01798nam a22002057a 4500 121119t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0766831647 KF240.B27 Bast, Carol. Foundations of legal research and writing. / Carol Bast 2nd ed. Australia: Thomson, 2001. xx,628 p. : ill.; 27cm. Includes index. Contents: Law and sources of law -- Legal reasoning and analysis -- Secondary sources and finding tools -- The judicial branch and cases -- Primary sources: Constitutions, statutes, court rules and administrative law -- Citations -- Overview of the research process -- Computer - assisted legal research -- The internet in a nutshell -- Cyberlaw: Using the internet as a legal research tool -- Introduction to legal writing -- Transmittal letter and client opinion letter -- Writing contracts -- Pleadings -- Law office memo -- Memorandum of law -- Appellate brief -- Appendix A: Search and seizure -- Appendix B: Citation rules -- Appendix C: Rules for quotations and short form citations -- Appendix D: Mechanical errors -- Appendix E: Problems -- Appendix F: Web bibliography -- Appendix G: Inernet terminology -- Appendix H: Bibliography evaluative criteria web sites -- Appendix I: Legal research ''starting points'' -- Appendix J: Fedral law resources -- Appendix K: State and local resources -- Appendix L: International law resources -- Appendix M: Commercial legal information web sites -- Appendix N: Topical index of legal and government web sites -- Appendix O: Law - related internet discussion groups (lists). Legal research United States. Legal composition. Hawkins, Margie. lcc BK 2549 10049 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 REF 2012-11-19 0 KF240.B27 6764/12 2012-11-19 00:00:00 1 2012-11-19 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 REF 2012-11-20 0 KF240.B271 6828/12 2012-11-20 00:00:00 2 2012-11-20 BK