Search results for: “selective publication of cases”
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Selective Publication of Cases
Selective Publication of Cases In the United States, in the late 18th Century, at the time that West was developing its National Reporter System , other publishers were trying other alternatives to case reporting. One of these approaches were the publication of fulltext cases, but only of selected “leading cases”. In those selected set of…
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Digests
Digests as Secondary Authority and other Legal Research Sources West Key Number Digest System There is more information about this subjet related to the field of legal research in the legal encyclopedia.Components of the West Digests There is more information about this subjet related to the […]
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Annotations
Annotations Annotations in General In the past they were called “glossation”, and sometimes still are called “gloss”. Annotations (abbreviations: anno. or ann.) are notes from cases, statutes, treatises, essays, articles and similar which are included in a legal text (such a law, case or treatise section). They are discussion notes or cross-references of the text…
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National Reporter System
The National Reporter System, by West the West’s National Reporter System is a group of regional Court Reports or “reporters” that divides the 50 states and the District of Columbia into seven national regions: Atlantic, North Eastern, North Western, Pacific, South Eastern, South Western, and Southern. These regional Court Reports systems, together with West’s federal…
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List of English Reports
List of Reports, England AC — Law Reports Appeal Cases (1891-) Acton — Acton (Prize Causes) [Reports] Adam — Adam [Reports] A & E — Adolphus & Ellis [Reports] Ad & El — Adolphus & Ellis [Reports] Ad & El, NS — Adolphus & Ellis New Series[Reports] Add — Addams [Reports] Alc — Alcock’s Registry…
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Court Reports
Court reports (also called “reports”) are published collections of histories of legal cases, with the arguments used by counsel and the reasons given for the decision of the court. They are volumes of printed (or online) opinions of magistrates, judges or justices. Case report may be official or unofficial, authoritatives or not. Most unofficial reports…
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American Law Reports (ALR)
American Law Reports(ALR) American Law Reports (A.L.R.) are a series of reporters begun in 1919 which contain articles, usually referred to as “Annotations “(in fact, they’re detailed law review articles) on over 27,000 different Legal topics , written by practicing lawyers. Each article discusses the issue in detail and provides extensive citations to relevant judicial…
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Digests and American Law Reports
Digests and American Law Reports Introduction An ALR annotation is usually easier to use than a digest. Digests consist simply of case abstracts, with no explanation text, so the reader must often wade through many irrelevant or no pertinent results before to find the relevant one. Digests usually do not indicate that a court decision…
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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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North American Free Trade Agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) On January 1, 1994 the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) established a single trade zone. North American Free Trade Agreement Resources There is a great deal of research material available on this subject. The difficulty is not in […]
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North American Free Trade Agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) On January 1, 1994 the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) established a single trade zone. North American Free Trade Agreement Resources There is a great deal of research material available on this subject. The difficulty is not in […]
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Hague Apostille Convention
The 1961 Hague Apostille Convention Summary The Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents brought about a basic simplification of the series of formalities which complicated the utilisation of public documents outside of the countries from which they emanated. The traditional rule acta probant sese ipsa does not…
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Geographic Information Systems
Profound technological advances are transforming the basic nature of information management. As governments implement new information technology, conventional paper records are fast giving way to powerful electronic databases. One type of information management system increasingly being […]
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International Sales Contract
International Sales Contract in International Trade Meaning of International Sales Contract, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): An agreement between a seller and a buyer for the sale of goods. The contract should, at a minimum, identify the seller and […]