Finding The Law: Secondary Sources

As you explore to find answers and clues to your client's legal question, you will discover that secondary sources of law contain important details that can support your research in a number of ways. Secondary sources provide well-written, professional explanations and summaries of many cases. Legal experts of all types analyze cases and court decisions, and each of these can help you learn how a legal question is addressed in the courtroom. In addition to explaining cases, secondary sources include essential citations—the facts that you need to continue your search and locate primary authority.

This resource provides instruction for users to:

• Apply secondary sources to a relevant case
• Use secondary sources when researching a topic
  
• Locate secondary sources relevant to a case