Legal information : what it is and where to find it / / Peter Clinch

• Autore: Clinch Peter
• Pubblicazione: London, : Aslib, The Association for Information Management, 2000
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (119 p.)
• Disciplina: 016.34; 340.072
• Soggetto topico: Legal research; Law - Abstracting and indexing; Law - Abstracting and indexing - Great Britain; Legal research - Great Britain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Copyright Page; Legal Information: What it is and Where to Find it; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Finding and using a law collection; 2.1 Finding a law collection; 2.2 What to know before you start law research; 2.3 Jurisdiction; 2.4 Legal systems; 2.5 Keeping up to date; 2.6 Unpublished material; 2.7 Abbreviations and citations; 2.8 Understanding legal terminology; 3. The literature of law in the British Isles; 3.1 Types of law material; 3.2 England and Wales; 3.2.1.Acts; 3.2.2 Secondary legislation; 3.2.3 Case law; 3.2.4 Extra-legal sources; 3.2.5 Secondary sources ; 3.3 Scotland3.4 Northern Ireland; 3.5 Republic of Ireland; 3.6 Isle of Man; 3.7 Channel Islands; 4. The literature of law in selected countries outside the British Isles; 4.1 European Community; 4.2 European Court of Human Rights; 4.3 Other European countries; 4.4 Australia; 4.5 Canada; 4.6 United States; 4.7 International Law; 4.8 Conclusion; 5. Finding legal information on the internet; 5.1 Web search engines; 5.2 Meta-search services; 5.3 Classified subject lists; 5.4 Link pages
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation The guide clearly and concisely shows how to source legal information, and how to deal with legal databases and the need-it-now demands of the marketplace. This second edition has been fully revised and updated, and will include for the first time: Internet addresses for the leading law information sites (both free and subscriber-only), and information on the law publications/Internet sites of the newly formed Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly. Contents: Introduction; Finding and using a law collection; The literature of law in the British Isles; The literature of law in selected countries outside the British Isles; Contacts.
• Titolo autorizzato: Legal information
• ISBN: 1-280-05584-7; 0-203-40382-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828758103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Aslib know how series.