Legal research : how to find & understand the law /
Legal research : how to find and understand the law
edited by Stephen Elias, Susan Levinkind & Richard Stim.
- 14th ed.
- Berkeley, CA : Nolo, 2007.
- 322 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Quick legal research tips -- An overview of legal research -- An overview of the law -- Putting your questions into legal categories -- Getting some background information -- Constitutions, statutes, regulations and ordinances -- Understanding case law -- How cases are published -- Finding cases -- Shepard's, digests and the Internet: expand and update your research -- How to write a legal memorandum -- The legal research method : examples -- Appendix: Glossary of legal terms.