Teply’s Legal Research and Citation, 5th (American Casebook Series)

Larry L. Teply

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ISBN-13: 9780314239501

Last Updated: 5/26/1999

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Thoroughly discusses how to best research factually based problems, how to coordinate secondary and primary research, and how facts interplay with the law as found in the course of legal research.

Learn how the common law and statutes relate to each other in the context of researching specific problems. The fourth edition better integrates the learning of legal citation with the citation tools themselves.

Chapters include Reading, Citing, and Updating Cases; Legislative Legal Research; Coordinating Research in Secondary Authorities and Focusing on the Law in Specific Jurisdictions; and more.

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Summary Of Contents

Preface
Table of Figures and Acknowledgements
Chapter
1. Legal Research in Context
  Section
  1. Legal Research in Law Practice
  2. Basic Legal Concepts and Terminology
  3. Source of Substantive Law
  4. State and Federal Court Systems
  5. Procedural and Evidentiary Rules
  6. Hierarchy of Authority
  7. Conflict of Laws
  8. Basic Legal Reasoning
  9. Legal Citation
2. Introduction to Legal Research
  1. Organization of Legal Materials in Law Libraries
  2. Publication Patterns of Primary Sources of Law and Their Basic Citation Forms
  3. Media Options
  4. The Legal Research Process
3. Analyzing Facts and Legal Problems and Finding Commentary and Summaries of the Law in Secondary Sources
  1. Preliminary Factual Analysis and Problem Identification
  2. The Principal Methods of Search and Access to Secondary Sources
  3. Using Law Dictionaries to Define or Clarify Legal Terminology
  4. Using and Citing Legal Encyclopedias
  5. Using the Catalog to Find Texts, Treatises, and Other Secondary Sources
  6. Using and Citing Texts and Treatises
  7. Commentary in Looseleaf Sources
  8. Finding and Citing Legal Periodicals
  9. Finding, Citing, and Updating A.L.R. Textual Annotations
  10. Using and Citing Restatements of the Law
  11. Electronic Research: Retrieving Known Secondary Sources
4. Reading, Citing, and Updating Cases and Updating Cases and Developing Case Research
  1. Reading Cases
  2. The Basics of Citing Cases
  3. "Tutorial" on Bluebook Rules for Case Names
  4. Working With and Citing Federal Cases
  5. Working With and Citing State Cases and Specialized Reporters
  6. Researching and Citing Recent Court Decisions
  7. Updating and Developing Case Research Using Shepard's Citations and Citing Prior and Subsequent History
  8. Electronic Research: Shepard's Citations and KeyCite
  9. Using Digests to Develop Your Research and to Find Cases
  10. Finding Law Review Commentary on Cases
  11. Relationship of Case-Oriented Research to Statutes
  12. Electronic Research: Formulating Search Queries and Requests
5. Legislative Legal Research
  1. Introduction
  2. Factual Contexts for Legislative Legal Research and Preliminary Problem Analysis
  3. Basic Research Techniques and Starting Points
  4. Reading, Working With, Citing, and Applying Legislative Sources
  5. Developing and Updating Legislative Research
  6. Legislative History
  7. Electronic Research: Statutes and Legislative Materials
6. Administrative Rules and Regulations, Rules of Procedure, Evidence, and Ethics, and Practice Aids
  1. Introduction
  2. Finding, Working With, Citing and Updating Administrative Rules
  3. Agency Decisions
  4. Executive Orders and Other Presidential Documents
  5. Court Rules
  6. Rules of Practice, Procedure, and Evidence
  7. Researching Ethics Questions
  8. Practice and Other Research Aids
Index


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