Wren, Christopher G.,  1950- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 2nd ed. Madison, Wis. : Adams & Ambrose Pub., 1988, 1986. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1578620295 9781578620296 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99014787  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Legal research--United States.<br/>Legal research.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF 240  / .W7 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>340/.07/2073