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008			190123s2019 ncuak b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781531007836 (pbk)
040			_beng _cLibrary of Congress
082	0	0	_a340.072 _223
100	1		_aVoigt, Eric P., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLegal research demystified : _ba step-by-step approach / _cEric P. Voigt, Research and Writing Associate Professor of Law, Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law.
264		1	_aDurham, North Carolina : _bCarolina Academic Press, _c[2019]
300			_axxvi, 344 pages : _billustrations, forms ; _c26 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
650		0	_aLegal research _zUnited States.
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