Lecture
U.S. Legal Research for SJD Students
U.S. Legal Research for SJD Students (Harvard Law School Library Workshop)
(2016)
Description
PowerPoint from a class on researching U.S. law for SJD students. It discusses the legislative process and general legal research procedure, and then provides an example: (1) read about a federal statute in a law review article (HeinOnline); (2) find legislative history materials (ProQuest Legislative Insight); (3) find cases and other secondary materials that define and analyze the statute (Westlaw).
Keywords
- law,
- legal research,
- united states,
- statute,
- case law,
- legislative history
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 2016
Citation Information
Jennifer Allison. "U.S. Legal Research for SJD Students" U.S. Legal Research for SJD Students (Harvard Law School Library Workshop) (2016) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer_allison/51/