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Wren, Christopher G., 1950-

The legal research manual : a game plan for legal research and analysis / Christopher G. Wren, Jill Robinson Wren. - 2nd ed. - Madison, WI : Legal Education Pub., [1999] - xiv, 242 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Originally published: 2nd ed. Madison, Wis. : Adams & Ambrose Pub., 1988, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Background: understanding the tools. Before you start: sources of the law -- About citations -- Gathering and analyzing your facts, and identifying and organizing the legal issues -- pt. II. Doing legal research. Step one: finding the law -- Step two: reading the law -- Step three: updating the law -- How to take effective notes -- When to stop -- pt. III. Appendices. Computerized legal research -- Other research sources -- Overview of civil procedure -- Case headnotes and the digesting system -- Briefing a case: Brown v. Board of Education and sample brief -- Answers to Shepardizing exercises -- Alphabetical listing of case digest topics (West Publishing Company) -- Subject matter listing of case digest topics (West Publishing Company) -- Titles in the United States Code -- Titles in the Code of Federal Regulations -- Researching legislative history -- Definitions of terms frequently encountered in legal research -- Translations of foreign words and maxims frequently encountered in legal research.

ISBN: 1578620295 9781578620296

LCCN: 99014787

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Legal research--United States.
Legal research.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

LC Class. No.: KF 240 / .W7 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 340/.07/2073