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

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

3 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?

4 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

5 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)

6 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

7 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

8 Questions? Starr Hoffman
Dana Neacsu


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