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Learning Legal Research

Product ID: 750701 / Mfg Part #: 0130450340
Prentice Hall - Legal Series

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For undergraduate courses in Legal Research, Paralegal Studies, Criminal Justice, and Political Science.

Using a hands-on approach, this text provides students with an easy and comfortable way to learn about the processes, materials, and environment of legal research. It contains an introductory overview of a law library collection, allows students to conduct research without visiting an actual library, and explains—with simple language and exercises—the many methods of legal research.

Topics covered include:

Legal Research - Preliminary Considerations

  • Introduction to Legal Research

  • Analysis and Research Methods: The Most Important Tasks

  • Citation Method

Finding Tools

  • The Index: Legal Research's Most Powerful Tool

  • Digeststs—A Remarkable Finding Tool

  • Computer Assisted Legal Research CALR

Secondary Resources

  • Law Books, Texts, Services and Periodical

  • Legal Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

  • ALR Series: The American Law Reports

Primary Resources

  • Case Law Analysis

  • Statutes and Legislative Resources

  • Government Regulations/Administrative Law

Final Considerations

  • Updating the Law

  • Government Materials, Publications, and Compilations

  • Writing Applications in the Law and Justice Field

Authors: Charles P. Nemeth, JD, Ph.D., LL.M; and Hope I. Haywood, MBA
Published: September 2004
ISBN: 0-13-045034-0
496 Pages

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