UWP 104B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Findlaw, List Of Federal Agencies In The United States, Google Scholar
22 Feb 2017
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A short guide to writing about law: chapter 4- legal research for nonlawyers. Open sources: these are public, there is no fee for using them, available on the internet. University subscription sources: free for students to use if the university library subscribes to the database. Primary sources: court opinions, transcripts of trials an oral arguments, briefs written by parties and amici curiae, ordinances, statutes, constitutions, executive orders, and administrative rules. Secondary sources: articles published in law journals, articles published in non-law scholarly journals and popular articles about legal topics such as news accounts of trials and other legal events. Prior decisions guides and even control present ones- being able to describe the past makes one"s present argument more powerful. Citation trail: you can begin your research with an old case or law journal article and follow the trail of citations to the present.
