Legal Research Illustrated: An Abridgment of Fundamentals of Legal Research, Eighth EditionIntroduces the publication process and methods for locating court cases, and examines other sources of primary law and secondary sources useful in legal research. Covers international law, English legal research, citation form, and federal taxation. This sixth edition is revised to incorporate changes in legal research methods in recent years, and includes discussion of CALR resources and major microform sets, a chapter on computer-assisted legal research, and new document illustrations. |
Contents
An Introduction to Legal Research | 1 |
Administrative | 13 |
The Legal Research Process | 14 |
Copyright | |
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