U' S' Constitution

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U. S. Constitution
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Executive
Judiciary
Legislative
administrative regulations
court opinions (case law)
statutes
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Primary Authority

• Constitutions
• Statutes
• Court Opinions (also called Cases)
• Administrative Regulations

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Secondary Authority

• Legal encyclopedias
• American Law Reports (A.L.R.)
• Treatises
• Legal Periodicals - journals law reviews
• Restatements of Law

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• Secondary Sources

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An example of a secondary source a treatise
Multi-volume scholarly works, e.g. Corbin on
Contracts
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A hornbook, published by West Publishing Company,
is another type of treatise
Single volume hornbooks, e.g., Prosser Keeton
on Torts
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Table of Cases in a hornbook -useful
Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.
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Hornbook - Table of Cases
Palsgraf discussed on p.284 in chapter on
"Proximate Cause"
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How to find secondary sources in the law library?
Use our catalog!
LawCat
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Types of searches used most frequently on LawCat

• Keyword
• Title
• Author

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LawCat searching Keyword search Alternate
spellings
Treatise on healthcare Search term healthcare
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LawCat searching - terms
16 results
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LawCat searching - terms
Treatise on healthcare Search term health care
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LawCat searching - terms
210 results
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LawCat searching keyword truncation
need treatise on Workers' Compensation
Use asterisk work compensation
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LawCat searching - truncation
114 results
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LawCat searching - keyword
can narrow search by entering a jurisdiction
work compensation georgia
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LawCat searching keyword search - narrow to a
jurisdiction
45 results out of the prior 114 results
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LawCat searching keyword Limiting option
searching for a treatise on real property
real property
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LawCat searching
226 results
Since you have received a huge result, you can
limit this result to an author search by
selecting "limit this search" button.
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LawCat searching
search for author Jerome Whalen
click "limit/sort" button
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LawCat searching
Found the one book we wanted out of the prior 226
results Commercial Ground Leases by Jerome Whalen
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LawCat searching author search
can also search by author from main search screen
click "author" radio button type "Smith,
Michael"
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• Primary Sources

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LawCat searching Primary Source
You want to find where the Southeastern Reporter,
a primary source, is located in the law library
click "title" radio button, and enter
"Southeastern Reporter"
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LawCat searching Primary Source
choose "Second Series"
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LawCat searching Location and Range numbers
GA-4 denotes Georgia Collection, fourth range of
shelves
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LawCat searching Location and Range numbers
Want to find where North Eastern Reporter, a
primary source, is located
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Interpreting a citation
What is 65 N. Ky. L. Rev. 405
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Interpreting an abbreviation you dont know
Northern Kentucky Law Review
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Interpreting a citation - appendices
The ALWD Citation Manual Appendix 1 identifies
primary sources for each jurisdiction
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Interpreting a citation
The Bluebook A Uniform System of Citation ( 17th
ed.) Table 1 identifies primary sources for each
jurisdiction