Effective legal research

Contents:
Preface;
1. Making the most of a law library;
Introduction;
The Library Catalogue;
Books;
Searching the library catalogue;
Finding and borrowing books;
Law Reports and Journals;
Abbreviations;
Tracing journals and law reports;
Reference Sources;
Dictionaries;
Tracing people and addresses;
2. Using online sources of law;
Introduction;
Subscription Database Providers;
LexisNexis Professional;
LexisNexis Butterworths;
Westlaw UK;
Lawtel;
Accessing Subscription Databases;
Usernames and passwords;
Library portals;
Database Searching;
Free Sources of Law on the Internet;
OPSI;
BAILII;
Internet Gateways;
When we use print Sources;
Combining Print and Electronic Sources;
CD-ROMS;
3. Law Reports;
Introduction;
The History of Law Reports;
Citation of Law Reports;
Neutral citations;
How to Find the Meaning of Abbreviations;
Format of Law Reports;
Recent Law Reports;
Finding recent law reports online;
Finding recent law reports in print;
The Law Reports Series;
Older Law Reports;
How to use the English Reports;
Other older law reports;
How to Find a Reported Case When You Only Know Its Name;
How to use the Westlaw UK Case Locators database;
How to use the Current Law Case Citators;
How to trace a case in The Digest;
Tracing a case through the indexes in law reports;
Recent Unreported Judgments;
How to find recent judgments;
Summary: How to Find a Case;
How to Trace Journal Articles and Commentaries on a Case;
How to find Updates on Recent Cases;
European Human Rights Case Law;
Tracing European Convention case law;
Printed judgments and decisions;
Other sources of European human rights law;
Tribunals;
Social welfare law;
Reported decisions of other tribunals
4. Legislation;
Introduction;
The Structure of an Act;
Citation of statutes;
Citation of the names of monarchs and their regnal years;
Modern Statutes;
Official sources of statutes;
Alternative sources for the official text of statutes;
BAILII United Kingdom Statutes;
Justis UK Statutes;
Law Reports: Statutes;
Current Law Statutes;
Sources of statutes as currently in force;
LexisNexis Butterworths UK Parliament Acts;
LexisNexis Professional UK Legislation Database;
Westlaw UK UK Legislation Database;
Halsbury's Statutes of England;
Checking Whether Legislation is in Force or Has Been Amended;
How to use UK Legislation Locators on Westlaw UK;
How to use the Current Law Legislation Citator;
Chronological Table of Statutes;
Older Statutes;
Statutes of the Realm;
Statutes at large;
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum;
Local and Personal Acts;
Statutory Instruments;
Citation of statutory instruments;
Tracing statutory instruments;
Halsbury's Statutory Instruments;
Checking whether a statutory instrument is in force or has been amended;
Tracing statutory instruments made under a particular act;
Wales legislation;
5. Journals;
Types of Journals;
Online access to journals;
Finding a Journal Article Online if You Already Have a Reference;
Finding a Journal Article in the Library;
Tracing Articles in Legal Journals;
Legal Journals Index;
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books;
Lawtel;
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals;
Legal Resource Index (LegalTrac);
Halsbury's Laws;
Tracing Law Related Journal Articles;
Index to Legal Periodicals Related to Law;
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts;
British Humanities Index;
Social Sciences Index;
Psychological Abstracts (PsycINFO);
Current Contents;
The Philosopher's Index;
Sociological Abstracts;
Social Sciences Citation Index;
Newspaper articles;
Locating Journals from other libraries;
6. UK Official publications;
Introduction;
Parliamentary Publications;
Command papers;
Citation and location of Command Papers;
Papers of the House of Lords and House of Commons;
Bills;
Stages in the passage of a Bill;
Changes to the text of a Bill;
Tracing recent Bills;
Tracing older Bills;
Parliamentary debates;
Using online sources to trace debates on a Bill;
Non-Parliamentary Publications;
Tracing Official Publications;
Stationery Office catalogues and indexes;
Other sources for tracing official publications;
Tracing Law Commission Reports and Working Papers;
Tracing reports if you know the chairman;
Tracing press releases;
Tracing statistics;
7. How to find information on a subject;
Introduction;
Legal Encyclopedias;
Halsbury's Laws of England;
How to use Halsbury's Laws online;
How to use Halsbury's Laws in print;
Specialised encyclopedias;
Precedent books and rule books;
Tracing Cases on a Subject;
How to use the Westlaw UK Case Locators;
Using full-text databases of case law;
How to use databases of recent judgments;
How to use the Current Law Monthly Digest;
How to use the Current Law Year Books The Digest;
How to use the Digest to trace cases on a subject;
How to use individual indexes to series of law reports to trace cases on a subject;
Finding updates to recent cases by subject;
Tracing the Subsequent Judicial History of a Case;
How to Find Words and Phrases Judicially Considered;
How to Trace Statutes on a Subject;
How to use full-text databases of legislation;
Other online sources for tracing legislation by subject;
Halsbury's Statutes of England;
Other print sources for tracing legislation on a subject;
How to Trace Statutory Instruments on a Subject;
Online sources for tracing statutory instruments;
Halsbury's Statutory Instruments;
Tracing recent statutory instruments;
Finding Books on a Subject;
Legal bibliographies;
D. Raistrick-Lawyer's Law Books;
Current Law;
Current Publications in Legal and Related Fields;
Law books 1876-1981;
Other legal bibliographies;
The British National Bibliography;
Sources for books in print;
Theses;
8. European Community law;
Introduction;
Europa;
EUR-Lex;
The Official Journal;
The Community Treaties;
Secondary Legislation;
Citation of EC legislative acts;
How to trace the text of an EC regulation or directive;
How to trace EC legislation on a subject without a reference;
How to check if EC legislation is in force;
How to trace proposals for legislation;
How to trace whether a directive has been implemented in the United Kingdom;
Case Law;
European Court Reports;
Citation of European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance;
Other sources of EC case law;
How to find a Court of Justice judgment if you have the reference;
How to find a judgment of the Court of Justice on a subject;
How to trace further information on a case;
How to trace cases which have interpreted EC legislation;
How to trace recent judgments;
Legal Encyclopedias;
Books;
Journals;
How to find articles on EC law;
The Bulletin of the European Union and General Report Current Information;
Appendix I: Online Sources of Scots and Northern Ireland Law;
Appendix II: Abbreviations of Reports, Series and Journals;
Appendix III: How Do I Find? A Summary of Sources for English Law;
Index.