NEW: Law and Legal Research: A Basic Guide

 

$50.00

Our guide provides a clear and compact explanation of the American legal system, legal research, and legal publications. Author: Elyse H. Fox, BA, JD, MSLS. Ms. Fox has worked as a law librarian for 40+ years. Previously she practiced law and taught legal research.

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1 copy: $50; 2 copies: $94; 3 copies: $135; 4 copies: $172; 5 copies: $200. Books must be shipped to the same address. For higher quantity orders, please contact us.

Description

Our guide explains the legal system, legal reference, and legal research, with discussion of special topics in legal research.

Contents:

  1. Law in general; authority
  2. Sources of law; precedent
  3. How is the law published?
  4. What is legal research?; law finders
  5. Law books, legal databases, and websites: print/online
  6. Legal research guides
  7. Updating and validating the law
  8. Special topics in law and legal research:
    1. Annotations
    2. Law dictionaries/glossaries/thesauri
    3. Government manuals
    4. Looseleaf services
    5. Legislative history
    6. Rules of court
    7. Uniform and model acts and regulations
    8. Restatements of the Law and Principles of the Law
    9. Fifty-state surveys
    10. Legal forms
    11. Records and briefs
    12. Advisory opinions
    13. Jury instructions
    14. Legal citation and legal citation manuals

Available in January, 2025. 86 pages. ISBN 0-941991-88-1. Order by December 31, 2024 for the listed prepublication prices.

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