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1 Chapter 8—Secondary Authority
Legal Periodicals

2 Legal Periodicals Purpose and research role

3 Legal Periodicals Types Law reviews
Bar association and other association publications Commercial publications Legal newspapers and news- letters

4 Legal Periodicals Research aids Index to Legal Periodicals (I.L.P.).
Subject/author index, table of cases, table of statutes, book review index Current Law Index (C.L.I.). Subject index, author/title index, table of cases, table of statutes Legal Resource Index (L.R.I.) Other periodical indexes

5 Chapter 8— Secondary Authority
Legislative History

6 Legislative History Purpose and research role
Sources—Congressional bills, committee hearings committee reports, congressional debates

7 Legislative History Research sources Compiled legislative histories
Congressional Information Service (CIS) United States Code Congressional and Administrative News Service (USCCAN) Congressional Record Congressional Index Congressional and other sources Computer-aided research

8 Chapter 8—Secondary Authority
Restatements of the Law

9 Restatements of the Law
Purpose and research role Areas of the law covered

10 Restatements of the Law
Features Organization Restatement of the law Comments and reporter’s notes Cross references and appendix volumes Updates and index

11 Restatements of the Law
Research aids Index Table of contents Appendix volumes

12 Chapter 8— Secondary Authority
Uniform Laws and Model Acts

13 Uniform Laws and Model Acts
Purpose and research role

14 Uniform Laws and Model Acts
Features Organization Uniform law Commissioners’ notes Library references Notes to decisions Tables, updates, and index

15 Restatements of the Law
Research aids Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition—includes a Directory of Uniform Acts and Codes: Tables and Codes Reference from other sources


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