Researching Constitutional Law
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 390
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 390. LSI page count does not change
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A good education is one that helps individuals acquire the skills necessary for living an independent and fulfilling life…
Because it is their rights and privileges that are fundamentally at stake, it behooves all persons living in the United States to know how to find the law on the Constitution.
Completely updated throughout, Researching Constitutional Law is designed for all law-related courses such as administrative law, business law, criminal justice, law and society, legal studies, and paralegal studies. The fourth edition of Researching Constitutional Law includes a new chapter dedicated to writing a legal brief. The chapter contains instructions on why and how to write such documents with a sample legal brief.
The NEW fourth edition of Researching Constitutional Law:
- Explains how to use and attribute research sources aiding the reader in the avoidance of the dangerous pitfall of plagiarism.
- Presents special attention to computer accessible materials due to the exponential explosion of Internet and subscription electronic services.
- Includes a new contributing author, Marc George Pufong, Professor of Political Science at Valdosta State University.
- Features a comprehensive bibliography that provides an externship array of books - including a list of new books in the field.
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PREFACE
1 PRIMARY SOURCES: JUDICIAL OPINIONS AND STATUTORY LAW
Introduction
Supreme Court Opinions
Access to Court Opinions through Subscription Services
Briefs Filed with the U.S. Supreme Court
Lower Federal Court Reports
State Court Reporters
Keeping Current on Case Law
Statutory Law and Codification
Administrative Agency Reporting
Primary Historical Documents
Legal Research Exercises
Answers for Legal Exercises
Endnotes
2 SECONDARY SOURCES AS RESEARCH AIDS
Introduction
Compendia, Guides, and Summaries
Treatises
Legal Encyclopedias
Digests
Cite-Checking (Citators)
Periodical Literature and Indexes
Newspapers as Secondary Sources
Electronic Book Review
Law Dictionaries
Legal Research Exercises
Answers for Legal Exercises
Endnotes
3 WHY AND HOW TO BRIEF COURT OPINIONS
Introduction
Elements of a Brief
Model Brief: Process – Judicial Powers 86
4 WRITING A LEGAL BRIEF
Why, What, and How
Sample Model Legal Brief
Endnotes
5 QUANTITATIVE APPLICATIONS IN LAW AND COURTS
Introduction
Labeling and Counting Judicial Votes
Scaling Cases
Bloc Analysis
Cases and Data Analysis
Endnotes
6 ORGANIZING, WRITING, AND DOCUMENTING RESEARCH PAPERS
Introduction
Choosing a Topic
Designing the Research Project
The Format for a Paper
Special Writing Problems
Documentation of Sources
Footnote or Endnote Format
Bibliography Form
Sample Citations
In-Text Citation Form
Endnotes
7 SUMMARIES OF LEADING SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Introduction
Case Summaries
APPENDIX A: SAMPLE RESEARCH DESIGN
APPENDIX B: THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND PHRASES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Judicial System
Jurisprudence
Constitutional Law – General
Constitutional History
Federalism
Congress
The Presidency
Civil Rights and Liberties
Comparative Constitutional Politics
Law and Society
Legal Profession
INDEX
Marc G. Pufong is Professor of Political Science and Public Law at Valdosta State University where he has taught for more than twenty years.