Federal Legal Research - Second Edition
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Description
This book complements the state-focused Legal Research Series . Federal Legal Research offers concise explanations of primary authorities in the federal system, along with chapters on secondary sources, updating, legislative history, and legal ethics and court rules. The book covers current platforms in Westlaw, Lexis, and Bloomberg; free online sources; and print sources. Federal Legal Research takes a process-oriented approach to research. Its in-depth discussions of strategies and techniques for conducting American legal research make it effective in classes that integrate research, writing, and analysis as well as in courses with a bibliographic approach. The goal of the Legal Research Series (LRS) is to provide law students with the essential elements of legal research in each state. LRS books, which also have been used in lawyer training and paralegal programs, explain concisely both the sources of state law research and the process for conducting state legal research effectively. These books examine how to use each resource in a comprehensive research strategy and also incorporate legal analysis as part of the research process. Each book begins with an overview of the research process and then explains how to use electronic and print sources to research cases, statutes, legislative history, constitutions, administrative law, court rules, and secondary sources.
ISBN
9781611637137
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Carolina Academic Press
Keywords
legal research, federal legal research
Disciplines
Law | Legal Writing and Research
Recommended Citation
Childs, Scott; Algero, Mary Garvey; Simons, Spencer L.; Rowe, Suzanne E.; and Ricks, Sarah E., "Federal Legal Research - Second Edition" (2015). Books. 67.
https://ir.law.utk.edu/utk_lawfacbooks/67