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(d) Unpublished Information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 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