Florida legal research : sources, process, and analysis / Barbara J. Busharis, Suzanne E. Rowe.
2002
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Author
Title
Florida legal research : sources, process, and analysis / Barbara J. Busharis, Suzanne E. Rowe.
Published
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2002]
Copyright
©2002
Call Number
KFF75 .R69 2002
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
0890890692
Description
xvii, 246 pages ; 22 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)50451134
Note
First edition written by Suzanne E. Rowe, Barbara J. Busharis, and Lisa Kuhlman Tietig.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Legal Research Process
3
Ch. 1
Reporters and Digests
15
ICourt Systems
15
IIReporters for Florida Cases
19
IIIDigests for Florida Cases
24
IVLegal Research Using Digests and Reporters
25
VOther Useful Features of Digests
31
VIOther Digest Systems
33
VIICase Analysis
34
Ch. 2
Statutes and Constitutions
39
IThe Florida Legislature - The Source of State Statutes
39
IIFlorida Statutory Research
40
IIIFlorida Legislative History Research
45
IVStatutes and Legislative History of Other States
50
VFederal Statutory Research
51
VIFederal Legislative History Research
52
VIIStatutory Interpretation
59
VIIIConstitutional Research
65
Ch. 3
Administrative Law
71
IAdministrative Agencies
71
IIThe Process of Researching Administrative Law
73
IIIFlorida Administrative Law Materials
74
IVFederal Administrative Law Materials
80
Ch. 4
Shepard's Citators
89
IIntroduction: What is a Citator?
89
IIShepard's Citators: An Overview
90
IIIUsing Shepard's to Update Cases
91
IVShepardizing Other Authority
104
VWhen to Shepardize
106
VIEthics
106
Ch. 5
Legal Research Organization
111
IOrganizing the Research Process
111
IIStrategies, Notes, and Outlines
111
IIIOrganization Using a Research Notebook
115
Ch. 6
Secondary Sources
125
IIntroduction
125
IILegal Periodicals
128
IIITreatises
135
IVCLE Materials
138
VLegal Encyclopedias
140
VIAmerican Law Reports
146
VIIRestatements
149
Ch. 7
Rules of Court and Ethics
155
IIntroduction
155
IIResearching Florida Rules of Court
156
IIIResearching Federal Rules of Court
160
Ch. 8
Form Books
165
IIntroduction
165
IIHow to Use Form Books
166
IIISources for Locating Forms
168
Ch. 9
Looseleaf Services
173
IOverview
173
IILocating Looseleaf Services
174
IIIResearching in Looseleaf Services
174
IVUpdating Looseleaf Services
178
VCiting Looseleaf Services
179
Ch. 10
Computer Assisted Legal Research
181
IOverview
181
IIUsing CALR: Search Techniques
188
IIIOnline Sources
193
Ch. 11
Citation
209
IThe Purpose of Citation
209
IICitation for Florida Attorneys
210
IIIOverview of Case Citation
215
IVShort Citation Forms for Cases
220
VStatutes and Rules
223
VISignals
225
VIIFrequent Points of Error
226
Index
237