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Integration of Secondary Sources
into the Research Process
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Encyclopedias
- Finding Tools
- Provide a broad
overview of an area of law
- Describe the law,
but do not critique the law or suggest legal reforms
- Two National Encyclopedias
- American Jurisprudence,
Second Edition (Am. Jur.)
- Publisher
Information
- Westlaw
- American
Jurisprudence, 2d - AMJUR
- American
Jurisprudence - All
- AMJUR-ALL
- Lexis
- American
Jurisprudence - 2NDARY;AMJUR
- Corpus Juris Secundum
(C.J.S.)
- West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Treatises
American
Law Reports
- Provide in-depth coverage
of a specific or narrow issue
- Articles authored primarily by practicing attorneys
- A.L.R. Fed
- A.L.R. Fed, 2d
- A.L.R. 3d
- A.L.R. 4th
- A.L.R. 5th
- A.L.R. 6th
Legal
Periodicals
- Describe, analyze
and comment on current state of law
- In-depth articles
- Legal Periodical Indexes
- LegalTrac
- Index to Legal
Periodicals
- Legal Periodicals Full Text
- Law Reviews
- Bar Association Journals
and Legal Newspapers and Newsletters
- Shepard's Law Review
Citations
- Lexis
- Law Reviews Combined
-2NDARY;ALLREV
- Bar Journals Combined
- 2NDARY;BARJLN
- Colorado Law Reviews
Combined - COLO;COLRV
- Combined Law Reviews,
Restatements, ALR, and Am Jur - 2NDARY;SSMEGA
- Westlaw
- Journals and Law
Reviews - JLR
- Texts and Periodicals
All - TP-ALL
- Colorado Journals
and Law Reviews - CO-JLR
- Colorado Lawyer
- COLAW
Restatements
- Seek to unify the
common law on a national basis
- Written in rule form
with explanations
- Publisher
Information
- Westlaw
- Restatements of
the Law (REST)
- Products Liability
Restatements (PL-REST)
- Restatement of
the Law-Agency (REST-AGEN)
- Restatement of
the Law-Conflict of Laws (REST-CONFL)
- Restatement of
the Law-Contracts (REST-CONTR)
- Restatement of
the Law-Judgments (REST-JUDG)
- Restatement of
the Law-Property (REST-PROP)
- Restatement of
the Law-Restitution (REST-RESTI)
- Restatement of
the Law-Security and Suretyship and Guaranty (REST-SEC)
- Restatement of
the Law-The Foreign Relations Law of the United States (REST-FOREL)
- Restatement of
the Law-The Law Governing Lawyers (REST-LGOVL)
- Restatement of
the Law-Torts (REST-TORT)
- Restatement of
the Law-Trusts (REST-TRUST)
- Restatement of
the Law-Unfair Competition (REST-UNCOM)
- Lexis
- Products Liability
Rule Section - 2NDARY;PLIAB2
- Agecy Rule Section
- 2NDARY;AGEN2
- Trusts Rule Section
- 2NDARY;TRUST2
- Conflicts of Law
- 2NDARY;CONFL2
- Judgments - 2NDARY;JUDG2
- Property - 2NDARY;PROP2
- Torts - 2NDARY;TORTS2
- Foreign Relations
- 2NDARY;FREL2
- Law Governing
Lawyers - 2NDARY;LAWGV2
- Property Servitudes
- 2NDARY;PSERV2
- Unfair Competition
- 2NDARY;UNCOM2
- Restitution -
2NDARY;REST2
- Security - 2NDARY;SECUR2
- American
Law Institute
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