Effective Legal Research is a practical and detailed guide to researching and tracing legal information - essential skills that all law students need to master in order to succeed in their legal studies and future careers. This valuable text:
- Helps users find the material they need with the minimum of effort, and to use it with confidence – essential skills for every law student
- Presents the information in a step-by-step format, leading the reader through the world of legal research from using a law library to searching online
- Includes coverage of current awareness websites and legal blogs, including Westlaw UK, Lexis Nexis Professional, BAILII, Europa and TSO
- Uses examples from Law Reports, Acts, Halsbury's, Current Law, Hansard and European materials from the Official Journal, Eur-Lex and the European Court of Justice
- Contains Tip Boxes highlighting important points to remember
- Appendices include Abbreviations list of Reports, Series and Journals, Summary of Sources for English Law, Online Sources of Scots, Northern Ireland and International Law