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Chapter 1. Research Methods and Process
§ 1.1 The Forms of Legal Information
(c) Print and Digital Sources
§ 1.2 Research Methods
(a) Finding Legal Information on the Internet
(b) Online Legal Research Platforms
Chapter 5. Statutory Research
§ 5.2 Statutory Research Methods (b) Finding Older Versions of Statutes § 5.3 Statutory Interpretation § 5.4 Sources for Federal Statutes (a) Slip Laws and Advance Session Law Services (b) Statutes at Large (c) Codification of Federal Statutes § 5.5 Sources for State Statutes (d) Uniform Laws and Model Acts (e) Interstate Compacts
Chapter 8. Federal Agency Law
§ 8.1 Agency Information
(a) Government Websites (b) Guides and Directories § 8.2 Regulations
(a) Federal Register (b) Code of Federal Regulations (c) Regulatory Research § 8.3 Other Sources of Agency Law
(b) Decisions and Rulings (c) Other publications (d) Unpublished Information
Chapter 9. State Administrative Law and Local Law
§ 9.1 State Administrative Law
(a) Websites and Directories (b) Regulations and Executive Orders (c) Decisions, Rulings, and Other Documents § 9.2 The Law of Counties and Cities
Chapter 11. Case Law Sources
§ 11.1 Supreme Court of the United States (a) Reference Resources (b) Sources for Current Opinions (c) United States Reports (d) Supreme Court Reporter (Westlaw) and Lawyers' Edition (Lexis) (e) Other Electronic Sources § 11.2 The Lower Federal Courts (a) Online Resources (b) Case Reporters (d) Historical Sources § 11.3 State Courts (a) Online Resources § 11.4 Territorial and Tribal Courts
CHAPTER 12. CASE RESEARCH
§ 12.1 Online Case Research (a) General Principles (c) Lexis (d) Other Resources
Chapter 13. Other Court Information
§ 13.1 Court Rules (a) Federal Rules (b) State Rules § 13.2 Case Records (a) Dockets (b) Appellate Briefs and Records (c) Oral Arguments and Transcripts of Proceedings (d) Jury Verdicts and Settlements § 13.3 Information on Courts and Judges (a) Analytics (b) Directories
Chapter 14. Practice Materials
§ 14.1 Topical Services and Current Awareness (a) Topical Services (c) Legal News Sources § 14.2 Manuals, Forms, and Jury Instructions (a) Practice Manuals and Handbooks (b) Forms and Formbooks § 14.3 Legal Ethics Research
Chapter 15. Transactional Law Research
§ 15.1 Practitioners' Materials and News
(a) Practitioners' Materials (b) Transactional News § 15.2 Transactional Drafting
(a) Precedents and Sample Agreements (b) Drafting Guides and Tools § 15.4 Specific Areas of Transactional Practice
(a) Securities Law (b) Corporate Governance and M&A (d) Intellectual Property Law (e) Tax Law
Principles of Legal Research, 3d ed. by Kent C Olson, Aaron S. Kirschenfeld and Ingrid Mattson