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Law Refresher Part II

Law Refresher Part II. Part II – April 23 Part III – April 30. Secondary Sources . Case verification Shepard’s Citations KeyCite Legal Encyclopedias Periodical Indexes Full-text sources of journal articles Legal Research Guides. Legal Concepts. Precedent Stare decisis Supremacy.

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Law Refresher Part II

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  1. Law Refresher Part II Part II – April 23 Part III – April 30

  2. Secondary Sources • Case verification • Shepard’s Citations • KeyCite • Legal Encyclopedias • Periodical Indexes • Full-text sources of journal articles • Legal Research Guides

  3. Legal Concepts • Precedent • Stare decisis • Supremacy

  4. Verifying Law is Current • Shepard’s • Shepardizing • By LexisNexis • KeyCite • By Westlaw

  5. Shepard’s and KeyCite as a Research Tool • Citations to all cases mentioning the principal case • Citations to law review articles and certain treatises that mention the principal case

  6. Case Citation Gonzales v. Williams, 192 U.S. 1, 24 S.Ct. 177, 48 L.Ed. 317 (1904). First number = volume of case reporter Second number = page number of first page of decision

  7. Legal Encyclopedias • West’s Encyclopedia of American Law • Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.) • American Jurisprudence 2nd (Am. Jur. 2d) • American Law Reports (A.L.R.)

  8. Legal Periodicals - Types • Law reviews • student-edited principally • main v. specialized • Bar journals • Legal newspapers

  9. Legal Periodical Indexes • Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP) • LegalTrac • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP) • Periodical Contents Index • Jones and Chipman’s Index / Index to Legal Periodical Literature

  10. Full-text Sources • Westlaw Campus • Law reviews and bar journals since early 1990s • Earlier coverage for selected reviews • LexisNexis Academic • Law reviews and bar journals since early 1990s • Legal newspapers • Earlier coverage for selected reviews • Hein Online – focus on historical coverage

  11. Putting It All Together • Inexperienced Researchers • Let secondary sources guide researcher through cases and statutes • Secondary Sources • Legal encyclopedias • Law Reviews and Journals • Experienced Researchers • Statutes and Regulations • Then Cases

  12. Legal Research Guides • How to Find the Law • Fundamentals of Legal Research • Legal Information: How to Find It, How to Use It • Law Librarians’ Exchange • www.llrx.com

  13. Part III – April 30th • Westlaw Campus v. LexisNexis Academic • comparison of content • functionality • Wrap Up

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