The Process of Legal Research [With CDROM]

by Deborah A. Schmedemann, Christina L. Kunz, Ann L. Bateson, et al.

Book Overview

The proven-effective process approach makes this text a favorite among legal research professors. A wealth of learning aids and memory devices make The Process of Legal Research a favorite among students. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735569770
• ISBN13: 9780735569775
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Aspen Publishers
• Length: 451 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Good Book

The CD is the best part about this book. It is well written. I use it as a textbook for school and I have no complaints so far.

A good text-book with which to teach

I teach a legal research and writing course with this textbook at UCLA and have found it very helpful. The book is well organized, has good homework problems, reasonably clear writing and fine illustrations. My students find it very helpful in their studies. Its only two flaws are that it does not use California law in its problems and has only one problem at its end to test all of the student's research skills. In a perfect world, two comprehensive research problems would be included to ensure that students have fully grasped the principles involved. While I have used the 4th edition over the last 3 years with great success, I am confident that this 5th edition (which I have read and am presently using in my class) will be equally effective. I only give it four stars because of the two flaws described above and the limited answers to homework problems given in the teacher's edition.

Great book for basic legal research

This book explains to the first year law student how to go about legal research in the library and on the internet. It has practice exercises in the back of the book to facilitate the learning process. It is a quick read on all the main sources of legal research and general legal writing. It breaks down the elements of research into small, easy to manage parts that don't make you feel totally overwhelmed during your first research paper. I think it is a great tool for the first year law student.