Principles of Legal Research
Author:
Olson, Kent C.
Edition:
2nd
Copyright Date:
2015
11 chapters
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Chapter 12. Reference Resources 18 results (showing 5 best matches)
- Several other, shorter dictionaries can also be found in law libraries and bookstores. Among the best are Steven H. Gifis,
- General dictionaries of the English language are used by courts even more frequently than legal dictionaries. Major dictionaries include the
- Black’s Law Dictionary: The Making of an American Standard
- On the Supreme Court’s use of dictionaries, see, e.g., Ellen P. Aprill,
- A good quotation dictionary provides not only a list of quotations but also detailed information so that the original source can be confirmed and the quotation read in context. The leading dictionary of legal quotations is Fred R. Shapiro,
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Chapter 13. International Law 1 result
Chapter 14. The Law of Other Countries 9 results (showing 5 best matches)
- Numerous bilingual dictionaries translate foreign terms into English, although many of these simply translate words without explaining the underlying legal concepts.
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- Legal dictionaries can help somewhat, but they usually provide only a superficial sense of the differences in meaning and usage.
- World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations
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- volumes, the early reports of several states were once cited as nominative reports (identified by the names of their reporters). Many of these volumes have now been incorporated into the numbered series, but some early nominative citations are still used. You can usually retrieve a case by citation online even if you don’t know what the citation stands for, but it may at times be necessary to use an abbreviations dictionary or other reference work in order to identify and find an older case.
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- Publication Date: July 31st, 2015
- ISBN: 9780314286642
- Subject: Legal Research
- Series: Concise Hornbook Series
- Type: Hornbook Treatises
- Description: Winner of the American Association of Law Libraries' Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award in 2010, Principles of Legal Research provides encyclopedic yet concise coverage of research methods and resources using both free and commercial websites as well as printed publications. It has been thoroughly updated to provide coverage of WestlawNext, Lexis Advance, Bloomberg Law, and other new resources. An introductory survey of research strategies is followed by chapters on the sources of U.S. law created by each branch of government, discussion of major secondary sources, and an overview of international and comparative law. Sample illustrations are included, and an appendix lists more than 500 major treatises and looseleaf services by subject.