How do I find American Law Reports?
Table of Contents
How often is American Law Reports updated?
weekly
The full series (state and federal) of American Law Reports is available in Lexis and Westlaw, and it is updated weekly in both online services. Print volumes of ALR are shelved on the 5th floor of the Law Library at KF 132; print volumes of ALR Federal are shelved on the 4th floor of the Law Library at KF 105 .
How do I find American Law Reports?
American Law Reports are available on both Westlaw and Lexis+ (access to both is limited to Stanford Law School users by personal name and password). American Law Reports contain annotations (in-depth articles) on specific legal issues, particularly where the law is unsettled or in development.
What does American Law Reports include?
American Law Reports (frequently abbreviated and referred to as ALR) contains in-depth articles on narrow topics of the law. ALR articles, called annotations, provide background, analysis, and citations to relevant cases, statutes, law review articles, and other annotations.
What are American Law Reports used for?
A.L.R. is the acronym for American Law Reports. A.L.R. annotations (articles) provide a very useful summary and analysis of the law in a specific area, and include citations to relevant primary law and other secondary sources.
Is ALR an encyclopedia?
American Law Reports (ALR) combines elements of both legal encyclopedias and case reporters. ALR contains articles, known as annotations, which are very similar to articles one might find in a legal encyclopedia. Unlike a legal encyclopedia, ALR annotations are very specific in coverage, dealing with narrow topics.
Who writes ALR?
It has been published since 1919, originally by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, and currently by West (a business unit of Thomson Reuters) and remains an important tool for legal research. Each ALR volume contains several annotations.
How do I Bluebook ALR?
The citation should contain:
- Author.
- the word “Annotation”
- Title (italicized or underlined)
- ALR Volume.
- ALR Series (see chart 24.1 for abbreviations)
- Page (if pinpoint citing, both the initial page and the pinpoint reference)
- Copyright date of volume.
How do you Bluebook an ALR?
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What words are capitalized in Bluebook?
Capitalization – Capitalize words in a title, including the first word and any word that immediately follows a colon. Do not capitalize articles, conjunctions, or prepositions if four letters or fewer.
What is American Law Reports (ALR)?
American Law Reports (frequently abbreviated and referred to as ALR) contains in-depth articles on narrow topics of the law. ALR articles, called annotations, provide background, analysis, and citations to relevant cases, statutes, law review articles, and other annotations. ALR is published in series:
What are the volumes in American Law Reports Federal?
The volumes in American Law Reports Federal, 3rd organize, summarize, and analyze pertinent federal caselaw on particular federal issues. Issues include those involving federal statutory and common law, federal practice and procedure, and federal rules and regulations.
What are articles and cases in a law report?
American Law Reports contain two kinds of material: articles and cases. Articles cover a topic through cases that focus on a particular point of law. These articles collect the cases from a variety of state and federal courts or jurisdictions and arrange them according to how the courts have ruled.