Legal research demystified : a step-by-step approach /

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Author / Creator:Voigt, Eric P., author.
Imprint:Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2019]
Description:xxvi, 344 pages : illustrations, forms ; 26 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12411214
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ISBN:9781531007836
153100783X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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505 0 |a The federal and state systems : three branches of government -- Binding and nonbinding legal authorities -- The publication process for cases and the anatomy of a case -- The publication process for statutes and the anatomy of a statutory code -- Step 1 : create a research plan -- Step 2 : research every unfamiliar legal issue with secondary sources -- Step 3 : research cases by topic -- Step 4 : use a reliable citator to find additional relevant cases and to confirm their validity -- Step 5 : perform keyword searches in the relevant caselaw databases -- Step 6 : expand your research within the controlling jurisdiction, if necessary -- Step 7 : research cases from outside the controlling jurisdiction, if necessary -- Step 8 : use a reliable citator to re-confirm the validity of each relevant case -- Step 1 : create a research plan -- Step 2 : research every unfamiliar legal issue with secondary sources -- Step 3 : find all relevant statutes -- Step 4 : Confirm the validity of each relevant statute, determine each statute's effective date, and identify all amendments -- Step 5 : Read all relevant statutes critically -- Step 6 : Research and update administrative regulations and find cases that have interpreted them -- Step 7 : Research cases from the controlling jurisdiction that have interpreted relevant statutes -- Step 8 : Research the legislative history of relevant statutes, if necessary -- Step 9 : Research comparable statutes and cases from other jurisdictions, if necessary -- Step 10 : Use a reliable citator to re-confirm the validity of each relevant authority. 
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