TY - BOOK AU - Wren,Christopher G. AU - Wren,Jill Robinson TI - The legal research manual: a game plan for legal research and analysis SN - 1578620295 AV - KF 240 .W7 1999 U1 - 340/.07/2073 21 PY - 1999///] CY - Madison, WI PB - Legal Education Pub. KW - Legal research KW - United States N1 - 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 ER -