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Legal research and writing for paralegals / Deborah E. Bouchoux.
Publication details: New York : Aspen Publishers, c2009.Edition: 5th edDescription: xl, 783 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + Instructor's manual and test bankISBN:- 9780735568013 (perfectbound : alk. paper)
- 9780735568020 (Instructor's manual and test bank)
- 340.072/073 22
- KF240 .B68 2009
Contents:
Table of contents:
Finding the law;
The federal and state court systems;
Statutory law;
Case law and judicial opinions;
The use of digests, annotated law reports, and words and phrases;
Encyclopedias, periodicals, treatises, and restatements;
Miscellaneous secondary authorities;
Legal citation form;
Updating and validating your research;
Special research issues;
The digital library : Lexis, Westlaw, and nonprint research sources;
E-research : legal research using the internet;
Overview of the research process;
Back to basics;
Strategies for effective writing;
Legal correspondence;
Legal memoranda;
Legal briefs;
Postwriting steps.
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| 340.071 SCH What the best law teachers do | 340.071 WEL Vanderbilt law school : Aspirations and realities | 340.072 BOU Legal research explained | 340.072 BOU Legal research and writing for paralegals / | 340.072 CAN The Oxford handbook of empirical legal research | 340.072 DER A practical guide to legal writing and legal method / | 340.072 DON Teaching law.com companion : Legal research and writing |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents:
Finding the law;
The federal and state court systems;
Statutory law;
Case law and judicial opinions;
The use of digests, annotated law reports, and words and phrases;
Encyclopedias, periodicals, treatises, and restatements;
Miscellaneous secondary authorities;
Legal citation form;
Updating and validating your research;
Special research issues;
The digital library : Lexis, Westlaw, and nonprint research sources;
E-research : legal research using the internet;
Overview of the research process;
Back to basics;
Strategies for effective writing;
Legal correspondence;
Legal memoranda;
Legal briefs;
Postwriting steps.
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