This assignment is designed to introduce you to internet legal research and to develop your skills for finding materials with some guidance
SECONDARY SOURCES: INTERNET ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
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This assignment is designed to introduce you to internet legal research and to develop your skills
for finding materials with some guidance. You will be responsible for researching and
identifying the correct websites and necessary information to several questions.
INSTRUCTIONS
Make sure that each of the below questions is answered. Do not leave any blank.
Make sure that your answers are in the same format as the numbers/letters in front of the
questions (1a, a(i), etc.).
There is no baseline number of required citations. If a question asks for a citation, you
must provide it, but you are not required to provide a citation if not expressly instructed
to do so.
You will only need to cite to sources referred to in the questions.
Access the website for the law library for Harvard Law School:
- Select or search for “Research Guides.” Review the guide relating to Secondary
Sources. Based on your review of the 2 secondary source options, why are secondary
sources a good place to start your research?
Access the Law Review Commons:
- Select the University of Michigan Law Journal. Search for an article published in
2014 in the Michigan Law Review relating to the scope of precedent.
a) Who is the author of this article?
b) How many pages long is the article?
c) Review the discussion on page 182 relating to the difference between a holding
and dicta. What does the author say is the distinction between binding holdings
and dicta?
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