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Publisher
West Academic Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Finding and using legal resources effectively is an essential skill for lawyers. This comprehensive but succinct guide covers research procedures using major online services, free Internet resources, and library materials. Several hundred websites are discussed and placed in context for effective and productive use in research. Discussion includes coverage of legislative history, administrative law, specialized and interdisciplinary resources,
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NOLO
Language
English
Description
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...
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Law Library studies volume 91-1
Publisher
Law Library of Congress
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Author
Series
CRS report for Congress volume RL33895
Publisher
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
Language
English
Author
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CRS report for Congress volume RL30812
Publisher
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
This report provides a brief overview of federal statutes and where to find them, both in print and on the Internet. When Congress passes a law, it may amend or repeal earlier enactments or it may write on a clean slate. Newly enacted laws are published chronologically, first as separate statutes in "slip law" form and later cumulatively in a series of volumes known as the Statutes at Large. Statutes are numbered by order of enactment either as public...