| Contents Notes |
Introduction to legal principles and authorities and the research process -- The role of key terms and key facts in legal research -- Issue identification : spotting the issue -- Constitutions, statutes, administrative law, and court rules : research and analysis -- Case law : research and briefing -- Case law analysis : is a case on point? -- Secondary authority and other research sources : encyclopedias, treatises, American law reports, digests, Shepard's -- Secondary authority : periodicals, restatements, uniform laws, dictionaries, legislative history, and other secondary authorities -- Computer and internet research -- Commercial internet research -- Counteranalysis -- The research process for effective legal research. |
