debra Moss Curtis

      Introduction

      CATEGORIES

      • Primary authority

      Law issued by a branch of government

      Judicial branch

      Interprets statute or Constitution

      Makes laws through common law

      Legislative branch

      Enacts laws

      Executive/Administrative branch

      Issues rules or regulations to implement legislation

      President and state governors can issue executive orders

      • Secondary authority

      Includes all other written expressions of law

      Court can use this as a basis for decisions

      Furnishes a basis for argument to change law

      • Research tools

      Used to locate primary and secondary authority

      Are not authority of any type; never cited themselves

      RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

      • Identify legal issues

      What is the question of law for the courts to decide based on the factual circumstances of the case? EX: Was defendant negligent when he failed to stop at the red light?

      Search for authority that resolves the legal issues in your fact situation from all sources

      • Background

      For a broad overview of general subject matter categories, use secondary sources

      If a case or statute is known to be applicable, that primary authority may lead to other primary and secondary authorities

      • Citations

      All authority used to answer legal issue must be documented

      Shorthand language for documenting legal sources is used that conforms exactly to the system

      Uniform System of Citation: Known as The Bluebook; dictates how this shorthand language should be incorporated into all different kinds of legal documents

      ALWD Citation Manual: Compiled by the Association of Legal Writing Directors as an alternative manual to the shorthand system

      COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL RESEARCH

      • Online services

      Westlaw, Bloomberg Law, and Lexis

      Case law, statutes, periodicals, CFR Index, Congressional Record

      HeinOnline

      Over 200,000 titles of legal history and government documents

      Comprehensive coverage from the inception of over 2,500 legal periodicals

      Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, and U.S. Reports back to 1754

      Dialog: Legal periodicals and congressional and government publications

      • Internet

      Availability of free public information

      Courts, regulations, and legislation

      Law review articles available on the Internet can be accessed through the pages of the specific schools

      Research addresses on the Internet

      State and federal opinions are available through http://caselaw.findlaw.com/

      Legal Information Institute at Cornell University School of Law: http://www.law.cornell.edu/

      Supreme Court: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html

      Uniform Commercial Code: http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/

      Trademark Law (Lanham Act): https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/lanham_act

      Code of Federal Regulations: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/ECFR?page=browse

      U.S. Congress: https://www.congress.gov//

      Includes legislative information, such as pending bills, committee hearing schedules, and pointers

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