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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Research Process | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Sources of the Law | |
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| The Forms of Legal Information | |
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| Current and Historical Information | |
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| Primary and Secondary Sources | |
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| Print and Electronic Resources | |
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| Legal Language | |
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| Legal Citations | |
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| Online Research Basics | |
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| Westlaw | |
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| Lexis | |
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| Other Databases | |
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| Handling a Research Project | |
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| First Steps | |
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| In-Depth Research | |
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| Providing Current Information | |
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| Completing a Project | |
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| Background and Analysis | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overviews | |
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| Legal Encyclopedias | |
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| American Jurisprudence 2d and Corpus Juris Secundum | |
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| Jurisdictional Encyclopedias | |
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| Texts and Treatises | |
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| Restatements of the Law | |
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| Law Reviews | |
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| Westlaw and Lexis | |
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| HeinOnline | |
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| Periodical Indexes | |
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| Other Sources | |
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| Case Law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Electronic Research | |
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| Westlaw | |
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| Lexis | |
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| Other Resources | |
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| West Digests | |
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| Finding Cases in Digests | |
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| Jurisdictional and Regional Digests | |
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| Decennial and General Digests | |
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| Words and Phrases | |
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| American Law Reports Annotations | |
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| Format and Content | |
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| Finding Annotations | |
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| Citators | |
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| KeyCite | |
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| Shepard's Citations Online | |
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| Shepard's Citations in Print | |
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| Sources for Federal Court Cases | |
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| Supreme Court of the United States | |
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| Lower Federal Courts | |
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| Sources for State Court Cases | |
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| Official Reports | |
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| National Reporter System | |
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| Other Sources | |
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| Statutes and Constitutions | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Publication of Statutes | |
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| Statutory Research | |
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| Online Code Databases | |
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| KeyCite and Shepard's | |
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| Indexes and Tables | |
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| Sources for Federal Statutes | |
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| Slip Laws and Session Laws | |
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| The United States Code | |
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| Annotated Codes | |
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| Sources for State Statutes | |
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| Slip Laws and Session Laws | |
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| Codes | |
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| Multistate Research Sources | |
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| Uniform Laws | |
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| Interstate Compacts | |
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| The U. S. Constitution | |
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| State Constitutions | |
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| Legislative information | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Federal Legislative History Sources | |
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| Bills | |
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| Committee Reports | |
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| Federal Legislative History Sources- Continued | |
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| Debates | |
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| Hearings | |
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| Other Congressional Publications | |
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| Congressional Research Resources | |
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| Compiled Legislative Histories | |
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| THOMAS and Other Congressional Websites | |
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| LexisNexis Congressional and CIS | |
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| USCCAN and Westlaw | |
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| CQ and Other News Sources | |
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| Printed Status Tables | |
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| Directories | |
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| State Legislative Information | |
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| Administrative Law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Background Reference Sources | |
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| Agency Websites | |
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| Guides and Directories | |
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| Federal Regulations | |
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| Federal Register | |
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| Code of Federal Regulations | |
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| Finding and Updating Regulations | |
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| Guidance Documents | |
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| Administrative Decisions and Rulings | |
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| Presidential Lawmaking | |
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| Executive Orders and Proclamations | |
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| Other Presidential Documents | |
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| State Administrative Law | |
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| Websites and Directories | |
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| State Administrative Law-Continued | |
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| Regulations and Executive Orders | |
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| Decisions, Rulings, and Other Documents | |
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| Local Law | |
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| Court Rules and Practice | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Court Rules | |
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| Federal Rules | |
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| State Rules | |
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| Legal Ethics | |
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| Briefs and Other Court Documents | |
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| Directories of Courts and Judges | |
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| Formbooks and Jury Instructions | |
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| Specialized and Nonlegal Sources | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Looseleaf and Electronic Services | |
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| Current Awareness | |
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| Legal Newspapers and Newsletters | |
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| Current Scholarship | |
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| Blogs and Other Online Resources | |
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| General News and Business Information | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Interdisciplinary Research | |
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| Legal History Resources | |
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| Directories | |
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| Specialized Research Guides | |
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| International Law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Preliminary Research | |
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| U. S. Practice in International Law | |
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| Treaties | |
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| Foreign Relations Documents | |
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| General Treaty Research | |
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| Cases and Arbitrations | |
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| International Court of Justice | |
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| Other Courts | |
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| Arbitrations | |
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| International Organizations | |
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| United Nations and Related Agencies | |
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| World Trade Organization | |
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| European Union and Other Regional Organizations | |
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| Sources for Further Information | |
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| The Law of Other Countries | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Legal Systems of the World | |
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| Reference Sources in Foreign and Comparative Law | |
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| Encyclopedias and Legal System Guides | |
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| Research Guides and Indexes | |
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| Summaries and Translations of Laws | |
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| Dictionaries | |
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| Original Sources | |
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| Links to Country Websites | |
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| Common Law Jurisdictions | |
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| Civil Law Jurisdictions | |
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| State Legal Research Guides | |
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| Major Treatises and Services By Subject | |
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| Resource Index | |
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| Subject Index | |