Criminal Law Resources

Criminal Law (LAW103)Legal Research

Charlotte Gill/ Rita LamResearch Librarian, Law

August 2015

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Slides prepared by Charlotte Gill

Locating books and journals Locating case law Locating legislation Locating parliamentary debates / Hansards Evaluating online information Plagarism

LIBLAW(LAW104) Basic Legal Research Skills

Plagiarism


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Terms & Connectors

Connect the terms in a way search engines 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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Library Search - Articles


Article Search


Refine by topic


Topic- Capital Punishment


To view the article


Full text


LawNet


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Locating a specific article in LawNet


Locating a specific article in LawNet


Searching for articles around a topic in LawNet


Searching around a topic


Filters


Filter> Category>Journals


Searching for Singapore cases


Locate:

S Balakrishnan & Anor v Public Prosecutor [2005] 4 SLR(R) 249

This is a reported case.

Locating Singapore Cases


LawNet – Citation Search


Neutral Citation

Locate:

Public Prosecutor v Chui Kuo Kwong[2014] SGDC 316

This is an unreported case.


Reading citations

Neutral citation

Year of decision Court Sequential Number

[2007] SGHC 24

This is a system of citation where each written judgment from a particular level of court is assigned a sequential number, starting from 1 at the beginning of each calendar year.

Singapore Neutral Citations:SGCA – Court of appealSGDC – District CourtSGFC – Family CourtSGHC – High CourtSGJC – Juvenile CourtSGMC – Magistrates CourtSGSC – Supreme CourtSGSCT – Small Claims Tribunal

Malayan Law Journal

Locate

Abdullah v R [1954] MLJ 195


Searching for cases around a topic in LawNet


Searching for cases around a topic


Refining search


Unpublished Cases


News


Factiva


India


Lexis Singapore


Locating Indian Cases


Indian Case


Criminal Law Guide


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Criminal Law Research Guide Start with secondary sources Case law: reported, unreported

and unpublished News India resources


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