Chapter 7— Secondary Authority American Law Reports—A.L.R.

A.L.R. Purpose and research role Annotation components –Prefatory statement –Table of contents

A.L.R. Components (cont.) –Research references –Article index –Jurisdictional tables –Scope and related annotations –Summary and comment –Practice pointers –Substantive provisions

A.L.R. Research aids –Index to annotations –A.L.R. digest –Table of laws, rules, and regulations –Reference from other sources –Updates

Chapter 7— Secondary Authority West’s Key Number Digests

West’s Digests Purpose and research role Organization by legal topics

West’s Digests Components –Descriptive word index –Table of cases –Words and phrases –Updates –Each topic includes: Subjects included and excluded, table of contents, case summaries

West’s Digests Types –American digest system –Digests of federal court opinions –Regional digests –State digests

West’s Digests Research aids –Case headnotes –Descriptive word index –Topic outline –Table of cases –Updates –Reference from other sources

Chapter 7— Secondary Authority Legal Encyclopedias

Purpose and research role Major encyclopedias –American Jurisprudence 2d –Corpus Juris Secundum

Legal Encyclopedias Features –General index –Topic summary –Updates –Tables

Legal Encyclopedias Research aids –General index –Table of contents –Table of cases –Table of statutes, rules, and regulations

Chapter 7— Secondary Authority Treatises

Purpose and research role Types –Single-volume text –Multivolume sets

Treatises Features –Narrative presentation –Index –Table of cases –Updates

Chapter 7— Secondary Authority Shepard’s Citators

Purpose and research role Types— case law, constitu- tions, statutes, court rules, regulations

Shepard’s Citators Format and components –Case law citators Abbreviation and introductory material Case location Case history Later case treatment Secondary sources

Shepard’s Citators Format and components –Statutory law citators Abbreviation and introductory material Statutory location Case treatment Secondary sources

Shepard’s Citators Research steps –Select appropriate citator. –Locate and review research entry. –Update.