The world of textbooks in general is in flux, but I do not see a role for a standard
textbook on legal research in it.
Not exact matches
The authors of the
legal research textbooks and guides, and columns
on legal reference work in law library publications.
A few examples: Kathryn Stanchi has explored a number of these topics in depth, such as her influential article that explores social science
research on persuasion as applied to how
legal advocates should present a court with negative information about their client orposition.21 She and Linda Berger have recently published a
textbook combiningtheir interests in science and persuasion, setting themselves the ambitious goal of «unit [ing] persuasion science with rhetorical theory and the real - life practice of persuasion.»
2013) This
textbook covers such
legal documents as jury instructions, statutes, email, and opinion letters, but only alludes to public
legal writing in the chapter
on «Scholarly Articles and Other
Research Papers,» suggesting that research work may take the form of «an informative report explaining an area of law to a firm's client [or] an update on a change in law for an agency newsletter
Research Papers,» suggesting that
research work may take the form of «an informative report explaining an area of law to a firm's client [or] an update on a change in law for an agency newsletter
research work may take the form of «an informative report explaining an area of law to a firm's client [or] an update
on a change in law for an agency newsletter.»
China University of Political Science and Law Press, a leading
legal publisher in China, just published a bilingual (English and Chinese)
legal research textbook based
on West's Analysis of American Law / Key Number System and WestlawNext.
As Terry Pollman discusses in her introduction to the essays
on technology and changes in
legal research, 2 to celebrate the Journal's first digital volume, the Editorial Board «invited a distinguished group of librarians,
textbook authors, and
research scholars to contribute essays.»
Research that is
legal at its peripheries might also be carried out by authors (i.e. apart from authors of
legal textbooks; rather, authors of books that might touch
on aspects of the law), or by researchers working in politics.