Basic Legal Research for Paralegals (McGraw-Hill Paralegal Titles)

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Before Beginning Legal Research
	The Purpose of Legal Research
	The Court May Not Know
	Legal Knowledge and Research
	Getting Started
	Having a Basic Plan
	Creating a List of Vocabulary Terms
	Formulating the Legal Research Issue
	Writing Out Your Plan
Chapter 2 Introduction to Legal Research
	The U.S. Legal System
		Law Is the Command of a Sovereign
		Common-Law Origins
		The Origins of the Constitution of the United States
	Law Publishing
		Why Master Legal Researchers Know “Who Publishes What”
		The Way to Win
		Authority: Primary and Secondary
	Law Books and Law Libraries, Both Physical and Electronic
		How to Judge a Law Book by Its Cover, and Other Parts
		How to Judge an Electronic File by Its Cover Page, and Other Parts
		Visit Law Libraries, Both Physical and Electronic
	The Basic Strategy for Legal Research
		Get the Facts
		Analyze the Facts
		Five Steps
Chapter 3 Case Law
	Judicial Power
		Court Sovereignty
		Legal Reasoning
	Judicial Opinions 2
		Parts of an Opinion
		Types of Opinions
	Judicial Reports
		Reported Opinions
		The National Reporter System
		Federal Court Reports
		State Court Reports
		Unreported Opinions
Chapter 4 Case Finders
	Case Finders Generally
		Citations
		Casebooks
		Lawyers
		Memorandums
		Briefs
	Digests
		How a Digest Is Like an Index
		A Digest Walk-Through
		Thomson/West’s American Digest System
		Other Digests
		LexisNexis and the Search Advisor
		The Limitations of Digests
	Other Case Finders
		A.L.R. Annotations
		Legal Research by Computer
		Shepard’s Citations
		Secondary Authority
Chapter 5 Annotations
	Annotations, Generally
	A.L.R. Annotations
		Series
		Parts and Sections
		How an A.L.R. Annotation Is Prepared
		How to Use the A.L.R.
	A.L.R. Annotation Finders
		A.L.R. Indexes
		A.L.R. Digests
		Total Client Service Library
		Thomson/West Publications
		LexisNexis Publications
	A.L.R. Annotation Supplementation
		Blue Books
		Later Case Service
		Pocket Supplementation
		Annotation History Table
	The Limitations of A.L.R. Annotations
Chapter 6 Statutory Law
	Legislation
		Legislative History
		After a Bill Becomes Law
	Federal Codes
		United States Code (U.S.C.)
		Annotated Codes
		Finding a Relevant Code Section
		United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
		United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
		The Limitations of Codes
	State Codes
	Local Codes
	Chapter
	Constitutional Law, Court Rules, and Other Promulgations
Chapter 7 Constitutional Law
	Federal Constitution
	Annotated Constitutions
	State and Local Constitutions
	Court Rules
		Annotated Court Rules
	Treaties
Chapter 8 Administrative Law
	Administrative Agencies and Executive Departments
		Administrative Regulations
		Administrative Codes
		Administrative Orders and Executive Orders
		Administrative Decisions
		Attorney General Opinions
		Loose-Leaf Services
			Tax Services
Chapter 9 Secondary Sources: General
	Encyclopedias
		Using Legal Encyclopedias
		Guide to American Law
		Corpus Juris Secundum
		American Jurisprudence 2d
		State Encyclopedias
		Law Outlines
	Dictionaries
		Black’s Law Dictionary
		Ballentine’s Law Dictionary
		Gifis’s Law Dictionary
		Other Dictionaries
		Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
		Other National Directories
		State, Local, and Specialized Directories
Chapter 10  Secondary Sources: Specialized
	Textbooks and Treatises
		Hornbooks and Nutshells
		Using a Treatise
		Restatements
		Sample of Thomson/West Hornbooks and Nutshells
		Uniform Laws
	Form Books
		Legal Forms
		Pleading and Practice Forms
		Trial and Practice Books
	Periodicals
		Guide to Using Periodicals
		Law Reviews
		Law Journals
		Newsletters
		Newspapers
Chapter 11  A Uniform System of Citation
	Citation Style
		The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
		The ALWD Citation Manual
		Other Systems of Citation
	Technical Rules
		Citing Cases
		Citing Statutes
		Citing Other Primary Sources
		Citing Secondary Sources
	Citation Requirements
		Electronic Sources
Chapter 12 Shepard’s Citations and Other Citators
	Shepard’s Citations
		Using Shepard’s Citators
		Shepard’s Statutory Citators
		Using Shepard’s as a Case Finder
		Shepard’s on LexisNexis
	Other Citators
		KeyCite on Westlaw
		Shepard’s on LexisNexis or KeyCite on Westlaw
		Auto-Cite
		Differences Between Auto-Cite and Shepard’s
		LexisNexis or Westlaw as a Citator
		Parallel Cites
Chapter 13 Computerized Legal Research
	Microforms
	Sound Recordings and Videos
	CD-ROM
	Computer-Assisted Legal Research
		LexisNexis
		Westlaw
		Internet
	Search Methods
		Full-Text Searching
		Before You Search
APPENDIX The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription
Glossary
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