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Chapter 1. Introduction: Context and Process

Chapter 2. Constitutional Law

Chapter 3. The Legislature (1): Statutes

Chapter 4. The Legislature (2): Legislative Information

Chapter 5. The Executive Branch

Chapter 6. The Judiciary (1): Introduction

Chapter 7. The Judiciary (2): Case Law Sources

CHAPTER 8. THE JUDICIARY (3): CASE RESEARCH

Chapter 9. The Judiciary (4): Other Court Information

CHAPTER 10. SECONDARY SOURCES (1): ENCYCLOPEDIAS, RESTATEMENTS, AND TEXTS

CHAPTER 11. SECONDARY SOURCES (2): PERIODICALS

Chapter 12. Reference Resources

Chapter 13. International Law

Chapter 14. The Law of Other Countries

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Principles of Legal Research, 2d ed. by Kent Olson
Call Number: KF240 .O375 2015
ISBN: 9780314286642
Publication Date: July 22, 2015

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§ 1.3 Research Methods

(a) Finding Legal Information on the Internet

(b) General Legal Research Services

(c) Other Subscription Resources

§ 2.1 The United States Constitution

(b) Reference Sources

(d) Historical Background

§ 2.2 State Constitutions

(a) Texts

(b) Cases and Secondary Sources

(c) Historical Research

§ 3.1 Patterns of Statutory Publication

§ 3.3 Statutory Research Methods

(b) Indexes and Tables

§ 3.3 Statutory Interpretation

§ 3.4 Sources for Federal Statutes

(a) Slip Laws and Advance Session Law Services

(b) Statutes at Large

(c) Codification of Federal Statutes

§ 3.5 Sources for State Statutes

(a) Slip Laws and Session Laws

(b) State Codes

(c) Multistate Research Sources

(d) Uniform Laws and Model Acts

(e) Interstate Compacts

§ 4.1 The Federal Legislative Process

(a) Preliminary and Informal Consideration

(b) Bills

(c) Hearings

(d) Committee Reports

(e) Floor Debates

(f) Presidential Approval or Veto

§ 4.2 Other Congressional Publications

§ 4.3 Congressional Research Resources

(a) Compiled Legislative Histories

(e) CQ Weekly and Tracking Services

(f) Status Tables

(g) Directories

§ 4.4 State Legislative Information

§ 5.1 The Presidency

(a) Executive Orders and Proclamations

(b) Other Presidential Documents

(c) Compilations of Presidential Papers

§ 5.2 Federal Agencies

(a) Agency Websites

(b) Guides and Directories

(c) Regulations

(e) Decisions and Rulings

(f) Other publications

(g) Unpublished Information

§ 5.3 Looseleaf Services

§ 5.4 State Administrative Materials

(a) Websites and Directories

(b) Regulations and Executive Orders

(c) Decisions, Rulings, and Other Documents

§ 5.5 Local Law

§ 6.4 A Brief History of Case Publication

§ 7.1 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) The United States Law Week

(f) Other Electronic Sources

§ 7.2 The Lower Federal Courts

(a) Online Resources

(b) West Reporters

(d) Historical Sources

§ 7.3 State Courts

(a) Online Resources

(c) Official Reports

§ 7.4 Territorial and Tribal Courts

§ 8.1 Online Case Research

(a) Westlaw

(b) Lexis

(c) Other Resources

§ 9.1 Court Rules

**(d) Supreme Court Reporter (Westlaw) and Lawyers' Edition (Lexis)**