PRL 101 slides, Oct. 1

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1. Legal research
2. Research sources • Primary –constitutions –codes/statutes –cases • Secondary –Hornbooks/treatises –Formbooks –Restatements –Dictionaries/encyclopedias
3. Primary law database Case law Federal & state back to 1950 Statutes U.S. Code & official state statutes for D.C. plus 44 states Other regs. Links to state and federal administrative regulations and codes (some are searchable) Court rules Links to state and federal courts rules (some are searchable) Constitutions Links to state and federal constitutions (a few are searchable)
4. Databases
5. Search types • Most powerful, precise and flexible way to search • Allows use of Boolean operators to narrow results from the start Keyword (Boolean) • Best for non-legal professionals or brand-new to online legal research • Less precise than Keyword search Natural language • Pull up cases by reporter citation • Search for multiple cases at once Citation lookup
6. Citation lookup
7. statutes
8. Research Assignment • Download from learningbusiness.net • Save & Rename • Answer questions • Turn in hard copy at beginning of class next week