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• Title:Legal research handbook / Douglass T. MacEllven ... [et al.].
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:MacEllven, Douglass T.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto : LexisNexis Butterworths, 2003.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KE250 .M33 2003 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Legal research--Canada--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  
• Genre/Form: Handbooks and manuals.
  
• Edition:5th ed.
  
• Description:xxxii, 506 pages.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0433437685 (bound) :
  0433437693 (pbk.) :
  
• Contents:Chapter 1: Legal research concepts
  A. Finding relevant law possessing primary authority
  B. Mandatory or persuasive primary authority law and secondary authority legal literature
  C. Computer or print
  D. Framing the legal issue with keywords and conducting the search
  Chapter 2: Statutes
  A. Overview of statutory research
  B. Federal statutes
  C. Provincial and territorial statutes
  D. Constitutional documents and literature
  E. Treaties
  Chapter 3: Subordinate legislation
  A. Federal regulations
  B. Federal orders in council
  C. Provincial regulations
  D. Court rules
  Chapter 4: Statute and case citators
  Part one
  Hard-copy citators
  A. Canadian Abridgment Revised 2nd Components, Canadian Statute Citations, and Canadian Case Citations
  B. Statute citators for civil statutes
  C. Instructions for use
  statute citators
  D. Statute citators for the Criminal Code and related statutes
  E. Case citators
  Part two
  Electronic citators
  A. Westlaw, eCARSWELL
  B. Canada Law Book
  C. LexisNexis, Quicklaw, and CanLII
  D. Income Tax Citators
  Chapter 5: Law reports and electronic judgments
  Part one
  Law reports
  A. General features
  B. Specific law report titles and their electronic locations
  Part two
  Electronic judgments
  A. General features
  B. Specific electronic judgment sources
  Chapter 6: Digests and indexes for locating cases
  A. Analysis
  B. Selection of specific digests and indexes: applying the factors to be considered
  C. Specific digests and indexes: instructions on use and illustrations
  D. Summary of chapter
  Chapter 7: Legal encyclopedias
  A. Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Ontario 3rd Edition)
  B. Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Western 3rd Edition)
  Chapter 8: Legal periodicals, legal periodical indexes, and full-text electronic sources
  A. Types of periodicals and common features of indexes
  B. Periodical indexes for Canadian legal literature
  C. Full-text electronic sources
  D. Searching on electronic periodical indexes
  Chapter 9: Other secondary literature research sources
  A. Textbooks
  B. Looseleaf services
  C. Forms and precedents sets
  D. Words and phrases sets and legal dictionaries
  E. Directories
  Chapter 10: Electronic legal research
  A. Research using electronic databases
  B. Internet searching
  C. Information providers
  Chapter 11: Research checklists
  A. Master research checklist
  B. Subject-Area Research checklists
  C. Locating case citations. Chapter 12: Researching Québec law
  A. What is Québec law?
  B. Legislation
  C. The Civil Code
  D. Subordinate legislation
  E. Researching case law
  F. Legal literature
  G. Conclusion
  Chapter 13: Researching English law
  A. Legislation and judicial structures
  B. Statutes and statutory instruments
  C. Law reports
  D. Digests and indexes
  E. Citators
  F. Legal encyclopedias
  G. Legal periodicals
  H. Textbooks and reference material
  I. Online sources
  Chapter 14: Researching American law
  A. Legislative and judicial structures
  B. Statutes and regulations
  C. Law reports
  D. Digests
  E. Citators
  F. Legal encyclopedias
  G. Legal periodicals
  H. Textbooks and reference material
  Chapter 15: Researching French law
  A. What is French law?
  B. Legislation and regulation
  C. Case law
  D. Doctrine
  E. Conclusion
  Chapter 16: Researching European Union law
  A. Overview
  B. Legislative and judicial structure
  C. Legislation
  D. Law reports
  E. Digests and indexes
  F. Citators
  G. Legal encyclopedias
  H. Legal periodicals
  I. Textbooks and reference material
  J. Online sources
  Chapter 17: Researching law of Australia, New Zealand, and other Commonwealth jurisdictions
  Part one
  Researching Australian law
  A. Legislative and judicial structures
  B. Statutes and regulations
  C. Law reports
  D. Digests
  E. Citators
  F. Legal encyclopedias
  G. Legal periodicals
  H. Textbooks and reference material
  I. Online sources
  Part two
  Researching New Zealand law
  A. Legislative and judicial structures
  B. Statutes and regulations
  C. Law reports
  D. Digests
  E. Citators
  F. Legal encyclopedias
  G. Legal periodicals
  H. Textbooks and reference material
  I. Online sources
  Part three
  Researching law of other Commonwealth jurisdictions
  Chapter 18: Researching foreign, comparative, and international law
  A. Overview
  B. Foreign law
  C. Comparative law
  D. Public international law
  E. Sources of international law
  Chapter 19: Business, social science, science, and government publications research
  A. Business, social science, and science research
  B. Research in government publications
  Chapter 20: Improving legal writing
  A. Types and purposes of legal writing
  B. Legal writing improvement checklist
  Chapter 21: Law firm libraries
  A. Library functions required in all law firms
  B. Hiring a librarian
  Appendix A: Table of report and digest abbreviations
  Appendix B: Glossary of legal research terms and concepts
  Index.