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Legal Research
Charlotte Gill/ Rita Lam
Research Librarian, Law
August 2015
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2. Locating books and journals
Locating case law
Locating legislation
Locating parliamentary debates / Hansards
Evaluating online information
Plagarism
LIBLAW(LAW104)
Basic Legal Research Skills
3. Plagiarism
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4. 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 AND
X AND Y
both X and Y must be
present
negligence AND
causation
YX
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7. Library Search - Articles
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9. Refine by topic
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11. To view the article
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12. To view the article
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17. [2000] 0 SJLS 560
Locating a specific article in
LawNet
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18. Locating a specific article in LawNet
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19. Locating a specific article in LawNet
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22. Searching for articles around a
topic in LawNet
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23. Searching around a topic
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28. Searching for Singapore cases
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29. Locate:
S Balakrishnan & Anor v Public Prosecutor
[2005] 4 SLR(R) 249
This is a reported case.
Locating Singapore Cases
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30. LawNet – Citation Search
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35. 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 appeal
SGDC – District Court
SGFC – Family Court
SGHC – High Court
SGJC – Juvenile Court
SGMC – Magistrates Court
SGSC – Supreme Court
SGSCT – Small Claims Tribunal
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40. Searching for cases
around a topic in LawNet
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41. Searching for cases around a topic
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42. Searching for cases around a topic
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58. Locating Indian Cases
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62. Criminal Law Guide
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63. Criminal Law Research Guide
Start with secondary sources
Case law: reported, unreported
and unpublished
News
India resources
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