Michigan legal research / Pamela Lysaght and Cristina D. Lockwood.
2011
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Author
Title
Michigan legal research / Pamela Lysaght and Cristina D. Lockwood.
Published
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
KFM4275 .L97 2011
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9781611630497 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1611630495 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1611630495 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xxi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)710903897
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures
xv
Series Note
xvii
Preface and Acknowledgments
xix
ch. 1
The Research Process and Legal Analysis
3
I.
Michigan Legal Research
3
II.
The Intersection of Legal Research and Legal Analysis
3
III.
Types of Legal Authority
4
IV.
Court Systems
8
A.
Michigan Courts
9
B.
Federal Courts
10
C.
Courts of Other States
12
V.
Overview of the Research Process
12
A.
Creating a Research Map
14
B.
Generating Research Terms
15
C.
Researching the Law
17
D.
Updating Authority
18
VI.
Rules Governing Attorney Conduct
20
ch. 2
Judicial Opinions
21
I.
Publication of Michigan Judicial Opinions
21
II.
Features of Reporters
25
A.
Michigan Reports (Official)
25
B.
Michigan Appeals Reports (Official)
26
C.
North Western Reporter (Unofficial)
26
D.
Michigan Reporter (West Offprint, Unofficial)
27
E.
Federal Reporters
27
1.
United States Reports (Official)
27
2.
United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition and Supreme Court Reporter (Unofficial)
28
3.
Federal Reporter and Federal Appendix (Unofficial)
30
4.
Federal Supplement (Unofficial)
30
F.
Topical Reporters
31
G.
Online Access to Michigan Case Law
32
III.
Parts of a Judicial Opinion
34
A.
An Example from Michigan Reports
34
B.
An Example from North Western Reporter
38
IV.
Reading and Analyzing Judicial Opinions
42
V.
Finding Cases
43
A.
Digests
44
1.
Organization of West Digests
45
2.
Using West Digests
46
a.
Starting from Scratch
46
b.
Starting with a Known Topic
47
c.
Starting with a Case on Point
48
d.
Starting with a Term or Phrase
48
3.
Selecting the Appropriate Digest
48
B.
Online Research to Find Cases
50
VI.
Updating Judicial Opinions
52
ch. 3
Enacted Law
57
I.
The Michigan Constitution of 1963
58
A.
Organization of the Michigan Constitution
58
B.
Sources for Researching Michigan's Constitution
58
II.
The United States Constitution
60
III.
Michigan Statutes
62
A.
Publication of Statutes
63
B.
Michigan Slip Laws
66
C.
Michigan Session Laws
66
D.
Michigan Compiled Laws---Official and Unofficial
66
1.
Features of MCLA and MCLS---Print
67
2.
Features of MCLA and MCLS---Online
68
3.
Additional Online Services
68
IV.
Federal Statutes
71
A.
Slip Laws
71
B.
Session Laws
72
C.
Code
73
D.
Annotated Code
74
V.
Michigan Court Rules
77
VI.
Federal Court Rules
79
VII.
Updating Enacted Law
81
ch. 4
Legislative History
83
I.
Difficulties in Determining Legislative Intent
85
II.
Sources of Michigan Legislative History
87
III.
Compiling a Michigan Legislative History
87
A.
Identifying and Locating the Documents
90
1.
Michigan Legislature Website
90
2.
Michigan Legislative History on Westlaw and LexisNexis
91
3.
Michigan Legislative History in Print
92
B.
Considerations in Analyzing the Documents
92
IV.
Michigan Bill Tracking
93
A.
Researching with a Bill Number
93
B.
Researching Without a Bill Number
93
V.
Federal Legislative History Research
94
A.
Compiled Legislative Histories
95
B.
Online Sources for Federal Legislative History
95
1.
Government Websites
96
a.
Text of Bills
96
b.
Committee Reports
96
c.
Hearings and Debates
97
2.
Commercial Services
98
C.
Print Sources for Federal Legislative History
99
VI.
Federal Bill Tracking
100
ch. 5
Administrative Law
101
I.
Researching Michigan Administrative Rules
102
A.
Agency Information
104
B.
Enabling Legislation
104
C.
The Michigan Administrative Procedures Act
105
D.
Agency Rules
106
E.
Agency Decisions
107
F.
Attorney General Opinions
108
II.
Researching Federal Administrative Regulations
108
A.
Agency Information and Enabling Legislation
109
B.
Code of Federal Regulations
109
C.
Federal Register
112
D.
Updating Federal Regulations
115
E.
Agency Decisions
117
F.
Attorney General Opinions
118
ch. 6
Secondary Sources
119
I.
Using Secondary Authority
119
II.
Persuasive, Secondary Authority
121
A.
Treatises
121
B.
Law Reviews and Journals
122
C.
Restatements
125
D.
Uniform Laws and Model Codes
126
III.
Case-Finding Tools
128
A.
Legal Encyclopedias
128
B.
American Law Reports
129
IV.
Practice Materials
130
A.
Bar Journals
130
B.
Continuing Legal Education Publications
130
C.
Jury Instructions
131
D.
Forms
131
E.
Loose-Leaf Services
133
ch. 7
Research Strategies
135
I.
Planning Your Research
135
A.
Know Where You are Going and Know Where You Have Been
136
B.
Know Where to Begin Your Research
138
C.
Know How to Expand Your Research
139
D.
Know How to Update Your Authority
141
E.
Know When to End Your Research
141
II.
Integrating Print and Online Research
142
A.
Can You Identify the Document?
143
B.
Can You Identify the Value of the Document?
143
C.
Can You Identify Whether the Resource Is Current?
144
D.
Can You Identify Whether the Site Promotes Efficient Research?
145
1.
Print Sources
145
2.
Online Sources
146
E.
Can You Create Effective Searches?
146
1.
By Topic
147
2.
By Terms and Connectors
148
3.
By Segment
150
III.
Organizing Your Research
150
A.
Keep Track of Your Research
150
B.
Take Effective Notes
151
C.
Develop a Working Outline
152
ch. 8
Legal Citation
153
I.
Full and Short Citations
155
II.
Cases
155
A.
Full Citations
155
B.
Short Citations
159
III.
Codes Currently in Force
160
A.
Federal Statutes
160
B.
State Statutes
162
C.
Citing Statutes Available in Electronic Databases
162
IV.
Citation Placement
163
V.
Quoting Authority
165
VI.
Signals
165
VII.
Some Additional Words About Citation
166
About the Authors
169
Index
171