Concise Legal ResearchConcise Legal Research details the technical aspects of a huge number of legal sources and explains how to research law with confidence and in good time.This new edition focuses on the impact of online access and the need for the researcher to move seamlessly between traditional and electronic resources. All strategies that have been created to incorporate hard copy researching techniques have been updated with alternate electronic methods.Particular attention has been paid to the chapter on secondary sources, and with the maintenance of a structured approach to research, recognises that online research - with its many inherent pitfalls - must carefully fit within rules of research required by the discipline. |
Contents
Primary Source Material 26 | 26 |
Delegated Legislation 65 5 86 | 65 |
Law Reports | 80 |
Secondary Source Material | 111 |
Finding the Law in New Zealand | 149 |
Finding the Law in the United States | 189 |
International Law | 234 |
The Legal Materials of the European Union | 275 |
NonCommercial Internet Addresses for Legal Research | 305 |
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ALMD alphabetical amendments Annotated appeal AustLII Australian Capital Territory Australian Current Law Australian Digest Australian jurisdictions Australian Legal Butterworths Canada Canadian citation Code ComLaw Commercial Arbitration Commission common law Commonwealth Law Reports consolidated Constitution contains Council Court decisions Criminal Cumulative current awareness services database delegated legislation documents Electronic form enacted English European Communities European Union example Federal Court Guide High Court International Law Internet issue Journal judgment Law Reform Law Reports Lawbook Laws of Australia legal materials Legal Research LexisNexis located looseleaf looseleaf/online Northern Territory Official Parliament practice principal Procedure provides publication published Queensland recent reference regulations relevant report series reprinted secondary source short title South Australia South Wales Statutes Statutory Instruments statutory rules subject index Subordinate Legislation Supplement Supreme Court Table Tasmania Treaty Series United updated USCA Victoria vols Western Australia Westlaw Zealand