Legal research illustrated : an abridgment of Fundamentals of legal research, ninth edition /
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Author / Creator: | Barkan, Steven M. |
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Uniform title: | Fundamentals of legal research |
Edition: | 9th ed. |
Imprint: | New York : Foundation Press, 2009. |
Description: | xlix, 595 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | University textbook series |
Subject: | Legal research -- United States. Legal research. United States. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7715446 |
Summary: | Legal Research Illustrated offers an authoritative introduction to legal research, including the most recent methods and resources. This teaching tool provides an in-depth discussion of the legal research process, integrating electronic sources and other research aids. The Ninth Edition includes a new chapter on legal writing. Illustrations and charts help present and clarify fundamentals. Highlights of this edition include updated chapters covering the newest sources, with an emphasis on the Internet; major revisions of the chapters on federal legislation, federal legislative histories, administrative law, constitutional law, secondary sources, citators, electronic legal research, international and human rights law; and a revised glossary of legal research terms and updated appendixes. |
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Item Description: | Previous (8th) edition by Roy M. Mersky and Donald J. Dunn. |
Physical Description: | xlix, 595 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1599413353 9781599413358 |