Federal Legal Research

This book complements the state-focused Legal Research Series. Federal Legal Research offers concise explanations of primary authorities in the federal system, along with chapters on secondary sources, updating, legislative history, and legal ethics and court rules. The book covers current platforms in Westlaw, Lexis, and Bloomberg; free online sources; and print sources. Federal Legal Research takes a process-oriented approach to research. Its in-depth discussions of strategies and techniques for conducting American legal research make it effective in classes that integrate research, writing, and analysis as well as in courses with a bibliographic approach.*

Contents

• Legal authority and the research process

• Research techniques

• Secondary sources

• Constitutional law research

• Statutory research

• Bill tracking and legislative history

• Administrative law research

• Judicial systems and judicial opinions

• Case law research

• Citators

• Court rules and rules of professional responsibility