Oklahoma legal research
By: Darin K. Fox, Darla W. Jackson, Courtney L. Selby
Contributors: Jackson, Darla, author; Selby, Courtney, author
Series: Carolina Academic Press legal research series
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781611631340
Subjects: Legal research
Description: Oklahoma Legal Research is the first book focused exclusively on how to research Oklahoma law. Oklahoma Legal Research examines resources and research methods for all types of Oklahoma primary law, secondary law, and practice materials; with chapters on researching Oklahoma statutory, regulatory, and case law. The book also includes a chapter on researching tribal law for Native American tribes located in Oklahoma; discusses how to do historical statutory research to locate the increasingly available legislative history materials for Oklahoma statutes; and covers resources and methods in both print and online formats, with visuals included to assist the researcher. This text has been written for legal researchers of various levels of experience and training. For those just learning the intricacies of legal research, it explains the basic processes and introduces the novice to the most important sources of Oklahoma and Native American tribal law. It also briefly discusses analogous materials in federal law, so that the less experienced researcher can better see the parallels between state and federal research. Experienced researchers will also benefit from having a text that brings together both print and online sources of Oklahoma law and that will assist them in determining which of those sources are better suited to accomplishing a particular research task. This book is part of the Legal Research Series, edited by Suzanne E. Rowe, Director of Legal Research and Writing, University of Oregon School of Law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The research process and legal analysis; title: Online legal research; title: Secondary sources; title: The constitution; title: Judicial opinions; title: Researching judicial opinions; title: Statutory research; title: Legislative process and legislative history research; title: Oklahoma administrative law; title: Researching tribal law; title: Updating legal authority with citators; title: Research strategies and organization.