商品簡介
Bast (legal studies, U. of Central Florida) and Hawkins, a law librarian, offer a text for paralegal and law students that focuses on how to perform research in the law library and online, use correct citation form, communicate clearly, eliminate writing errors, and understand the fundamentals of legal research, analysis, and writing. They address the legal system and legal reasoning; encyclopedias, digests, American Law Reports, cases, constitutions, statutes, court rules, administrative law, and citators; the research process; computer-assisted research; and various types of legal documents. This edition has new material on electronic filing, discovery, the duty to prevent spoliation of evidence (and pertinent rule changes), and coverage of HIPAA standards; added research tips and exhibits for LexisNexis and Westlaw; updated examples of Internet research websites; a new Supreme Court case; updates to the law; new research exercises, forms, and task examples; and more analysis problems, study features, review questions, and Internet applications. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
