Legal
Research: How to Find & Understand the Law
by Attorneys Stephen R. Elias & Susan Levinkind
12th Edition, 568 pages.
This book has a valid and honored place on the shelves of both novice
and practiced legal researchers.
Legal Research Quarterly Summary
Excellent for anyone searching for information in a real or virtual law
library (including paralegals, law students, legal assistants and journalists),
Legal Research outlines a systematic method to find answers and get results.
In plain, readable English, Attorneys Elias and Levinkind explain, with
plenty of examples and instructions, how to:
• read and understand statues, regulations and cases
• evaluate cases for their value as precedent
• use all the basic tools of legal research
• practice what you've learned with "hands-on, feet-in"
library exercises, as well as hypothetical research problems and solutions
This easy-to-use and understand book, now in its 12th edition, has been
adopted as a text in many law schools and paralegal programs.
| Table of Contents 1. How to Use This Book 2. An Overview of Legal Research 3. An Overview of the Law 4. Putting Your Questions into Legal Categories 5. Getting Some Background Information 6. Constitutions, Statutes, Regulations, and Ordinances 7. Understanding Case Law 8. How Cases Are Published 9. Finding Cases 10. Shepard's, Digests, and the Internet: Expand and Update Your Research 11. How to Write a Legal Memorandum 12. The Legal Research Method: Examples 13. Legal Research Online Appendixes A. Research Hypotheticals B. Research Hypotheticals and Memoranda C. Glossary of Legal Terms List of Library Exercises List of Internet Exercises Suggested Approaches to Common Legal Resarch Tasks Index |
Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law
by Attorneys Stephen R. Elias & Susan Levinkind
12th Edition, 568 pages. $39.95
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