I have written before about how you cannot prepare for a serious court proceeding using just the resources you find on the “free” web. (And, aren’t all court proceedings serious?)
That is, if you have an adversary who knows how to research law and legal procedure, if you will appear before a judge in a court of record (as opposed to, e.g. a small claims court or traffic court where you are not expected to know “the law”), if you want a fair shot a winning your case, then:
You need to do the research – and that means researching case law and statutes, And, that is just the BEGINNING:
(And, even in small claims and traffic court it helps to do your research.)