LEGAL RESEARCH SYLLABUS

Manuel L. Quezon University

College of Law
I.
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Sources of Legal Information

Where, who, when and what of legal information
Evaluation of law books
Classification of law books
Book publishers and dealers
Institutional publications
Law libraries
Other source materials
Electronic records

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b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

Statutory Law

Enactment
Termination
Effectivity
Classification
Philippine laws
Rules and regulations
Repositories of statutory laws

III. Case law

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b.
c.
d.
e.

Philippine courts
Judicial precedents
Classification of case law
Case reporting
Reports of official opinions

IV.

Search books

a. Source books of secondary authority

b. Pure search books
c. Text books and treatises
V.

Methods of legal research

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b.
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e.
f.
g.

The essence of legal research

Current conditions
Recommended methods of research
Evaluation
Finalizing the theory of law
Presenting the fruits of legal research: Legal writing
Proficiency in legal research