Court Cases: How To Guides, Dictionaries & Background Info

A free, informative seven-page online guide to help non-lawyers find legal rules that can resolve or prevent conflict. Avoiding jargon throughout, the booklet covers the basic steps in legal research. It also describes basic sources of legal information, giving examples of legal encyclopedias, treatises, articles, codes, reporters, and digests. Published by the AALL Legal Information Services to the Public Special Interest Section.

Print: Ref KF 240 .O365 1999

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Includes these titles:
* Ballentine's Law Dictionary
* American Jurisprudence (2nd ed.)
* Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations
* A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
* Modern Dictionary for the Legal Profession
* Martindale-Hubbell Legal Professionals
* Martindale-Hubbell Law School Directory

From Cornell University Law School's LII site.

Print: Ref KF 156 .B53 2004

Print: 13 volumes KF 154 .W47 2005

Print: 200 plus volumes Ref KF 154 .A42

Print: Ref KF 385.A4 J64 1992

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