Information Sources in Law
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Information Sources in Law is a book.
First Edition
The first edition was edited by R G Logan and published by Butterworths in 1986. It is part of the series, which was then known as Butterworths Guides to Information Sources. It consists of twenty-three chapters attributed to twenty contributors.See both editions of the book. The subject-matter of these chapters ranges from the general to the specialized.Pechota, Vratislav. Szladits' Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law: Books and Articles in English 1984 - 1986. Published for the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law by Oceana Publications Inc. Dobbs Ferry, New York. 1990. {{ISBN|0 379 14068 3}}. Volume I (Nos 1 - 10669). No 999 at page 45. A book on legal research describes Information Sources in Law as being "not as useful for present purposes" as the title promises.Tunkel, Victor. Legal Research: Law-Finding and Problem-Solving. Blackstone Press Limited. 1992. {{ISBN|1 85431 171 9}}. Page 138. Information Sources in Law is "detailed" and its contributors are "leading experts".Jean Dane, Phillip Aneurin Thomas, Grainne Smith. How to Use a Law Library. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1987. {{ISBN|978 04213 6030 3}}. Paragraph 6-35 at page 136. See also paragraph 6-42 at page 137. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ywotAAAAMAAJ Google Books].
Second Edition
The second edition was edited by Jules Winterton and Elizabeth M Moys and published by Bowker-Saur in 1997. The series of which it was part is now known as Guides to Information Sources.See the book. It is "completely revised".Helen F Sullivan and Robert H Burger. Russia and Eastern Europe: A Bibliographic Guide to English-Language Publications, 1992-1999. Libraries Unlimited. 2001. {{ISBN|1 56308 736 7}}. Paragraph 296 at page 84. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jVlczsTCP58C&pg=PA84 Digitized copy] from Google Books. It focuses on Europe,Marci Hoffman and Mary Rumsey. International and Foreign Legal Research: A Coursebook. Second Edition. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 2012. {{ISBN|978 90 04 20480 5}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Up0pOyBptegC&pg=PA141 Page 141]. See also page 60. and deals with more than thirty of its jurisdictions.Jeanne Rehberg and Radu D Popa (editors). Accidental Tourist on the New Frontier: An Introductory Guide to Global Legal Research. Fred B Rothman Publications. 1998. Second Printing 1999. {{ISBN|0 8377 1075 8}}. Page 106. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yt6xbymeO7IC&pg=PA106 Digitized copy] from Google Books.
References
- Logan, R G (editor). Information Sources in Law. Butterworths. London. 1986. {{ISBN|0 408 11474 6}}.
- Winterton, Jules; Moys, Elizabeth M (editors). Information Sources in Law. Second Edition. Bowker-Saur. 1997. {{ISBN|1 85739 041 5}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9YAhAAAAQBAJ Preview] from Google Books. [http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/54046 De Gruyter].
- Munday, Roderick. "Book Reviews" (1986) 45 Cambridge Law Journal 357 - 358. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4506907 JSTOR].
- "Information Sources in Law, editor: R G Logan". The Law Society Gazette. 10 September 1986. [https://archive.today/20130821024117/http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/information-sources-law-editor-r-g-logan Digitised copy]
- Tickle, Teresa. "Reference Books of 1997 - 1998: A Selection" (Autumn 1999) Slavic Review. Vol 58, No 3. Pages 723 - 724. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2697634 JSTOR].
- (1998) 29 The Law Librarian 124 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=veHgAAAAMAAJ Google Books])
- Peter Clinch. Legal Information: What it is and Where to Find it. Second Edition. Aslib. 2005. {{ISBN|0 85142 445 7}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=wDP2rcvGS10C Google Books].
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