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Seminar: The Supreme Court and Public Policy

Professor Manoj Mate, Spring 2025
Last Updated: Jan 16, 2025 2:42 PM

Legal Research

This assignment will require you to use Primary and Secondary Legal Resources. This graphic is a helpful refresher: 

Types of Legal Research Sources Chart

In the left-hand navigation, you will find links organized by Primary Sources and Secondary Sources (Books, Articles, Treatises and Policy Research). In short, the Secondary Sources interpret the Primary Resources. There are varying levels of interpretation as well: 

Depth and Breadth of Secondary Sources Chart

For this project, you may find that the sources providing narrow coverage - such as law journal articles and treatises - are particularly helpful to you as you focus on a specific legal issue. 

Please feel free to contact me, Amanda McCormick (afm33@buffalo.edu), or any of our other research librarians if assistance is required - we are happy to help! 

Image source: https://guides.library.harvard.edu/law/researchstrategy#s-lg-page-section-2497248