Chapter 8—Secondary Authority

Legal Periodicals

Legal Periodicals

Purpose and research role

Legal Periodicals• Types

– Law reviews– Bar association and other

association publications– Commercial publications– Legal newspapers and news-

letters

Legal Periodicals• Research aids

– Index to Legal Periodicals (I.L.P.).• Subject/author index, table of cases, table of statutes,

book review index– Current Law Index (C.L.I.).

• Subject index, author/title index, table of cases, table of statutes

– Legal Resource Index (L.R.I.)

– Other periodical indexes

Chapter 8— Secondary Authority

Legislative History

Legislative History

• Purpose and research role• Sources—Congressional

bills, committee hearings committee reports, congressional debates

Legislative History

• Research sources– Compiled legislative histories– Congressional Information Service (CIS)– United States Code Congressional and

Administrative News Service (USCCAN)– Congressional Record– Congressional Index– Congressional and other sources– Computer-aided research

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Restatements of the Law

Restatements of the Law

• Purpose and research role

• Areas of the law covered

Restatements of the Law

• Features– Organization

– Restatement of the law

– Comments and reporter’s notes

– Cross references and appendix volumes

– Updates and index

Restatements of the Law

• Research aids– Index

– Table of contents– Appendix volumes

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Uniform Laws and Model Acts

Uniform Laws and Model Acts

Purpose and research role

Uniform Laws and Model Acts

• Features– Organization– Uniform law– Commissioners’ notes– Library references– Notes to decisions– Tables, updates, and index

Restatements of the Law

• Research aids–Uniform Laws Annotated, Master

Edition—includes a Directory of Uniform Acts and Codes: Tables and Codes

–Reference from other sources