JSB171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Law Report, Case Report, Abbreviation
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At the end of this lecture you will be able to: Recognise the following legal materials in print and online: caselaw, legislation. Understand how to find caselaw and legislation from a citation using library and other online resources. Introduction: sources of law: categorising legal materials, finding them in print and online in law libraries, legal research methodology and object of legal research, caselaw and finding cases from a given citation, legislation and finding legislation from citation. The initial categorisation of legal materials is into either primary or secondary sources of law. Primary sources of law can include caselaw (cases) which can be either law reports or unreported judgments from cases; and legislation which can include acts as passed (found in volumes) and reprints/acts in force. Secondary sources of law can include textbooks, journal articles, loose-leaf services/commentary, legal. Other secondary sources may include (but are not limited to) law reform.
