Corporate Crime Legal Research Refresher

Corporate CrimeLegal Research Refresher

Charlotte Gill

Research Librarian, Law

Aug 2014

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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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http://denning.law.ox.ac.uk/Irsp/overview/process.php

Search Tools and Techniques

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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 “__”

E.g.

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

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AND

Boolean ANDX AND Y both X and Y must be present

negligence AND causation

YX

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OR

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


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.


http://libproxy.smu.edu.sg/login?url=https://libproxylogin.smu.edu.sg/public/login.asp?logup=false&url=https://global.factiva.com/en/sess/login.asp?xsid=S002sbkMDAn5DEs5DEnM9MrNTEmOTZyMHn0YqYvMq382rbRQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQUFBQQAA

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


Blogs


Other Jurisdictions


Corporate Crime Guide


Tips

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 [email protected]


mailto:[email protected]

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Thank you


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