Product Description

This authoritative introduction to legal research has been updated to include the latest developments in legal research. You'll find in-depth discussion of the legal research process, current legal research sources, computer-assisted research, key Internet sources, and other research aids. Numerous appendixes speed up and simplify your research. Illustrations and charts help present and clarify fundamentals. Textbook can be used in conjunction with Jacobstein, Mersky, and Dunn's Assignment to Fundamentals of Legal Research supplement, a workbook of exercises that complement information in the textbook (see individual listing).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #840034 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 821 pages

About the Author
Professor of Law, Western New England College of Law

Customer Reviews

Fundamentals of Legal Research
Fundamentals of Legal Research is one of those gems of books on subjects that can be rather technical. It is clear and basic enough to be of real use to the novice, and comprehensive enough to serve as a good review for even the veteran legal researcher. The book describes sources of the law, case reporters, digests, and legal encyclopedias and provides the reader with the basics steps for doing legal research, along with tips on doing research in the areas of English law, federal taxes, international law, etc. It also provides aids on computer-assisted research, legal citations, Shephard's, and other services. It is well-written and easy to understand but does not talk down (or "up") to the reader.

Everything appears to be here, form Dallas to Wheaton in Supreme Court reports through the modern reporters. If you want to research a legal case, administrative law, legislative histories, or court rules and procedures, the tools and sources for doing so are here. Foundations of Legal Research is a good addition to both the layman's and the lawyer's libraries. It is a pleasant tour and investigation of what can be a dry subject, with enough information and resources to enable the reader to learn all the basics of legal research and then some.

Great Buy!
I received the item in a timely manner for a class I'm taking in legal research. So far so good. A great reference book for librarians.

Book never received!
I did not receive this book. I e-mailed the seller twice, never heard back. I had to order the same book from another vendor a week after my class started.