法律檢索

內容概要

電子革命使得法律檢索變得更快更容易。這本通俗易懂的指南從判例法和法典入手，擴展至附屬資源和其他研究工具。本書作者，作為該領域的專家解釋了如何通過網上資源、光盤及其他網絡資源進行檢索。本書主要是為了剛開始從事研究的人準備的。本書前五章主要對美國法中主要的和次要的資源的概況進行介紹。從一開始就討論了一般的背景資料，比如法律百科全書和法律論叢，因為這些是在研究中最常使用的資料。然后是判例法，因為其在美國法律體系和法律教育體系中的中心地位。接著是憲法和成文法。第六章到第十章則包括立法歷史、訴訟法、法庭規(guī)則、活頁和目錄。雖然這些資源與基本的判例法和成文法資源有所不同，但是他們在法律研究中的作用是一樣的。最后兩章則對國際法和外國法進行了簡單的介紹。本書不僅是一本參考書而且還是一本實用的教科書。

作者簡介

莫里斯.L.科恩（Morris Cohen）：耶魯大學法學院教授，著有《怎樣查找法律》、《早期美國法律參考書目》等。 
　　肯特.C.奧爾森（ Kent Olson）：弗吉尼亞大學法學院圖書館咨詢部主任、法律檢索講師。

書籍目錄

PREFACE　CHAPTER 1. THE RESEARCH PROCESS 　　INTRODUCTION    THE SOURCES OF THE LAW    THE FORMS OF LEGAL INFORMATION      A.ACCESS TO CHRONOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS      B.PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES      C.PRINT AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES    LEGAL LANGUAGE    LEGAL CITATIONS    BEGINNING A RESEARCH PROJECT    COMPLETING A RESEARCH PROJECT    CONCLUSION　CHAPTER 2. BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS    INTRODUCTION    OVERVIEWS    LEGAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS      A.AMERICAJ JURISPRUDENCE 2D AND CORPUS JURIS SECUNDUM      B.JURISDICTIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS    TEXTS AND TREATISES    RESTATEENTS OF THE LAW    LAW REVIEWS    CONCLUSION　CHAPTER 3. CASE LAW SOURCES    INTODUCTION    SUPREME COURT OF THE UNTED STATES      A.THE UNITED STATES REPORTS      B.SUPREME COURT REPORTER AND LAWYERS'EDITION      C.UNITED STATES LAW WEEK      D.ELECTRONIC RESOURCES    LOWER FEDERAL COURTS    STATE COURTS      A.OFFICIAL REPORTS      B.NATIONAL REPORTER SYSTEM      C.ELECTRONIC RESOURCES    CONCLUSION　CHAPTER 4. CASE LAW RESEARCH    INTRODUCTINO    ELECTROIC RESEARCH      A.WESTLAW      B.LEXIS NEXIS    WEST DIGESTS      A.FINDING CASES IN DIGESTS      B.DECENNIAL AND GEERAL DIGESIS      C.JURISDICTIONAL AND REGIONAL DIGESTS      D.WORDS AND PHRASES      E.DIGESTS AND KEY NUMBERS ON WESTLAW   AMERICAN LAW REPORTS ANNOTATIONS      A.FORMAT AND CONTENTS      B.FINDING ANNOTATIONS    CITATORS      A.KEYCITE      B.SHEPARD'S CITATIONS ONLINE      C.SHEPARD'S CITATIONS IN PRINT    CONCLUSION　CHAPTER 5. CONSTITUTIONS AND STATUTES 　CHAPTER 6. LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION 　CHAPTER 7. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 　CHAPTER 8. COURT RULES AND PRACTICE　CHAPTER9. TOPICAL RESEARCH SOURCES　CHAPTER 10. REFERENCE RESOURCES 　CHAPTER 11. INTERNATIONAL LAW　CHAPTER 12. THE LAW OF OTHER COUNTRIES APPENDIX A.SOURCES FOR STATE APPELLATE COURT CASESAPPENDIX B.STATE RESEARCH GUIDESAPPENDIX C.TOPICAL LOOSELEAF AND ELECTRONICSEVICES ⅣWEBSITE INDEXTITLE INDEXSUBJECT INDEX

章節(jié)摘錄

　　The next form of printed court reports provides the edito-rial summaries and paZe C1tations lacking in slip opinions．Cases usuaUy appear first in weekly or biweekly pam．phlets known as advance sheets，containing a number of decisions paginated in a continUOUS sequence．And then tnbound volumes．Thevolumes consolidate the contents ofseveral advance sheets，and most contain alphabetical　　tables of the cases reported as well as subject indexes or digests．Thev are numbered consecutively,often in more than one successive series，When the volumes of a reporter reach an arbitrary number(such as100 or 300),publishers frequently start over with volume 1．Second series．Some reporters are now in their third or fourth series．If a reporter is in a second or later series．That must be indicat．Ed in its citation in order to distinguish it from the same volume number in the first series．The case in Exhibit 7．Forexample,is on page 461 of Volume 52 0f the third series of the Pacific Reporter．It is cited as State ZL Willis．52 P3d 461　　(Utah App．2002)．Even though many researchers find and read cases online instead of in printed reports，cases are stil!identified by dtations to the pubfished volumes。Generally,only cases unavaflable in print ate cited to electronic sources．　　　　Most court reports include editorial features which make it easier to find and understand the decisions．In West．S National Reporter System series．Each case is prefaced with a one．Paragraph summary of its holding,called a synopsis, and with numbered editorial abstracts，or headnotes． Of the specific legal issues．Each headnote is assigned a legal topic and a number indicating a particulat subdivi．　　sion of that topic．ThiS classification plan,known as the key number system,consists of over four hundred broad topics and tens of thousands of subtopiCS．The headnotes are reprinted by subject in digests+Which allow uniform subiect access to the cases of different iurisdictions and will be dis． Cussed in Chapter 4．Staff v．Willis in Exhibit 7 has three numbered headnotes,in the Criminal Law,Constitutional Law,and Weapons topics,The first two headnotes repre- sent points addressed in the last paragraph on the page．As is indicated by the bracketed[1．2]that precedes the para． Graph．

媒體關注與評論

　　總序　　在美國法律教育界與律師實務界，這套“美國法精要”（NutSheuScrieS）是頗具特色的一套叢書。這套書最突出的特點當推它們的簡捷明快、深入淺出。每種書均由富有教學經驗的法學教授執(zhí)筆，在三、四百頁的篇幅內介紹某一法律部門的基本原理、主要法規(guī)和重點案例。由于這些特點，這套叢書受到了無數美國讀者的歡迎和喜愛。眾多法學院的學生將這套書作為課外的輔助教材，由此掌握美國各主要部門法的精義。執(zhí)業(yè)律師也經常借助這套書，以迅速了解自己尚未熟習的某些部門法，或者溫習過去曾經學過的某些課程。相信這套叢書也能贏得國內讀者的歡迎。無論是法律專業(yè)的本科生、研究生，還是執(zhí)業(yè)律師或其他人士，都能從這套叢書中獲得有關美國法律的大量知識，對自己的學習和工作有所助益。此外，通過閱讀原汁原味的英文來學習美國法律也應能提高讀者的法律英語水平，促進與美國同行的直接對話與交流。應原出版者的要求，這套叢書的國內版增加了中文前言，以介紹美國各部門法的概況、每種書的內容及原書作者等等。這些前言作者都是在美國受過專業(yè)教育或從事專門研究的法律學者甚或專家。相信他們的介紹會對讀者有所幫助?！　appyreading！　　1999年4月　　于哈佛法學院

編輯推薦

　　在美國法律教育界與律師實務界，“美國法精要”（Nutshell Series）是頗具特色的一套叢書。這套書最突出的特點當推它們的簡捷明快、深入淺出。從多法學院的學生將這套書作為課外的輔助教材，由此掌握美國各主要部門法的精義；執(zhí)業(yè)律師也經常借助這套書，以迅速了解自己尚未熟習的某些部門法，或者溫習過去曾經學過的某些課程?！　∠嘈胚@套叢收也能贏得國內讀者的歡迎。無論是法律專業(yè)的本科生、研究生，還是執(zhí)業(yè)律師或其他人士，都能從這套叢書中獲得有關美國法律的大量知識，對自己的學習和工作有所助益。此外，通過閱讀原汁原味的英文來學習美國法律也應能提高讀者的法律英語水平，促進與美國同行的直接對話與交流。

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