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Index of Legal Terms in Westlaw

Westlaw now includes an Index of Legal Terms - it looks very useful! This option appears on the Westlaw home screen when you log in. You can search for a definition of a legal term in online law dictionaries including Jowitt, Stroud and Osborn, and also in UK legislation, case law and journals.

Helen Riley : 05 Apr 2012 11:10 |  Tags: Databases; Law; Westlaw |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Mooting materials – the Jessup Compendium online

Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/main/tealea/socsciall/lawofficialpublications/law/key/

The Library has added the Jessup Compendium to its HeinOnline subscription -  this includes the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Compendium, plus a few extra law journals. I hope this proves useful for students taking part in moots - recommended by Gary Watt!  When you log on to HeinOnline, you can select this material from the list on the left. The database also includes The English Reports, classic US legal texts, and a lot of law journals.

Helen Riley : 20 Oct 2010 18:12 |  Tags: Databases; Law; Mooting |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Database of court & tribunal decisions relating to indigenous peoples

Writing about web page http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/mining/indigenous/

The Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) has launched a database of court/tribunal decisions dealing with documents involving indigenous parties (eg. treaties, impact & benefit agreements, petitions, land use agreements). The database can help parties working with developer-indigenous relations, by identifying relevant decisions and commentary on courts' approaches to indigenous agreements.

The database is free and fully searchable and can be accessed here, along with general information about the work:

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/mining/indigenous/

This database has been compiled from over 200 cases and articles from courts/tribunals in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America. The decisions collated for the database are those that interpret or apply documents involving indigenous parties. The database shows, for each decision:

·      a brief summary of the decision (including URL where available);

·      the details of the document(s) involving indigenous parties; and

·      a summary of the court's/tribunal's engagement with that document.

Research for the database was conducted with the assistance of funding from the Nuffield Foundation, a charitable trust with the aim of advancing social well-being. It funds research and innovation, predominantly in social policy and education. It has supported this project, but the views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Foundation. More information is available at www.nuffieldfoundation.org

Helen Riley : 05 Mar 2010 13:51 |  Tags: ; Cases; Databases; Indigenous Law Rights; Tribunals; Websites |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Halsbury's Laws – online law encyclopedia

An excellent way to start reserch on any English law topic is to use Halsbury's Laws. This is an authoritative encyclopedia available to us on Lexis Library - you will find a link to it on their Home page in the section on the right, "My Bookshelf". Halsbury's Laws will explain any English legal topic, with links to related legislation and case law, so it is a good way to locate primary sources. If any of the Lexis links fail, you should either use Westlaw to find an online document, or the Library catalogue to locate a printed law report series. If you would like any assistance, please contact Helen Riley, helen.riley@warwick.ac.uk

Helen Riley : 11 Nov 2009 14:42 |  Tags: Databases; Encyclopedias; Halsburys Laws; Law; Legal Research; Lexis |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem