You are assigned by the supervising attorney to research and write a memorandum on the difference between civil contempt and criminal contempt. You are not familiar with the topic of contempt. Discuss which secondary sources you would use first in researching the topic

What will be an ideal response?


A legal encyclopedia and a legal dictionary would be most helpful if you are not familiar with a particular topic. American Jurisprudence 2d is a good legal encyclopedia organized alphabetically by topic so the person could look under the alphabetical list for "Contempt." Having a legal dictionary, such as Black's Law Dictionary, is also extremely helpful for a novice researcher who is just learning about a topic.

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