Chapter 4: Secondary Sources Research

Explore the nine major secondary sources, then re-sort them by the question they answer, their coverage, and their persuasive weight — and place each on a depth-and-breadth chart.

A full encyclopedia entry on Arizona premises liability, read two ways: as a map of the doctrine, and for one question at a time — finding the sentence that answers you, taking its footnote, and reverse-engineering the headings into a research plan.

Read a source by the question in front of you: find the sentence that answers it and follow its footnote to primary authority — then recognize the moment to leave the source behind.

Run one question through the full cycle — match, mine, follow, leave — then practice the trust-and-timing judgment calls, including when an adopted Restatement may earn a cite.