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Jump to first page Guide to Researching the Law In Cyberspace Jennifer L. Selby University of Michigan Law Library International Law Librarian September 20, 2006
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Page 1: Jump to first page Guide to Researching the Law In Cyberspace Jennifer L. Selby University of Michigan Law Library International Law Librarian September.

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Guide to Researching the Law In Cyberspace

Jennifer L. SelbyUniversity of Michigan Law Library

International Law Librarian

September 20, 2006

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We will discuss:

The sources and methods for conducting legal and law-related research on your chosen topic relating to Cyberspace Law

We will rely primarily on free Internet resources, but also look at licensed online resources available to the UM community

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Evaluating web sites

Need to evaluate the information for quality: Currency: Look for a date

indicating the last time a web page was updated or a publication date on an individual document

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Evaluating web sites

Authority: Government, university, and other public bodies and organizations lend more authority to the information on their web sites. Keep in mind however that an

organization may have an agenda that shades the quality of their information.

Look to see if a web site attributes its information to other bodies and if the information is provided in a more static format, such as PDF.

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Evaluating web sites

Durability: Remember that the web site can be ephemeral with documents and web sites disappearing. It is important to make copies, especially for citation purposes.

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources (http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html)

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Searching the Internet Pandia (http://www.pandia.com/): A guide to Internet

searching and search engine optimization Specific Tips for searching Internet:

http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/recommendations.html `

Beyond Google and Yahoo: Advanced Search, Tom Mighell & Sabrina I. Pacifici (http://www.llrx.com/features/techshow06search.pdf)

Gumshoe Librarian 2006, Barbara Fullerton & Sabrina I. Pacifici (http://www.llrx.com/features/gumshoe06.htm) List of recommended web sites to enhance your research on various subjects, including cyber security

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Searching the Internet

Bespacif (http://www.bespacific.com/) Blog by Sabrina Pacifici on law & technology, “providing top-quality information on professional concerns like privacy, freedom of information, e-government, copyright, and proposed technology legislation.”

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Secondary Source Research Do not reinvent the wheel – use

books, law reviews, etc. to learn from and cite to the legal experts

Good way to obtain citations to relevant case law, statutes, regulations, etc.

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Secondary Source Research Books in the Law Library – Always start

with Lexcalibur: http://lexcalibur.lib.law.umich.edu/ Keywords/Table of Contents Subject Headings

E.g., Internet law and legislation; Computer Networks law and legislation; Intellectual Property

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Secondary Source Research Books Lists in Law Library – Computers

and the Internet List of important works in Law Library, but

not comprehensive – place to start Under “Reference Resources,” “Books

Lists,” “Secondary Sources,” (http://www.law.umich.edu/library/refres/bibliographies/2dysrcs/secondarysourcesindex.htm#d-j)

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Secondary Source Research Books in other libraries on campus,

such as Graduate Library – Mirlyn covers all libraries except Law and Business: http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/ Keyword Covers legal aspects and non-

legal aspects of relevant topics

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Google Book Project/Mbooks UM Library collections currently being

scanned in full (for materials out of copyright) and in limited view or snippets (for material still in copyright) - http://books.google.com/ & http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu Produces searchable Index of books,

allowing full-text searching of keywords Researcher can then retrieve paper copy

if material relevant & want to see more Law Library collections not yet scanned

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Secondary Source Research

Law Reviews/Journals: Note that there does not exist one single database that comprehensively covers all the law journals Instead, you must use a

combination of tools/databases

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Secondary Source Research - Articles Free online articles:

Law Reviews/Journals - http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu/sg_cyb.htm#Reviews Michigan Telecommunications and

Technology Law Review Berkeley Technology Law Journal

SSRN Cyberspace Law Abstracts Choose “Legal Scholarship Network” from

menu Choose “Subject Matter” Choose “Cyberspace Law”

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Secondary Source Research - Articles Law Library’s Electronic Resources

List - http://www.law.umich.edu/library/eres/ereslist/ereslistindex.htm Licensed online resources; access limited

to UM Community Full- text:

Lexis/Westlaw HeinOnline JSTOR

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Secondary Source Research - Indexes Index to Legal Periodicals and

Books Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals LegalTrac Proquest

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Secondary Source Research – Research Guides Jurist/Cyberspace Law (

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/sg_cyb.htm): Links to news, books, articles, etc.

LLRX.com Search engines State & Federal Law International Law Comparative & Foreign Law

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Primary Law Research

U.S. Federal & State International Law Foreign Law

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U.S. Federal and State Law Federal

Legislation/Regulations/Case Law GPO Access (

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html)

• Provides links to other offiicial web sites, such as US Supreme Court (http://www.supremecourtus.gov/)

Cornell LII (http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/federal/)

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U.S. Federal and State Law

Findlaw for Legal Professionals (http://lp.findlaw.com/)

Lexisone (http://www.lexisone.com/) Free web resources that include federal case law

LexisNexis Academic/Legal Research (Access limited to UM community)(http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe)

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U.S. Federal and State Law Federal: Legislative History (Bills,

Reports, Hearings, etc.) and Bill tracking Library of Congress/Thomas (

http://thomas.loc.gov/) LexisNexis Congressional/Legislative

Histories, Bills & Laws (Access limited to UM community)(http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/)

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U.S. Federal and State Law State

Legislation/Regulations/Case Law Cornell LII (

http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/states/index.html)

Findlaw for Legal Professionals (http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/)

Lexisone (http://www.lexisone.com/) Free web resources that include statel case law

LexisNexis Academic/Legal Research (Access limited to UM community)(http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe)

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U.S. Federal and State Law Gateway/Database sties

Firstgov (http://www.firstgov.gov) Allows searcing of” millions of web pages from

federal and state governments, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.”

Findlaw (http://www.findlaw.com) Law portal with own search engine

Catalaw (http://www.catalaw.com) “Catalog of catalogs of worldwide law on the Internet.”

Regulations.gov (http://www.regulations.gov) Locate and comment on U.S. Federal agency

regulations USPTO (http://www.uspto.gov)

Patent & Trademark searches

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U.S. Federal and State Law Specialized Resources (Licensed and

available to UM community) Electronic versions of looseleaf services,

covering specialized areas of law (http://www.law.umich.edu/library/eres/ereslist/bycategory/ebooks.htm CCH OmniTax Online Library CCH Business & Finance CCH Internet Health & Human Resources

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U.S. Federal and State Law Records & Briefs

Federal Courts – US Supreme Court U.S. SCt.Records & Briefs, 1832-1978:

PDF documents, access restricted to UM community (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/umich_law?db=SCRB)

Lexis (Gendfed; Briefs) 1979 Westlaw (SCT_Breifs) 1990/91- Microfiche in Law Library, 1832-present

(Call No. Micro-10 S1) See Reference Desk for help

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U.S. Federal and State Law

Federal Courts – Others Law Library does not have access to

Court of Appeals or District Court documents

State Courts – Michigan Supreme Court Online, 2001/2002 –

(http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Clerk/msc_orals.htm)

Paper in Law Library, 1854-present (Call No. Records & Briefs) See Reference Desk for help

State Courts – Others Law Library does not carry

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U.S. Federal and State Law Call individual federal or state courts and

for a fee obtain copies of documents Pacer (http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov)

For-fee database of online full-text records, briefs, etc. for all US Federal courts

Law Library does not have access Can sign up individually and use personal

credit card – fees are minimal Not all Federal Courts participate

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U.S. Federal and State Law Focused Google search

Search case name in quotations Case may be posted by a blogger or a

party involved If all else fails: Check to see if

specialized case reporter is in paper in Law Library E.g., BNA’s Patent, Trademark &

Copyright Journal (PTCJ) is available in paper, 1973 - [Eng Per B_N_A's]

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International Law/Treaties Key questions to locating a treaty:

Is it bilateral or multilateral? Is the U.S. a party? What is the date?

See: Accidental Tourist table, Ch. 6; pgs. 133-134. [Online in Lexcalibur and paper in Ref Coll Bibliog Accident]

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Treaties

US a party? Start with US Treaties in Force

http://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/treaties/ UST TIAS UNTS (multilateral/bilateral) KAV International Legal Materials (ILM)

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Treaties

United States Treaties (UST) Paper: 1950 – [JX8 9 U58.3 A]

10+ time lag in publication Online: Treaties and Agreements

Library/HeinOnline, 1950-1984, PDF documents http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Index?collection=ustreaties

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Treaties

TIAS – Like a slip opinion Paper through 1996 (10 yr time

lag) Online/PDF 1996- :

http://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/tias/

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Treaties

Kavass (KAV): United States Treaty Index & Hein Microfiche Series Master Guide & various indexes

Online: Treaties and Agreements Library/HeinOnline, PDF documents http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Index?collection=ustreaties KAV 0001-7503 (1987-2006)

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Treaties

UN Treaties – UNTS Multilateral and bilaterial, to which US

may or may not be a party Paper: United Nations Treaty Series

(UNTS), 1946- [JX9 UN.8 V.1] League of Nations Treaty Series (LNTS),

1929-1946 [Micro-10 LLMC 79-454]

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Treaties

UN Treaty Collection - Electronic Resource List (Mostly PDF documents) (http://www.law.umich.edu/library/eres/ereslist/intl/un.htm) : International Law/Treaties Mulitlaterial Treaties Deposited with the

Secretary-General (paper (Ref CollIndexes Multilat) or online).

UNTS 1946- [JX9 UN.8 V.1] & Online

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Government Documents

E.g., United Nations (UN), World Trade Organization (WTO), European Union (EU), etc.

Typically the best place to start is the organization’s website See Law Library’s Electronic

Resources List: http://www.law.umich.edu/library/eres/ereslist/ereslistindex.htm

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Government Documents UM Library Documents Center -

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/ Inter-govenrmental Organizations (IGOs)

(http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html#IGOs) EU – Europa (portal server) Eur-lex

(Legislation, Case Law, Treaties, etc) UN – Official Document System (ODS)

Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html#listsNGOs)

Statistics (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html)

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Foreign Law

Law of jurisdictions outside of the U.S. 200+ non-US jurisdictions

General sources: Reynolds & Flores

Best starting place for foreign law Multi-volume set; also online at Electronic

Resources List Introduction to Foreign Legal Research

UM Law Library Research Guide: http://www.law.umich.edu/library/refres/resguides/pdfs/foreign.pdf

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Foreign Law

Foreign legal citations can look weird 1995 (1) SACR 45 (CC)

South African Criminal Reports, Constitutional Court

§191 Nr. 5 ZPO Zivilprozeßordnung (civil procedure code

of Germany) Clunet 122 no. 3:585-597 ’95

Journal du Droit International (France) 13 Gr.B. 408 (1901)

The Green Bag

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Foreign Law

Sources to help you identify weird cites World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations Noble’s International Guide to the Law

Reports Bieber’s Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

(Online at Electronic Resources List) BlueBook

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Foreign Law

Locating sources of foreign primary law: Reynolds & Flores

Paper [Ref Coll Bibliog Reynolds] Online – Electronic Resources List

Lexcalibur Online sources

Compiled Foreign Law links – Electronic Resources List/Foreign & Comparative Law: http://www.law.umich.edu/library/eres/ereslist/ereslistindex.htm

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Foreign Law

Foreign Primary Law on the Web (U. of Houston) http://www.law.uh.edu/libraries/fi/foreignlaw.html

Compilation of Foreign Laws by Country (Harvard) http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/international/web_resources/foreignA.php

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Foreign Law

Locating foreign periodical sources Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals LegalTrac Index to Legal Periodicals and

Books Don’t look for periodical articles on

Lexcalibur!

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Law Firms

Hieros Gamos (http://www.hg.org) Collection of law firm links and legal information based on practice area (such as Computer Law; Technology & Cyberspace Law)

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Background Materials

UM Law Library’s Internet Legal Research Guide (http://www.law.umich.edu/library/refres/resguides/pdfs/internet.pdf)

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Finals Tips

Keep a research log! Be sure to properly cite your sources –

do not plagiarize! Stop by the Reference Desk for further

help: Staffed 9am-midnight, 7 days/week Librarians available Mon-Wed, 10-

6pm; Thur-Fri, 10-5pm, and Sunday, 2-6pm


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