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Involves searching for and interpreting written laws enacted by legislative bodies to establish legal requirements and standards.

Another prominent online legal research service that offers a vast database of legal sources including cases, statutes, and secondary sources like journals and practice guides.

The process of finding and analyzing court opinions to understand how laws are interpreted and applied by the judiciary.

An online research database that provides access to a comprehensive collection of legal resources, such as case law, statutes, and law reviews for legal research.

Research that focuses on administrative rules and orders, typically set by governmental agencies, that have the force of law.

Publications such as law reviews, journals, and newsletters that discuss and analyze current legal issues, typically serving as secondary sources.

Using operators like AND, OR, and NOT to create specific and focused search queries to locate relevant legal information efficiently.

Statutory compilations that provide the text of laws and accompanying annotations, including editor's notes, case summaries, and cross-references.

Guides that provide practical advice, procedures, and forms for legal practitioners in specific fields or jurisdictions.

Materials like journals, treatises, and commentaries that help interpret, analyze, and evaluate primary legal sources.

The practice of researching the background and development of a statute to understand legislative intent and how a statute came to be.

A legal research resource that is regularly updated with new pages or inserts, often focusing on specific areas of law or regulation.

Collections of uniform legal principles focused on particular areas of law, aimed at clarifying the common law and its applications.

Books or online resources providing definitions and explanations of legal terms and concepts to aid understanding and precision in legal research.

Online platforms and audio programs where legal experts discuss recent developments, offer opinions, and analyze contemporary legal issues.

A method of legal research used to check the citing references of a case or statute to determine its current validity and interpretive history.

Compiled summaries of judicial decisions organized by topic or case name, used to identify relevant case law in a certain legal area.

The practice of summarizing a court opinion, noting essential facts, identifying the issue, and articulating the court's reasoning and holding.

Comprehensive reference works that provide general overviews on a wide range of legal topics and direct researchers to pertinent cases and statutes.

Researching court filings and docket information to track the progress of a case, the documents filed, and the court's activities regarding the case.

In-depth and scholarly books on specific areas of law, providing detailed explanations, analysis, and references to primary legal sources.

The evaluation of legal sources by examining their citations to other primary and secondary materials, often to assess authority and relevance.

The process of researching legal principles that govern the conduct of nations, organizations, and individuals across borders.

A legal research tool used on Westlaw to check the history and validity of case laws, statutes, regulations, and other legal materials.