Chapter 8 Secondary Authority Legal Periodicals Legal Periodicals

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 newsletters

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

Chapter 8— Secondary Authority 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

Chapter 8— Secondary Authority 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