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Similar to lexis advance, westlaw offers a full range of u. Westlaw international is a vast global legal research library built on some of the worlds best legal, news and business information. Once upon a time, the only way to do legal research was to pore through books of cases and legal precedent. The library subscribes to a number of commercial databases related to legal research which are available to patrons while onsite in a library of congress reading room only. Westlaw is built on 100 years of innovating with australian lawyers, leveraging global technological advancements that actually work. Provides detailed contents and coverage information.
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To see a list of ica resources in lexis, search the directory of online sources. It is a single platform for searching asian legal materials across multiple countries within a single search. Westlaw authors are experts in every area of the law leverage the topical expertise from worldclass experts, including practitioners, law professors, and judges who know and shape the law. Westlaw continually reinvests in the ongoing development of authoritative legal content and innovative tools to provide you with total support.
From the databases page on the library homepage, select westlaw asia. Westlaw is a major legal database providing full text access to uk and international case law, legislation, journals. Connect to the worlds leading source of professional legal. This simple but powerful plan gives you access to regularly updated caselaw and statutes, complete with the exclusive keycite citation service. With thomson reuters westlaw, youll find legal information you need quickly, confidently, and know your research is complete using the worlds most preferred. Full text of more than 250 legal treatises on state, federal, and international topics, published by thomson reuters westlaw. Also includes uk civil procedures, eu cases, treaties and directives, daily alerting service. It is an ideal tool for comparative law research, and a significant time saver. You may be able to access westlaw international by visiting the homepage of westlaw uk from the eresources law area of the library for online programmes then, in westlaw uk click on the services link in the top menu and then select westlaw international. For united kingdom and european court of human rights legal content see the. Lexisnexis versus westlaw revisited lac group research.
Westlaw china contains more than 352,000 laws and regulations. Westlaw international is a legal database which provides access to selected full text case law, legislation and journal articles for the us and other selected jurisdictions worldwide. That all started to change in the late 1970s and early 1980s as two pioneering firms, lexisnexis and westlaw part of thomson reuters since 1996, compiled their databases of legal information, developed indexing, search and retrieval algorithms and provided access via dialup or. The downloadable directory groups the databases available on westlaw into categories and includes starting dates of. Contract express automate and simplify the drafting of standard legal documents with thomson reuters contract express, a legal document automation software for inhouse. Westlaw is an online legal research service and proprietary database for lawyers and legal. Request a free demonstration to discover how westlaw international can increase the efficiency of your multijurisdictional legal research. Ross is a legal research service powered by the industrys most advanced artificial intelligence. Legal technology, products and services thomson reuters. Litigation analytics brings insights into the people, precedents, and circumstances you need to know in order to.
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