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Chapter 7—Secondary Authority
American Law Reports—A.L.R.
A.L.R.
• Purpose and research role
• Annotation components– Prefatory statement
– Table of contents
A.L.R.• Components (cont.)
– Research references– Article index– Jurisdictional tables– Scope and related annotations– Summary and comment– Practice pointers– Substantive provisions
A.L.R.• Research aids
– Index to annotations
– A.L.R. digest
– Table of laws, rules, and regulations
– Reference from other sources
– Updates
Chapter 7—Secondary Authority
West’s Key Number Digests
West’s Digests• Purpose and research role
• Organization by legal topics
West’s Digests• Components
– Descriptive word index– Table of cases– Words and phrases– Updates– Each topic includes: Subjects included and
excluded, table of contents, case summaries
West’s Digests• Types
– American digest system
– Digests of federal court opinions
– Regional digests
– State digests
West’s Digests• Research aids
– Case headnotes– Descriptive word index– Topic outline– Table of cases– Updates– Reference from other sources
Chapter 7—Secondary Authority
Legal Encyclopedias
Legal Encyclopedias
• Purpose and research role
• Major encyclopedias– American Jurisprudence 2d
– Corpus Juris Secundum
Legal Encyclopedias
• Features– General index
– Topic summary
– Updates
– Tables
Legal Encyclopedias
• Research aids– General index– Table of contents
– Table of cases– Table of statutes, rules, and
regulations
Chapter 7—Secondary Authority
Treatises
Treatises
• Purpose and research role
• Types–Single-volume text
–Multivolume sets
Treatises
• Features–Narrative presentation–Index–Table of cases–Updates
Chapter 7—Secondary Authority
Shepard’s Citators
Shepard’s Citators
• Purpose and research role
• Types—case law, constitu-tions, statutes, court rules, regulations
Shepard’s Citators• Format and components
–Case law citators• Abbreviation and introductory material• Case location• Case history• Later case treatment• Secondary sources
Shepard’s Citators• Format and components
–Statutory law citators• Abbreviation and introductory
material• Statutory location• Case treatment• Secondary sources
Shepard’s Citators
• Research steps– Select appropriate citator.
– Locate and review research entry.
– Update.
