Corporate Crime Legal Research Refresher

Corporate CrimeLegal Research Refresher

Charlotte Gill

Research Librarian, Law

Aug 2014

Outcomes Research Strategy Search Tools and Techniques Case Study Resources Tips

Outline

Objective

Refresh your legal research skills

Highlight some of the relevant resources.

Research Strategy

Have a plan!

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Legal Research Process

Identify the scope of the legal question

Start by consulting a secondary source

Identify the relevant legislation

Identify the cases that are on-point

Confirm the authority is still good law

Expand your search to fill any gaps

Keep a record of your research trail

(Modified from http://denning.law.ox.ac.uk/Irsp/overview/process.php)

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Search Tools and Techniques

Identifying alternative keywords

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Connectors

Connect the terms in a way computers can process them.

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Phrase

Phrase Search – use “__”

“poison pill” means the words must appear in the specified order.

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Boolean ANDX AND Y both X and Y must be present

negligence AND causation

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Boolean ORA OR B either A or B is present

equitable OR beneficial AB

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Truncation

Truncation (!) gets all variations of word endings

reason! reason, reasons, reasoning

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Truncate Carefully

Think about where you truncate your search terms.

E.g. Negligen!Negligence, Negligent

E.g. Defam!defamation, defame, defamed

E.g. Def!defined, definite, deface

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Proximity Operators

pay w/3 television

design w/s defect

utterance w/p hearsay

Proximity operators

(w/n, w/s, w/p) determine how close the terms appear in the document.

It increases the probability that the terms are related.

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Parentheses

Parentheses ( ) to group terms you want processed first.

Compare the two search statements

journalist AND (defamation OR publish)

(journalist AND defamation) OR publish

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Search Statements

Circumstances w/s mitigat!

(“take over” OR takeover) W/p “poison pill”

Putting all the pieces together!

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LawNet, Lexis, Westlaw

Search Function LawNet Lexis Westlaw

And AND AND &

or OR OR a spacee.g. lawyer counsel

And NotBut Not

NOT AND NOT %

Phrase searching Simply enter the phrase the way it ordinarily appears.

Simply enter the phrase the way it ordinarily appears.

“ _”

Truncation * (? – single letter)

Wildcard * * *

Within N words w/n W/N /n

Precedes by N words PRE/N +n

In same paragraph W/P /p

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Database Help Sheet

Available on the Law Research Navigator

Case Study

Review the law regarding corporate criminal liability in the United Kingdom.

Secondary Resources

Texts & Articles

Lexis Library – Commentary

Narrow by Source or Topics

Halsbury’s Laws of England

Search

Browse the Index

Stop Press

Annotations

Status Snapshot

Find related commentary

Find related cases

Find related explanatory note

Hansard

Law Commission Report

Hansard

Case Law

Research Tesco Supermarkets v Natrass Use JustCite – locate the case and note up. Available in LawNet

Locate the case

Subsequent Treatment (Note Up)

Articles

Precedent Map

Other tools for case law

LawNet Westlaw Lexis i-law.com

Journal Articles

Westlaw World Journals

i-law.com

Google Scholar

Locating journal article by citation

News Search

Factiva Over 28,000 sources from 157 countries in 23

languages, including nearly 600 continuously updated newswires like Dow Jones and Reuters. More than 2,300 sources are available on or before the date of publication.

Find listed Singapore and international companies information under Companies/Markets and browse selected newspapers under News Pages.

News – NLB e-resources

Library PressDisplay provides full-colour digital replications of hundreds of newspapers from around the globe. It offers full content and interactive access to more than 1,000 newspaper titles, from more than 80 countries and published in over 39 languages. Available from home. The Straits Times is available in libraries only.

News NLB e-resources

NewspaperSG is an online resource of current and historic Singapore and Malaya newspapers. You can search our digital archive of newspapers published in Singapore, or find information on over 200 newspaper titles in the National Library's microfilm collection. Unlimited archive access is via the multimedia media stations at the libraries. Full article access from home (watermarked) is from 1831 to 1989 only.

Blog Search

Other Jurisdictions

Corporate Crime Guide

Spend 10-15 mins identifying the issues and the scope of the research.

Establish a time frame Identify the potential resources to search Start with a secondary source Use Terms & Connectors/Boolean Take notes of sources and keywords Seek help early.

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Need help?

Email libresearch@smu.edu.sg

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Thank you

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