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Exhibits | |
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Charts and Examples | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction: Literacy in the Law | |
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The FEAT of Legal Research | |
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American Legal Sources | |
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Legal Research Resources | |
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Work-Flow in Legal Research | |
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Planning | |
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Searching | |
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Monitoring | |
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Stopping | |
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An Illustration | |
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A Counterpoint: Google Research | |
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Test Your Understanding | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Your Scenario | |
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Focusing on your Client's Situation | |
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Study Your Client's Situation | |
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Gather Information | |
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Synthesize Information | |
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Summarize Information | |
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Develop Your Research Vocabulary | |
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Generate Research Terms | |
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Draft Research Issues | |
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An Illustration | |
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Test Your Understanding | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Your Scenario | |
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Framing Your Legal Research | |
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Overview of Commentary Sources | |
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Encyclopedias and Treatises | |
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Skill Set 1. Using Print Finding Tools | |
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Skill Set 2. Updating Print Resources | |
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Periodicals: Law Reviews and A.L.R Annotations | |
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Skill Set 3. Using External Finding Tools | |
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Skill Set 4. Key-Word Searching in a Full-Text, Online Database | |
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Restatements of the Law and Jury Instructions | |
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Practice Guides | |
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Summary of Commentary Research | |
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Plan Your Research in Legal Authorities | |
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Test Your Understanding | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Your Scenario | |
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Case Law Research | |
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Litigated Disputes, Judicial Decisions, and Guidance for Your Client | |
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Litigated Disputes and Judicial Decisions | |
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Guidance for Your Client | |
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The Common Law System | |
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Whose Law Governs? | |
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Which Decisions Matter Most? | |
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Overview of Case Law Research Options | |
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The Classic Approach: the West Reporter System in Print | |
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Understanding the West System | |
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Using the West System | |
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The Major Commercial Online Services: Westlaw and LexisNexis | |
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Westlaw | |
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LexisNexis | |
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The Alternative Commercial Online Services | |
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Court Resources | |
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Summary | |
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Test Your Understanding | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Your Scenario | |
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Research in Enacted Law | |
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The Statutory System | |
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Legislative Process | |
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Statutory Texts and Guidance for Your Client | |
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Statutory Interpretation | |
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Overview of Statutory Research Options | |
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Unannotated Official Codes | |
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Annotated Codes in Print | |
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Commercial Online Research in Statutes | |
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Newly Enacted Laws and Session Laws | |
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Summary of Statutory Research | |
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Constitutions | |
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Charters and Ordinances | |
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Test Your Understanding | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Your Scenario | |
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Research in Legislative History Materials | |
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Overview of Legislative History Materials | |
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The legislative Process | |
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Legislative history Materials | |
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Overview of Options for Researching Legislative History | |
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Statutory Codes | |
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United States Code Congressional and Administrative News (U.S.C.C.A.N.) | |
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Compiled Legislative Histories | |
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THOMAS, a Government Website | |
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Commercial Online Services | |
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ProQuest Congressional | |
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LexisNexis and Westlaw | |
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Hein Online | |
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Summary of Legislative History Research | |
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Options for Researching Pending Legislation | |
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Test Your Understanding | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Your Scenario | |
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Research in Administrative Materials | |
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Rules and Regulations | |
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Connections to Statutes | |
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The Rulemaking Process | |
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Researching the Regulation Itself | |
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Updating the Regulation | |
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Researching the Regulation's History and Statutory basis | |
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Summary | |
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Decisions and Orders | |
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Parallels to Case Law | |
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Case Adjudication Procedures | |
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Researching Agency Decisions | |
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Summary | |
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Non-legislative Rules and Other Guidance Materials | |
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Loose-leaf Services | |
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Test Your Understanding | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Your Scenario | |
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Researchin Rules of Procedure | |
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Procedural Law | |
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Overview of Procedural Research Options | |
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Deskbooks | |
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Court Websites | |
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Commentary | |
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Annotated Rules | |
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Case Law | |
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Summary of Research in Rules of Procedure | |
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Rules of Professional Responsibility | |
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Understanding Professional Responsibility Rules | |
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Researching Rules of Professional Responsibility | |
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Test Your Understanding | |
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Reflection Questions | |
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Your Scenario | |
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International Law and Tribal Law | |
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Legal Research in Public International Law | |
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Foreign Law | |
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Public International Law | |
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Treaties and Conventions | |
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Customary International Law | |
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Decisions by Courts and Arbitration Panels | |
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UN Materials | |
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Commentary and General Principles | |
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Private International Law | |
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Legal Research in Tribal Law | |
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Federal Indian Law | |
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Tribal Law | |
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Index | |