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  title info:
    title: Finding the answers to legal questions
    sub title: a how-to-do-it manual
  name:
    name part: Tucker, Virginia
    name part: 1953-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Lampson, Marc.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  abstract: Library Journal: Part-time law librarian Tucker and lawyer and librarian Lampson, both teachers at San Jose State Univ. SLIS, wrote this book to help public librarians assist patrons with legal questions. They provide an overview of the primary sources of legal information followed by a section on conducting reference interviews, with emphasis on the important differences between being a navigator for a patron and offering legal advice. There is a good discussion of basic legal research techniques and several chapters that deal with answering specific legal questions in such areas as employment law, family law, estate planning, criminal law, and lawsuits. The format is well thought out - highlighted boxes in each of the sections recap the resources discussed, illustrate a key concept from the narrative, or point to developments in legal resources worth monitoring. Appendixes include a glossary, a summary of reliable online tools, and a state law resource compilation. VERDICT Librarians will love this - it reflects how legal information is organized as well as how it will be used. It will also appeal to lay researchers who need to understand the legal system.
  table of contents: List of figures -- Foreword / Mike Eisenberg -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Foundation: Legal Information Overview -- Structure of the legal system in the United States -- Getting started finding legal information -- Fifty-one legal systems -- Rule of threes -- Three types of primary law -- Three branches of government -- Legislatures enact statutes -- Administrative agencies promulgate regulations -- Courts make case law -- Three levels of courts -- Trial courts -- Intermediate Appellate Courts -- Final Appellate Courts -- Conclusion -- Secondary sources and practice materials -- Secondary sources generally -- Secondary sources: In print -- Legal encyclopedias -- National legal encyclopedias -- Localized legal encyclopedias -- Treatises -- Practice materials and forms -- Loose-leaf services -- American Law Reports -- Legal periodicals -- Law reviews/journals -- Legal newspapers, magazines -- Restatements -- Secondary sources: Pay-for-view databases -- Secondary sources: Free online access -- Conclusion -- Finding Federal Law: legal information in the Federal system -- Introduction -- General secondary sources for Federal Law -- American Law Reports-Federal -- Practice and procedure and form books -- Treatises -- Resources recap -- Free web sources for Federal Law -- Government sites -- Educational institutions' sites -- Private company sites -- Resources recap -- Primary law: U S Constitution -- Secondary sources on Constitutional Law -- General sources -- Print -- Websites -- Resources recap -- Primary law: Federal statutes -- Pending legislation -- Websites -- Current statutes -- Print -- Websites -- Resources recap -- Primary law: Federal cases -- United State Supreme Court -- Print -- Websites -- United States Courts of Appeal (aka "Circuit Courts") -- Print -- Websites -- United States District Courts -- Print -- Websites -- Other Federal Courts -- Bankruptcy -- Print -- Websites -- Resources recap -- Primary Law: Regulations (Administrative Law) -- …
  table of contents: Part 3: Information: Specific Legal Questions -- Lawsuits -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Getting started -- Resources recap -- Finding answers to frequent questions -- Process of a lawsuit -- Legal procedures and forms -- Pretrial stages of a lawsuit -- Evidence -- Trial process -- Juries and jury instructions -- Appeals -- Resources recap -- Family law -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Getting started: a checklist -- Finding answers to frequent questions about relationships -- Questions about marriage -- Questions when unmarried and living together -- Questions about divorce -- Resources recap -- Finding answers to frequent questions about children -- Questions about parenting plans -- Questions about child support -- Resources recap -- Finding answers to frequent questions about domestic violence -- Resources recap --Finding answers to frequent questions about adoption -- Resources recap -- References -- Landlord-tenant -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Getting started -- Finding answers to frequent questions -- From tenants -- From landlords -- Resources recap -- Epilogue -- Wills, Estate Planning, and Probate -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Getting started -- Understanding key terms -- Finding answers to frequent questions -- Resources recap -- Debts, collections, and credit -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Multistate matters -- Matters involving contracts -- Getting started -- Debtor: Basic starting information -- Creditor: Basic starting information -- Facing foreclosure -- Finding answers to frequent questions -- Resource recap -- References -- Bankruptcy -- Framework for questions in this area of law -- Federal Law governs -- Currency: Be sure you have the most recent information -- Getting started -- Finding answers to frequent questions -- Resources recap -- References -- Employment and unemployment -- Introduction -- Getting started -- Resources recap -- Framework for qu…
  note: Virginia Tucker and Marc Lampson.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Legal research
    geographic: United States
    genre: Popular works
  subject:
    topic: Law
    geographic: United States
    genre: Popular works
  subject:
    topic: Law
    topic: Research
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Law
    geographic: United States
  classification: KF240 .T83 2011
  classification: 340.072/073
  related item:
    title info:
      title: How-to-do-it manuals for libraries ; no. 174
  identifier: 9781555707187 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  identifier: 1555707181 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  identifier: 2010036421
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 100908
    record change date: 20151206084532.0
    record identifier: in00003416398
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng