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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 | |