by Stephen Elias and Susan Levinkind ; edited by Richard Stim.
11th ed.
Berkeley, CA :
Nolo,
2003.
1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) :
illustrations
Includes index.
An overview of legal research -- An overview of the law -- Putting your questions into legal categories -- Getting some background information -- Constitutions, statutes, regulations and ordinances -- Understanding case law -- How cases are published -- Finding cases -- Shepard's and digests and the Internet: expand and update your research -- How to write a legal memorandum -- The legal research method: examples -- Legal research online.
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In plain English, the book explains how to: read and understand statutes, regulations and cases, organize research results into a memorandum of law and use all the basic tools of legal research.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.