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050 00 $aKF240$b.B27 2002
100 1 $aBast, Carol M.
245 10 $aFoundations of legal research and writing /$cCarol Bast, Margie Hawkins.
246 30 $aLegal research and writing
246 14 $aFoundations of legal research & writing
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aAlbany, NY :$bWest/Thomson Learning,$cc2002.
300 $axx, 628 p. :$bill., forms, maps ;$c28 cm.
490 1 $aThe West legal studies series
500 $aRev. ed. of: Legal research and writing. c1995.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aLaw and Sources of Law -- The American system of law -- Our tripartite system -- Interplay among the three branches of government in lawmaking -- Sources of law -- Legal Reasoning and Analysis -- An illustrative fact pattern -- Doctrine of stare decisis -- Judicial opinions -- Deductive reasoning -- Legal analysis of statutory law -- Legal analysis of constitutional law -- The interpretation process -- Secondary Sources and Finding Tools -- Encyclopedias -- American Law Reports -- Attorney General opinions -- Restatements of the Law -- Treatises -- Legal dictionaries -- Legal directories -- Formbooks -- Looseleaf services -- Legal periodicals -- Internet material -- Digests -- Legal Research Assignment--Legal Encyclopedias -- Legal Research Assignment--American Law Reports -- Legal Research Assignment--Digests -- The Judicial Branch and Cases -- The judicial branch -- Reading cases -- Briefing a case -- Location of cases -- Case citations -- Legal Research Assignment--Reading Cases -- Legal Research Assignment--Case Law -- Primary Sources: Constitutions, Statutes, Court Rules, and Administrative Law -- Constitutions -- Statutes -- Court rules -- Administrative law -- Legal Research Assignment--Constitutions -- Legal Research Assignment--Statutes -- Legal Research Assignment--Court Rules -- Legal Research Assignment--Administrative Law -- Citators -- Shepardizing procedure -- Statutes -- KeyCite -- Legal Research Assignment--Citators -- Overview of the Research Process -- Gathering information -- Identification of key terms -- Basic approaches to legal research -- Currency -- Locating primary sources -- Relationship among research tools -- CALR: Computer-Assisted Legal Research -- History of Computer-Assisted Legal Research (CALR) -- Electronic information formats -- Computer-Assisted Legal Research tools -- Legislative databases -- Business information databases -- Investigative and public records databases -- Legal citation: electronic formats -- CALR: pros and cons -- The Internet in a Nutshell -- Accessing the information superhighway -- Navigating the Internet -- The Internet as a research tool -- Evaluative guidelines for selecting Internet resources -- Future trends -- Legal Research Assignment--The Internet -- Cyberlaw: Using the Internet as a Legal Research Tool -- Available resources -- The bad news: what is [currently] not available -- Free vs. fee-based -- Legal resources on the Internet -- Government information on the Internet -- Litigation support -- Limitations to using the Internet as a research tool -- Cyber-citation -- Copyright concerns in the digital environment -- Future trends -- Legal Research Assignment--the Internet -- Introduction to Legal Writing -- Types of legal writing -- Fundamentals of Writing -- Writing process -- Structure -- Mechanical errors -- More legal writing advice -- Transmittal Letter and Client Opinion Letter -- Purpose of the transmittal letter -- Style of letters -- Purpose of the client opinion letter -- Format of the client opinion letter -- Sample client opinion letters -- Writing Contracts -- The substance of the contract -- Writing a contract -- Checklist of matters to be considered when writing a contract for the sale of goods -- The perfect contract -- Checklist for an employment contract -- Organization and format -- A type of employment agreement--the attorney-client retainer agreement -- Pleadings -- Purpose and use -- Format -- Format of the complaint -- Format of the answer -- Evidentiary facts, ultimate facts, and legal conclusions -- First sample set of pleadings -- Second sample set of pleadings -- Cyber Examples -- Law Office Memo -- Purpose and use -- Style -- Format -- First sample office memo -- Second office memo -- Communicating clearly with the reader -- Memorandum of Law -- Purpose and use -- Style -- Organization -- Format -- First sample memorandum of law -- Second sample memorandum of law -- Appellate Brief -- Purpose and use -- Format -- First sample appellate brief -- Second sample appellate brief -- Search and Seizure -- The Williams search and seizure problem -- Examples of Primary and Secondary Sources Found after researching search and seizure problem -- Research and writing exercises -- Flowchart for office memo on Williams Brothers -- Sample outline for office memo -- Citation Rules -- General citation tips -- United States Supreme Court cases -- United States courts of appeals -- United States district courts -- Citations for constitutions -- Citations for statutes -- Citations for court rules -- Citations for administrative law -- Citations to legal encyclopedias -- Citations to American Law Reports -- Citations to attorneys general opinions -- Citations to restatements -- Citation to a treatise -- Citation to a legal dictionary -- Citation to a law review article -- Citation to Internet material -- Cyber citations -- Rules for Quotations and Short Form Citations -- Quotations -- Short form citations -- Short form citations for statutes -- Exercises on short form citations -- Mechanical Errors -- Excess words -- Use of apostrophes -- Sentence fragments -- Run-on sentences -- Parallel construction -- Antecedents -- Active versus passive voice -- Change in tenses -- Combination of errors -- Problems -- Was swimming pool an attractive nuisance? -- Defamation -- The nightmare property -- I wonder what is in the package -- Web Bibliography: Company Information on the Internet -- Internet Terminology -- Bibliography of Evaluative Criteria Web Sites -- Legal Research "Starting Points" -- Federal Law Resources -- State and Local Resources -- International Law Resources -- Commercial Legal Information Web Sites -- Topical Index of Legal and Government Web Sites -- Law-Related Internet Discussion Groups (Lists).
650 0 $aLegal research$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLegal composition.
700 1 $aHawkins, Margie.
700 1 $aBast, Carol M.$tLegal research and writing.
830 0 $aWest legal studies series.
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