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Use the resources below to find information on the topic of legal studies. The books, videos, and periodicals are located in the MWCC Library. The web resources are available from any location with Internet access. The MWCC databases are available directly at the library, and remotely with a valid MWCC Library barcode number - if you are not sure of your number, please ask for assistance at the Circulation Desk. Reference
Books | Statutory Law | Case
Law Please note that items,
which have call numbers starting with "Ref.", are shelved in
the Reference Collection on the Main level. Items with a call number "NetLibrary",
are in our online database collection (available from the library's webpage http://www.mwcc.mass.edu/library).
Reserve items are located at the Circulation desk. For assistance using
any of the items listed below, please see a Reference librarian. Black's Law Dictionary. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company. 7th ed., 1999.Ref.KF156.B53 1999
Encyclopedia of
Crime and Justice. New York: Free Press. 1983 Encyclopedia of
the American Constitution. New York: Macmillan. 1986. West's Encyclopedia of American Law
101 law forms for
personal use [computer file]/ Basic Legal Forms
with Commentary. Nolo's will book
[computer file] / Handbook of Legal
Research in Massachusetts by Hon. Margot Botsford, Ruth G. Matz, et
al. Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. 1988. (updated
by supplements). How to Find the Law
by Morris L. Cohen. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company. 1989. 9th edition. Legal information
[computer file] : how to find it, how to use it / by Kent C. Olson.
Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1999. Legal research
[computer file] : how to find & understand the law / by Stephen
Elias and Susan Levinkind ; edited by Janet Portman. Berkeley, CA : Nolo.com,
c1999. (6th ed, 1998 in Reference dept). Legal Research
for the 21st Century [video recording] : with professor Bob Berring.
St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, c2000 Legal Research
in a Nutshell by Morris L. Cohen. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company.
1996. 6th edition. Legal research
using the Internet [computer file] / Judy A. Long. Albany, N.Y. :
West Legal Studies/Thomson Learning, c2000. The Legal Researcher's
Desk Reference. Teaneck, NJ: Infosources Publishing. 1996. Massachusetts general
laws research guide. [St. Paul] : West Group, c1999. Massachusetts Law
Finder. Boston: Boston Law Book Company. 2000. Statutes are the laws enacted by a legislative body and are binding on all persons located within the jurisdictional authority of the enacting body. Statutes are published in 3 different forms: slip laws, session laws, and codes. Codes are the most frequently consulted form of statutes. FEDERAL
CODE MASSACHUSETTS
CODE Case Law is the law of reported judicial opinions. "Stare Decisis" or precedent is the basic concept of case law. Court Reporters and Digests can be used to research case law. Court Reporters (also called Reports, Cases, Opinions, or Decisions) contain the published opinions of the court in chronological order by date of decision. Digests are multi-volume subject indexes to case law. They provide very brief summaries of reported court decisions and are arranged by subject matter. Those digests published by West Publishing Company use the "topic and key number" system of arrangement. Federal
Court Reporters Massachusetts
Court Reporters Massachusetts
Digests LEGAL CITATIONS Court cases are identified using legal citations. The citation identifies the name of the court reporter in which the opinion is cited, the volume number, and the page on which the opinion begins. For Example: 108 S.Ct. 76 Parallel Citations are used when a single court decision is re-published verbatim in a second or third source. For example, when a case appears in a reporter published by the U.S. (or state) government and in a commercial reporter: 108 S.Ct. 76 = Supreme
Court Reporter Parallel Citations to the same case: What do you do if
you know the name of the case but do not have the citation?
The Bluebook: A
Uniform System of Citation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law Review Association.
1996. ESPECIALLY FOR PARALEGALS Legal Ethics for
Paralegals and the Law Office by Laura Morrison and Gina DeCiani.
St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company. 1995. Legal Research
for Paralegals by Edward H. Hein. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company.
1996. Manual for the
Lawyer's Assistant prepared by the National Association of Legal Secretaries.
St. Paul, MN: West Group. 1998. Massachusetts Paralegal
Practice Manual by Mary Jo Romano et al. Boston: Massachusetts Continuing
Legal Education Inc. 1997 (updated by supplements). Paralegal career
starter [computer file] / Jo Southard. New York, N.Y. : Learning Express,
1998. Resource manual
for legal writing for paralegals / Steve Barber. Cincinnati, Ohio
: South-Western Pub. Co., c1993.
Secondary
Literature Case
Law Codes & Regulations International
Legal Markets Patent
Research Career
Information
The following is a selective list of major legal gateways and noted full-text legal resources on Web. Contract Law Materials Copyright resources
on the Web Cornell's Legal
Information Institute Cybercrime Federal Government
sites Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure FedLaw Findlaw Law.com 'Lectric Law Library Massachusetts State Forms and Guidelines (including
Child Support Guidelines) Massachusetts State
Legislative home page Massachusetts Trial
Court Libraries Nolo.com Thomas West's Legal Directory
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