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Legal Reseach: Sources of Legal Research
Legal Reseach: Sources of Legal Research
Chapter I
1. Where
2. Who
3. When
4. What
Chapter II
LAW BOOKS
a. Appearance
b. Publisher
c. Author
d. Edition
e. Peripheral Pages
f. Contents
Chapter III
a. As to authority
b. As to source
c. As to character
Chapter IV
Chapter V
INSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Chapter VI
LAW LIBRARIES
Chapter VII
OTHER SOURCE MATERIALS
a. Documents
b. Legal periodicals
1. Law Journals
2. Bulletins
3. Gazettes
4. Newspaper
5. Newsletter
c. Contents of periodicals
1. Articles
2. Newspaper Digests
3. Case Abstracts
4. Summaries of legislation
5. Book Reviews
Chapter VIII
a. Tapes
1. Audio Casette Tapes
2. VHS or Betamax Casette Tapes
b. Libraries
1. Microfiche Libraries
2. Computerized Legal Data Banks
STATURORY LAW
A. ENACTMENT
B. TERMINATION
C. EFFECTIVITY
1. The Publication Requirement
2. Retroactivity
D. CLASSIFICATION
E. PHILIPPINE LAWS
1. Pre-Spanish Laws
2. Spanish Laws
3. Revolutionary Laws
4. Organic Acts
5. Constitutions
i. The 1935 Constitution
ii. The 1943 Constitution
iii. The 1973 Constitution
iv. The 1987 Constitution
6. General Orders
7. Acts
8. Codes
9. Letter of Instructions
10. Court Rules
F. RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. Executive Orders
2. Administrative Rules and Regulations
3. Administrative Orders
4. Tribunal Rules
5. Legislative Rules
G. REPOSITORIES OF STATUTORY LAW
1. Official Editions
2. Unofficial Editions
CASE LAW
A. PHILIPPINE COURTS
B. JUDICIAL PRECEDENTS
C. CLASSIFICATION OF CASE LAW
D. CASE REPORTING
1. The Official Gazettes
2. The Philippine Reports
3. Supreme Court Reports Annotated
4. Philippine Law and Jurisprudence
5. Supreme Court Decisions
6. Philippine Case Law
7. Philippine Law Decisions
8. Appellate Court Reports
9. Sandiganbayan Reports
E. REPORTS OF OFFICIAL OPINIONS
SEARCH BOOKS
Chapter I
Chapter II
CURRENT CONDITIONS
Chapter III
Chapter IV
EVALUATION
a. Evaluation of Law
1. Internal Evaluation : Language and Intent
2. External Evaluation : Hierarchy and Other Laws
b. Evaluation of Precedents
1. Internal Evaluation
i. The court
ii. The ponente
iii. The date of the decision
iv. The vote on the decision
v. The facts of the case
vi. Scholarly qualities of the decision
2. External Evaluation
Chapter V
Chapter VI
a. The Process
b. Efforts in Writing
c. The Three C’s
d. Persuasion
e. Appeal to the Eye
CHAPTER VII
TEACHING STRATEGIES
1. Reporting
= group the students (by no. of x) and assign a topic t be reported every session
2. Research
= assign search words to be researched by the students and have them
submitted on the next meeting (see book for list of search words)
3. Quiz
= to be conducted every after end of the topic (whole MAIN CHAPTER) reported
4. Major exams
= in compliance to school policies
SCORING SYSTEM