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LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING

1. LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.1 Definition and Scope of Legal Bibliography

1.2 Importance of Legal Bibliography1.3 Classification of Law Books

1.3.1 As to Authority

1.3.2 As to Source

1.3.3 As to Character 

1.4 Other Source Materials

1.4.1 Periodicals

1.4.2 Computerized Legal Databanks

2. STATUTORY LAW

2.1 Definition

2.2 Enactment, Termination, Effectivity of Statues2.3 Classification

2.3.1 Constitution

2.3.1.1 Kinds of Written Constitution

2.3.1.2 Parts of a Written Constitution

2.4 Treaties

2.5 Statues

2.5.1 Classes

2.5.2 Parts of Statues

2.5.3 Classification of Philippine Laws

2.5.3.1 Pre-Spanish Laws

2.5.3.2 Spanish Laws

2.5.3.3 Revolutionary Laws

2.5.3.4 Organic Acts

2.5.3.5 Constitutions

2.5.3.6 General Orders

2.5.3.7 Acts

2.5.3.8 Codes

2.5.3.9 Letter of Instructions

2.5.3.10 Court Rules

2.6. Municipal Legislations

2.7. Subordinate Legislations2.8. Legislative Rules

2.9. Court Rules

3. CASE LAW IN GENERAL

3.1. Definition and Source of Case Law

3.2. Article 8, Civil Code

3.3. Doctrine of Stare Decisis

3.4. Res Judicata

3.5. Law of the Case

3.6. Similarity between Res Judicata and the Law of the Case

4. REPORTING OF DECISIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

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4.1. Parts of a Reported Case

5. DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT

5.1. Official Repositories of Decisions of the Supreme Court

5.1.1. Advance Sheet

5.1.2. Official Gazette5.1.3. Philippine Reports

5.2. Unofficial Reporting of Supreme Court Decisions

5.3. Supreme Court Reports Annotated (SCRA)

5.4. Philippine Law and Jurisprudence (PHILAJUR)

5.5. Philippine Decisions

5.6. Philippine Reports, Annotated

6. DECISIONS OF THE COURT OF APPEALS

6.1. Advance Sheets

6.2. Official Gazette

6.3. Appellate Court Reports6.4. Court of Appeals Reports

7. SEARCH BOOKS

7.1. Source Books of Secondary Authority

7.2. Pure Search Books

7.3. Textbooks and Treatise

   Reference:

1. Gupit and Martinez, A Guide to Philippine Legal Materials (Quezon City:

Rex Printing Company, Inc. 1993)

2. Soriano, Handbook on Legal Bibliography (Manila: Prenium Printing Press,

1984)