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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 | |