Few things are more frustrating than finding your “golden case”—the case that will answer all your questions, solve all your problems and surely render opposing counsel speechless—only to realize you cannot understand a word of it because it’s been reported in French (and, well, you don’t speak French). While the search for English translations of case law reported in French is not entirely hopeless, it can be a challenge.
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Finding a Cited Case
How do you find a decision using a citation? What does a citation even mean? Well, a citation provides all the information you need to find a case. Continue reading “Finding a Cited Case”
Organize and monitor your online legal research
Legal research can get messy fast. The process of finding and understanding the relevant law is rarely linear. It can also take time, cover many sources, both print and electronic, and produce a large volume of results, from commentary to cases. Having a research plan, documenting your process and keeping your results organized are key. Lexbox is a free Google Chrome extension which presents one option for organizing and monitoring your online legal research. Continue reading “Organize and monitor your online legal research”
Know How, the blog of the Great Library 