Criminal law cm_22082012

Criminal Law (LAW103)Legal Research

Charlotte Gill

Research Librarian, Law

August 2014

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Criminal Law Guide

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PYXIS - Articles

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[2000] 0 SJLS 560

Locating a specific article in LawNet

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Locating a specific article in LawNet

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Searching for articles around a topic in LawNet

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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 ANDX AND Y both X and Y must be present

negligence AND causation

YX

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LawNet - Articles

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Articles

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Journal Article

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News Article

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Case

Case

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Searching for cases

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Locate:

S Balakrishnan & Anor v Public Prosecutor

[2005] 4 SLR 249

This is a reported case.

Locating Singapore Cases

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LawNet – Citation Search

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Neutral Citation

Locate:

Public Prosecutor v Chui Kuo Kwong

[2014] SGDC 316

This is an unreported case.

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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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Malayan Law Journal

Locate

Abdullah v R

[1954] MLJ 195

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Searching for cases around a topic in LawNet

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Searching for cases around a topic

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Searching for cases around a topic

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Refining search

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Unpublished Cases

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News

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Factiva

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India

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Locating Indian Cases

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Indian Case

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Criminal Law Research Guide Start with secondary sources Case law: reported, unreported

and unpublished News India resources

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