Reference sources in american legal research where to begin your research



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LESSON #6

REFERENCE SOURCES IN AMERICAN LEGAL RESEARCH


WHERE TO BEGIN YOUR RESEARCH


  • Hebrew-English legal dictionary

מוזס, אליהו מלון למנחים משפטיים: עברי-אנגלי

03.34=J=20/מוז

מורפיקס - www.morfix.co.il


  • American Dictionaries

Black’s Law Dictionary, 8th ed. 2004

Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)

Print copy in library: RS 9907



Legal Dictionary (FindLaw)

Internet: dictionary.lp.findlaw.com/
Words and Phrases (46 volumes current through 2002 only)

Library location: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL




American Jurisprudence 2d (82 volumes with current pocket parts and

indexes)

Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)

(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)


Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL
Corpus Juris Secundum (100+ volumes)

Location: Westlaw International

(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Print copy in library (current through 2004 only):

AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL




  • Primary sources

-Federal Laws

USCS [United States Code Service] (50 titles)

Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)

(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
USCA [United States Code Annotated] (50 titles with current pockets and

indexes)


Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic

databases)

Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL

US Code in Laws section on FindLaw (http://www.findlaw.com)

-CFR (Code of Federal Regulations)

Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)

(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)


Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic

databases)



Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in Laws section on FindLaw

(http://www.findlaw.com)

-State Laws

Location: State Legal – U.S. section in Lexis-Nexis LexisNexis (Local)

(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)
Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic

databases)



U.S. State Resources section in FindLaw

(http://www.findlaw.com)



Legal Information Institute (LII) (Cornell Law School)

(http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html)


-Federal Cases

Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)

(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)

[includes case law from all federal courts]


Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic

databases)


US Federal Resources-Judicial Branch section in FindLaw

(http://www.findlaw.com)

[includes case law from all federal courts]
United States Reports, Federal Reporter, Federal Supplement

Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL

[no current case law-no subscription]
-State Cases

Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)

(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)

[includes case law from all state courts]


Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic

databases)



U.S. State Resources section in FindLaw


(http://www.findlaw.com)
Atlantic Reporter, West’s California Reporter, New York

Supplement, Northeastern Reporter, Northwestern Reporter,

Pacific Reporter, Southeastern Reporter, Southern Reporter,

Southwestern Reporter

Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL

[no current case law-no subscription]


  • Secondary sources

-Law Reviews

Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)

(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)


Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic

databases)

Location: Hein Online (via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)

Location: Ejournals (Hebrew University Electronic Journals list)

(via Library’s homepage > Ejournals)

ALEPH Journal catalog by Title


-American Law Reports series

Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)

(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)


Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic

databases)

Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL

-Restatement of the Law series

Location: Recently Used Sources menu in LexisNexis (Local)

(via Library’s homepage > Electronic databases)


Location: Westlaw International (via Library’s homepage > Electronic

databases)


Print copy in library: AMERICAN LAW—LOWER LEVEL
-Treatises, books

ALEPH law library catalog by Title, Author, Subject, Words




ACCESSING AMERICAN LAW ON THE INTERNET



United States Government Printing Office (USGPO) (http://www.gpo.gov/)

GPO Access: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/


FindLaw (http://www.findlaw.com)
Legal Information Institute (LII-Cornell Law School)

(http://www.law.cornell.edu)



LexisNexis (Local): Lexis-Nexis Total Research System


(via Library homepage > Electronic databases)

(available via Hebrew University campus computers ONLY)




Westlaw International

(via Library homepage > Electronic databases)

(available via Hebrew University campus computers and via Tango from home)
INTRODUCTORY RESOURCES IN OUR LIBRARY
Finding the Law, by Morris Cohen, Robert Berring and Kent Olson. 12th ed. 2005

Library location: 016.34(73)\BER


Legal Research in a Nutshell, by Morris Cohen and Kent C. Olson. 7th ed. 2000

Library location: RS 9973


An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States, by E. Allen Farnsworth.

3rd ed. 1996

Library location: RS 1740-1740.2
פין, לאון. ארצות הברית הליכים והלכות : מדריך שימושי לחוק, נוהל, ומידע. 1995

מיקום בספריה: RS 1865-1865.2


INTERNET RESOURCE
The Legislative Process: How our laws are made, by Charles W. Johnson. 2003

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html
12/07

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