Tag: Law Schools
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Legal concepts
Legal concepts The legal concepts change with the legal history. There are developments in the theories and concepts of law (including in separate doctrinal areas) over the past decades which have effect in the tort, contract, crime, property and Administrative law . Typical concepts in this subject are: harm wrongfulness, fault, responsibility, causation, liability, punishment,…
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How to search legal journal indexes?
How to search legal journal indexes? The recommended method for finding law journal articles is to use an index. Indexes allow searching by author, title, subject, and keyword. Many also include abstracts of articles, and online indexes usually link to the full-text of selected articles. Coverage in legal journal indexes is more comprehensive, both in…
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What is a law review?
What is a law review? Strictly speaking, a law review is a student-edited publication which is produced under the auspices of a law school and which publishes both pieces written by legal scholars and student-written articles and notes. Law reviews may be general in scope or devoted to specialized subject areas. Law review articles which…
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American Jurisprudence (encyclopedia)
American Jurisprudence (Am. Jur., encyclopedia) American Jurisprudence (Am. Jur.) is one of the most important country -wide United states Legal encyclopedias , similar somewhat to Corpus Juris Secundum , also now published by West. It is a very practice oriented encyclopedia that is less comprehensive that Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.) but, as a result, is…
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Corpus Juris Secundum 2
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.) Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.) is published by West and gives far more case citations (and is more difficult to use) than American Jurisprudence (encyclopedia). Attention is paid to providing citations that highlight jurisdictional differences. C.J.S. gives cross-references to other West publications and to West topic and key numbers. The print version…
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Hieros Gamos
Hieros Gamos – www.hg.org Although it can be a bit overwhelming with its huge number of links, Hieros Gamos is a legal portal considered to be one of the best free site when it comes to foreign and international resources. You will find a “Legal Employment Center” of national job postings as well links to…
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Legal Information Institute (LII)
Legal Information Institute (LII) www.law.cornell.edu First known for its coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court, this site offers an extensive collection of both federal and state legal materials. LII’s current awareness section has a sign-up for email notification of U.S. Supreme Court and/or New York Court of Appeals decisions. Click on liibulletin to Subscribe .…
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Low cost internet US legal research
Low cost internet US Legal Research To be completed…. Judicial (cases, dockets, rules of court) Casemaker Exclusive partner with state bar associations for providing association members with access to primary Legal Research authorities, including case law, among other things. Loislaw 50-state case; U.S. Supreme Court Reports ; Circuit Courts of Appeal; U.S. District Courts; U.S.…
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Law Journals and Law Reviews
Law Journals and Law Reviews Law Reviews and Law Journals are scholarly publications sponsored by law schools. The vast majority are managed by law students. The articles are usually written by professors, except the “Notes”and “Comments”at the back of the issues, which are usually written by the students.Links to law review Web pages are posted…
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Web-based Law Library Catalogs
Web-based Law Library Catalogs United States Libraries Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, Columbia Law School (New York, NY) Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) George Mason University School of Law (Arlington, VA) Fordham Law Library (New York) Jenkins Law Library (Philadelphia, PA) The Library of Congress Catalogs (Washington, D.C.) Lillian Goldman Library at…
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Law Schools of the future
Law Schools of the future From “A VISION OF LAW SCHOOLS OF THE FUTURE”, by James L. Hoover(*) Presuming to predict the future is dangerous. It seems especially foolish at the ends of centuries. The results do make for often humorous reading decades later. The best we can really do is describe what is possible…
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Private international law resources
Private International Law resources Research guides ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: Private International Law . A guide to Web sources mostly limited to multilateral treaty regimes. Jonathan Pratter & Joseph R. Profaizer, A practitioner’s research guide and bibliography to international civil litigation, 28 Tex. Int’l L. J. 633 (1993). A research guide…
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Textbooks
Textbook Textbooks are editions of books specifically intended for the use of students who are enrolled in a course of study or preparing for an examination on a subject or in an academic discipline, as distinct from the trade edition of the same title, sometimes published in conjunction with a workbook, lab manual, and/or teacher’s…
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Law Guides list
Law Guides list Administrative law Guide Advanced Commercial law Guide Advanced Contracts Law Guide Advanced Criminal Law Guide Advanced Mediation Law Guide Advanced Mediation Law Guide Advanced Remedies Law Guide Advanced Revenue Law Guide Advanced Taxation Law Guide Advocacy Law Guide Animal law and Policy in United States Law Guide Animal law and Policy…
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Law Dictionaries
Law Dictionaries A Dictionary of Law Enforcement Oxford Dictionary of Law Hein Online , Dictionary of Jurisprudence Legal Latin Australian Law Dictionary (Oxford Reference Online) LexisNexis AU •Australian Legal Words and Phrases •Butterworths Encyclopaedic Australian Legal dictionary Merriam Webster Dictionary- with audio pronounciation for words Conclusion Notes See Also References and Further Reading About the…