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Reference Guides To State Legal Bibliography: A Composite Review, Marvin R. Anderson
Reference Guides To State Legal Bibliography: A Composite Review, Marvin R. Anderson
Vanderbilt Law Review
At present, the curriculum at almost all law schools includes a first-year course teaching the fundamentals of the legal method.The practical value of these courses, however, has been questioned. One criticism of the current course structure is the overemphasis placed on the basics of legal research and legal writing to the detriment of legal bibliography.More pertinent to this review is another practice of these classes-the use of certain national-in-scope legal research texts that cannot treat fully the many special characteristics of published legal materials in the various states. To know that states have similar publishing practices for codes, session laws, …
Legal Research--Computer Retrieval Of Statutory Law And Decisional Law, David T. Moody
Legal Research--Computer Retrieval Of Statutory Law And Decisional Law, David T. Moody
Vanderbilt Law Review
Legal research presently involves a considerable amount of any lawyer's time and efforts largely because it is a slow and tedious process. Searching for a pertinent legal point can prove to be time-consuming and often fruitless. Moreover, it is here that chance plays one of its largest roles in the law.' An important legal point may exist,yet the researcher may fail to find it although he exercises a great degree of diligence. All lawyers must recognize this problem and the fact that it is becoming more acute with the passage of time. Something needs to be done to facilitate legal …