Pocket Guide to Legal Research, Spiral bound Version by William Putman

Pocket Guide to Legal Research, Spiral bound Version by William Putman

The Pocket Guide to Legal Research is designed as a desk reference for use by students and practicing paralegals, legal assistants, and attorneys. This comprehensive guide allows the user to quickly obtain the answer to many commonly encountered research questions concerning case, statutory, secondary authority legal research, and legal citation. It includes chapters on non fee-based and fee-based Internet legal research. A chapter explains an organized approach to the legal research process, providing a detailed discussion of each step and the guidelines to follow when engaging in legal research. Also included are chapters on issue identification, spotting the issue and case law analysis. In addition to a glossary of relevant legal research terms, there are three appendices that cover the components of court opinions, elements of a statute, and a research source chart. This comprehensive and up-to-date resource is designed for quick access to information, and can be easily used in the classroom or on the job with a lay-flat binding.

Chapter 1: Constitutions, Statutes, Administrative Law and Court Rules, Research and Analysis Chapter 2: Case Law Research and Briefing Chapter 3: Secondary Authority and Other Research Sources,Encyclopedias, Treatises, American Law Reports, Digests & Shephards Chapter 4: Secondary Authoirty Periodicals, Restatements, Uniform Laws, DictionariesLegislative Law History and Other Secondary Authorities Chapter 5: Computer and Internet Research Chapter 6: Fee Based Computer Reseach Chapter 7: Constitutions,Statutes, Administrative Law, Court Rule Elements and Analysis Chapter 8: The Role of Key Terms and Key Facts in Legal Research Chapter 9: Issue Identification Spotting the Issue Chapter 10: Case Law Analysis A Case on Point Chapter 11: The Research Process for Effective Legal Research Chapter 12: Legal Citation Glossary Index

William Putman is a lawyer and former instructor in the programs for Legal Assistant Studies at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque and Paralegal Studies at Santa Fe Community College. A member of the New Mexico Bar since 1975, he received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law.

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ISBN 13	9781418053765
ISBN 10	1418053767
Title	Pocket Guide to Legal Research, Spiral bound Version
Author	William Putman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Delmar Cengage Learning
Year published	2007-03-15
Number of pages	288
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