The Law Library of Congress has been archiving legal blogs, or 'blawgs' since the beginning of March 2007. And as recently noted by Dan Cohen on Twitter this has become an 'impressive' resource. It's been a year or so since the Legal Blawg Archive was first released to the public collecting "unique, born digital content" […]
Legal Research
Texts Added to Quicklaw Databases
With the Febrary 2010 content release, the following titles - all published by LexisNexis Canada - have been added to the Quicklaw databases. As of February 7, they will also be available on the LexisNexis Academic service. As you can see from the list, a broad selection of classic titles is included, from texts (McGuiness […]
HeinOnline Webinar on the United Nations Law Collection
The folks at HeinOnline will be offering a webinar on Using & Searching the United Nations Law Collection later this month. There will be two opportunities to participate on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at either 10:00-10:30am or 2:00-2:30pm. The 30 minute session will be provide an overview of the publications, how to search treaties efficiently […]
PreCYdent Search Engine No Longer Available
Not sure how many of you followed the development of this free online legal research service. Apparently it has lost it's funding and as a result is no longer able to continue. See this post on the Law Librarian Blog for more information and links to some background information including Joe Hodniki's great interview with […]
Quebec Online Statutes Now Have Official Status
Among the most important pieces of legislation that came into force on January 1 is a Quebec statute, an Act respecting the Compilation of Quebec Laws and Regulations, SQ 2009, c. 40 (version française: LQ 2009, c. 40). Pursuant to this Act, all consolidated statutes published by the Quebec Official Publisher (Editeur officiel du Québec) have official […]
Giant Step for Neutral Citation
This item is from Dominic Jaar's post on today's Slaw: Concluding twelve years of efforts from the members of the Judicial Technology Advisory Committee of the Canadian Judicial Council (JTAC), Justice Fran Kiteley, from the Ontario Superior Court and a former JTAC member, rendered the first judgment using exclusively neutral citation in R. v. Andrew […]
HeinOnline and Google Scholar
If you've been interested in Google's recent activities in providing access to legal cases and legal research then you might also be interested in these two recent posts from the HeinOnline blog that compares their service to what Google Scholar has been offering. HeinOnline or Google Scholar? Why You Should Start Your Research in HeinOnline […]
Hamlyn Lectures Digitized
The Hamlyn Lectures, presented annually at the School of Law of the University of Exeter since 1949, have been digitized and are available on the school's website. The page is not perfectly clear: you have to scroll to the bottom to find the the table that lists the lectures chronologically, with links to the PDFs. […]
Legal Research Search Engine
The Cornell Law Library has partnered with Google to provide the Legal Research Engine. Thanks to Rob Richards for tweeting about Betsy McKenzie's post on Out of the Jungle. You can search for legal research guides, the 'legal internet', and academic blawgs (or all three combined). See Betsy's post for more information.
More on Google, Case Law and Legal Research
Here are a couple of more reactions to case law on Google and the potential impact on legal research. Thoughts on Google & Legal Research Rob Richards on the Legal Informatics Blog "... Google probably won’t need very long to build a good quality automatic legal citator and subject indexing system, if it has a […]