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Sources Of American Law: An Introduction To Legal Research, Tina M. Brooks, Beau Steenken
Sources Of American Law: An Introduction To Legal Research, Tina M. Brooks, Beau Steenken
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At its most basic definition the practice of law comprises conducting research to find relevant rules of law and then applying those rules to the specific set of circumstances faced by a client. However, in American law, the legal rules to be applied derive from myriad sources, complicating the process and making legal research different from other sorts of research. This text introduces first-year law students to the new kind of research required to study and to practice law. It seeks to demystify the art of legal research by following a “Source and Process” approach. First, the text introduces students …