Legal Research Illustrated

Seventh Edition. By Professor J. Myron Jacobstein, Stanford University; Roy M. Mersky, University of Texas and Dean Donald J. Dunn, Western New England College

Preface

iii

Acknowledgments

v

Glossary of the Terms Used in Legal Research

xv

An Introduction to Legal Research

1

(14)

The Legal Research Process

15

(7)

Court Reports

22

(16)

Federal Court Cases

38

(27)

State Court Cases and the National Reporter System

65

(13)

Digests for Court Reports

78

(32)

Annotated Law Reports

110

(17)

Constitutions

127

(14)

Federal Legislation

141

(30)

Federal Legislative Histories

171

(40)

State and Municipal Legislation

211

(14)

Court Rules and Procedures

225

(15)

Administrative Law

240

(46)

Looseleaf Services

286

(17)

Shepard's Citations, KeyCite, and Other Citator Services

303

(37)

Legal Encyclopedias

340

(12)

Legal Periodicals and Indexes

352

(30)

Treatises, Restatements, Uniform Laws, and Model Codes

382

(31)

Other Legal and General Research and Reference Aids

413

(22)

International Law

435

(45)

Computer-Assisted Legal Research

480

(57)

APPENDICES

A State Guides to Legal Research

516

(5)

B State Reports

521

(2)

C Coverage of the National Reporter System

523

(2)

D Fundamental Lawyering Skills § 3 Legal Research

525

(5)

E Selected Law-Related Internet Sources

530

(7)

F Chart on Legal Research Procedure

537

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