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020			_a0766831647
050			_aKF240.B27
100			_aBast, Carol.
245			_aFoundations of legal research and writing. / _cCarol Bast
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aAustralia: _bThomson, _c2001.
300			_axx,628 p. : _bill.; _c27cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_aContents: 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).
650			_aLegal research _x United States.
650			_aLegal composition.
700			_aHawkins, Margie.
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