“The simplest, most concise, and most articulate description of the legal research process available.” Tom Holm, Director of the Lawyering Skills Clinical Program at UCLA School of Law Please log in to view the professor`s resources. This section is only available for registered and validated instructor accounts. If instructor resources are still not displayed after logging in, please contact legaledu@aspenpublishing.com to confirm the status of your instructor account. Account validation can take 24 to 48 hours. Sources of Law focuses on realistic goals for 1Ls to learn in relatively short classes, and therefore focuses primarily on the basics. It introduces advanced material so that 1Ls can recognize information they may encounter in research, but it does not fully cover research material outside the scope of the traditional 1L course. As such, it is best suited to introductory legal research courses for 1Ls. E-books, CDs, downloadable content, and software purchases are non-cancellable, non-refundable, or non-returnable. Click here for more information on LexisNexis eBooks. EBook versions of this title may contain links to Lexis+ ™ for additional legal research options.
A valid Lexis+ ™ subscription is required to access this content. Do you have legal issues at home, at work or as part of a law degree? Legal research provides everything you need and establishes easy-to-understand research methods to help you find the right answers. Find out how: In its most basic definition, legal practice involves conducting research to find relevant legal standards and then applying those rules to the specific circumstances a client faces. In U.S. law, however, the applicable legal rules come from countless sources, which complicates the process and distinguishes legal research from other types of research. This text introduces first-year law students to the new type of research required for the study and practice of law. He seeks to demystify the art of legal research by following a “source and process” approach. First, the text introduces students to the main sources of American law and describes the forms that different authorities have traditionally taken in printed form. Once this foundation is established, the text informs students about the methods they are most likely to apply in practice, namely electronic search techniques and consulting secondary sources. Sources of Law includes screenshots currently hosted on YouTube that actively demonstrate the processes described in the static text.
Finally, the text illustrates how the different parties come together in the legal research process. Legal Research Demystified offers a concrete approach to legal research. The manual guides law students through eight steps to research common law issues and ten steps to research legal issues. These research steps are demonstrated by numerous hypotheses and visual aids. Students praised the manual for its screen recordings, checklists, and descriptive diagrams, such as: Graphs illustrating Boolean search and comparing tank functions. The professors appreciated that the book educates students on how to conduct legal research, rather than discussing finding tools and resources in a vacuum. Please add legaledu@aspenpublishing.com.com to your Safe Senders list to ensure the email is delivered. If you have not received the email within 2 business days and have checked your SPAM/Spam file, please contact us at legaledu@aspenpublishing.com or 1-800-950-5259.
Many easy-to-follow examples and instructions will show you how to master all the basic legal research tools, including: This book complements the Government-Focused Legal Research Series. Federal Legal Research provides concise explanations of the main agencies of the federal system, as well as chapters on secondary sources, updates, legislative history, legal ethics and judicial rules. The book covers the current platforms of Westlaw, Lexis, and Bloomberg; free online sources; and print sources. Federal Legal Research takes a process-oriented approach to research. His in-depth discussions of U.S. legal research strategies and techniques make him effective in courses that integrate research, writing, and analysis, as well as in courses with a bibliographic approach. The new printed manual includes access to the e-book, study center, Outline tool, and other resources, casebookconnect.com via the lifetime passcode in the printed book. Also, instantly access the eBook with the temporary passcode available after checkout while waiting for the full passcode in your shipment. “Federal Legal Research provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the legal research process. In addition, the different sources of law are broken down and systematically described as to how they can be found in both printed and electronic form. In addition, the text provides sufficient practical guidance to make it a useful reference for legal researchers at all levels. One of the book`s strongest features is the generous, but not exaggerated, inclusion of tables and figures to provide explanatory references and screenshots of research databases and images of printed materials.
As a lecturer in legal research, I found another strong point of this text, the treatment of citators and the procedure for updating the legal authority. Although brief, Chapter 10 is devoted to vitators and gives a worthy explanation of their dual purpose and the particular symbols used by KeyCite, Shepard`s and BCite. This chapter is particularly adept at explaining the critical step of updating the research process, which often seems deceptively simple, but is often difficult for beginners to master. Overall, the text is organized logically and an ideal fusion of detail and brevity. I recommend it to all libraries whose clients are looking for help searching for legal materials, including law libraries, public libraries, and academic libraries that support law, legal studies, or paralegal programs. Because of its process-oriented and bibliographic overview of legal sources, federal legal research would be an extremely valuable teaching tool for legal research educators and a selection of appropriate textbooks for legal research courses. Lisa A. Goodman, Law Library Journal, Volume 108:2 Purchase a new version of this manual and access the connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect, including: lifetime access to the online eBook with highlighting, annotation, and search capabilities; Practice the questions of your favorite learning aids; a description tool and other useful resources.
Connected eBooks provide what you need most to succeed in your law school. Learn more about connected eBooks. This bestselling legal research course book is known for its clear, step-by-step guide to the basics. Using a modular approach, Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies, Eighth Edition, breaks down the material into distinct and easy-to-understand parts. Ideal as a course book or reference book, this text emphasizes online research with targeted coverage of printed materials. Comprehensive coverage and standalone chapters provide flexibility for a variety of course structures. Helpful pedagogy throughout the text includes checklists at the end of the chapter, clear examples, and summary diagrams. Examples of useful pages and examples of research sources guide students throughout the presentation, and an accompanying workbook provides exercises to test understanding and apply legal research tools and strategies. “In the 16. Updated edition of Legal Research: How to Find and Understand Law, you will learn how to find important laws and cases online or in a law library, how to write legal notes, and how to make the most of the web and a law library to find laws, cases, general information, and answers to specific legal questions. Chapters provide keys to organizing, “provisioning,” prioritizing, using indexes, and analyzing a case`s impact on your particular problem: In short, it outlines the basics of a lawyer`s research and judgment process and helps users save hundreds of dollars in attorney fees by doing just some of the legal work that anyone can do.
Highly recommended! The Midwest Book Review The goal of the Legal Research Series (LRS) is to provide law students with the essential elements of legal research in each state. LRS books, which have also been used in legal and paralegal education programs, succinctly explain both the sources of state legal research and the process of effectively conducting state legal research. These books explore how each resource can be used in an overall search strategy, and also integrate legal analysis as part of the research process. Each book begins with an overview of the research process, then explains how electronic and print sources are used to research cases, laws, legislative history, constitutions, administrative law, judicial rules, and secondary sources. Legal Research was published for the 19th. Fully updated edition and shows you how to find laws, business, general information and answers to specific legal questions online. Most importantly, you will be directed to the most reliable and user-friendly websites so you don`t drown in a flood of information. Sloan`s scientific interests include legal research and writing, classical and contemporary rhetoric, and vocation practice. She is active in the Association of Legal Writing Directors and is a member of the Pennsylvania and District of Columbia Bars. After the order window, all updates will be automatically sent to the subscriber with an invoice at the full price then in effect on a semi-annual or annual basis as soon as the updates are available. The subscriber can expect a price increase compared to the current selling price.
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