Interdisciplinary Research in Law: Gov Docs: Domestic and Foreign Starr Hoffman & Dana Neacsu

regulating fraudulent trading read your question regulating fraudulent trading In the US and EU

Clarify your question (break it into smaller concepts) Do you need contextual information? (literature search) Can you go for the primary source, the rule? Where do you start?

More preliminary meta-research domestic law research 1 More preliminary meta-research domestic law research 1.Free of charge databases? 2. Fee-based databases? How do you choose? Who publishes them? Where can you access them? Remember a mere Google search may give you the right starting point

Answer – US regulations Doing the research! Depending on your research needs you may or may not skip the literature search (regular law-based databases) Find gov docs free-of charge databases Use a library guide Gov reports (CRS reports) Agency reports and other activities Use fee-based databases Bloomberglaw.com Practical Law (from Westlaw)

More preliminary meta-research foreign and international law research 1.Free of charge databases? 2. Fee-based databases? How do you choose? Who publishes them? Where can you access them? Remember a mere Google search may give you the right starting point

Answer – EU regulations Doing the research! Depending on your research needs you may or may not skip the literature search (regular law-based databases) The main EU database is free of charge: Europa Use a library guide Use the database itself Find legislation on your topic The main UN databases are free of charge UNCITRAL Google Searches

Questions? Starr Hoffman Email: jdh2176@columbia.edu Dana Neacsu Email: edn13@columbia.edu