Search results for: “legal citation”
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Legal Citation
Legal citations are the references in the text or in footnotes to the primary source of the rule being used, the source of proof or authority. In the United States In the United States, if you are searching for a legal citation you must use the precise […]
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Legal citation and the Encyclopedia
Legal Citation and the Encyclopedia See How to Cite the Encyclopedia Citation A Citation may be defined as a reference that identifies a particular case, law review article, book, statute or other resource. For example, in the United States, the citation for John v. Smith may be 820 U.S. 999 (1985). The case appears, therefore,…
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List of top 10 legal articles in Shapiro's citation data
List of top 10 legal articles in Shapiro’s citation data R.H. Coase, The Problem of Social Cost , 3 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1960). Samuel D. Warren & Louis D.Brandeis, The Right to Privacy , 4 Harv. L. Rev. 193 (1890). O.W. Holmes, The Path of the Law , 10 Harv. L. Rev. 457 (1897).…
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Citation of legal blogs in law reviews
The importance (and credibility) of law blogs was confirmed when the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States cited its first blog in January, 2005. See United States v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738, 775 n.4 (2005). An article in Slaw (“citing blogs in Law Journals ) points the idea that the “question still arises…
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Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms
The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…
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Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage Note: Also called the Garner’s Dictionary of Legal Usage and the Garner’s Modern English Usage, depending on the editions. Seeral editions. New York: Oxford University Press. Author: Bryan A. Garner. The third edition: 2011. Pp. xxx + 991. $65.00. ISBN 978-0-19-538420-8. For the 4th edition: Garner’s Modern English Usage,…
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Legal opinions
Legal opinions A legal opinion is a statement, usually prepared in writing but sometimes delivered orally by a judge or court to announce the decision reached in a case argued or tried before them, giving a brief summary of the facts, expounding the law as it applies to the case, detailing […]
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Legal Writing
Exclamations By William Domnarski. He practices civil and criminal law in Southern California and is the author of four books, including Swimming in Deep Water, a collection of short essays about the legal profession. We've all wanted to do it. We've all wanted to flag phrases or sentences […]
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Citation
Citation Notes Some commonly cited report series containing state-state arbitral decisions are the Arb Mat, Hague Ct Rep (Scott), Hague Ct Rep 2d (Scott), ILR and RIAA. In general, the abbreviations for report series should appear as they do in one of the citation systems. Where an otherwise […]
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Legal Research Methodology
Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) Citation Literacy, Alexa Z. Chew, Jul 2017 Legal Writing And International Students: Reconsidering "Complete Immersion", Alissa J. Hartig, Jul 2017 Citation Literacy, Alexa Z. Chew, Jul 2017 Data For The Algorithm […]
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Treaty Citation
Treaty Citation Finding Treaty Citation: How to Find a Treaty When You Have a Citation Common Abbreviations This is a list of the most common abbreviations used in treaty citations. The full title of the work is also given, as well as the call number. In most cases, the number preceding the abbreviation refers to…
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State Legal Research
State Legal Research U.S. State Legal Research The first three topics in this subset highlight key sources in researching the laws of popular states. The last of this set provides general advice about researching the law of any state, including key sources of information for all fifty states (D.C. and U.S. territories are often included…
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History of Legal Treatises
History of Legal Treatises In the United States While the earliest law treatises predate the systematic dissemination of court opinions, by the early twentieth century this form of legal commentary had become an essential tool for lawyers and judges seeking to organize and understand the growing quantity of published case law. That was a period…