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SECONDARY SOURCES RESEARCH

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Secondary Legal Authorities

Kinds of Secondary Legal AuthoritiesReview Articles, Treatises, Restatement of the Law,

Legal Encyclopedias and other similar items.


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Annotated Statutory CompilationThe Philippine Permanent and General Statutes

The Health Laws of the Philippines


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Case DigestPhil Digest, Republic of the Philippines Digest,

VelayosDigest and SCRA Quick Index Digest


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Purposes on Secondary Legal Authorities


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Study of Secondary Legal Authorities Leadto the Primary Legal Authorities


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Guidelines for choosing SLA

Background reading ishelpful

Avoid highly scholarly law

reviews treatisesNational Law

Encyclopedias will be helpfulChoose the most up-to-

date materialsDo not uncritically acceptthe theory of the author, do

your own reading of theprimary authorities


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Using Legal PeriodicalsFinding Articles In Legal Journals and Law

Reviews


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Using Legal PeriodicalsLaw Reviews


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Using Legal PeriodicalsOther Legal Periodicals


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Using Legal PeriodicalsSearching Legal Journal Indexes


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Searching for Articles in Full-Text DatabasesNo need for comprehensive search, just relevant

articles.


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Searching for Articles in Full-Text Databases

Finding journals and Law Reviews


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General News Sources

National Newspapers


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Using Legal Encyclopedias

most useful in the beginning of a research


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Using Treatises, Hornbooks & Nutshells



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Re-Statement of Laws



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Tips for using Secondary SourcesMake sure secondary sources are up-to-date


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Tips for using Secondary SourcesOnline Sources are better to browse if printed


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Tips for using Secondary SourcesDont spend too much time on a particular

source


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Tips for using Secondary SourcesThese sources are meant to speed up the entire

process of the research


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Practice Material and Form Books

DictionariesInternational Treaties

Form Books


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Secondary Legal AuthoritiesPractice Material and Form Books

TextbooksAdministrative LawCivil LawCommercial LawCriminal LawLabor Law

Land Titles and Natural ResourcesLegal & Judicial EthicsPolitical LawElection LawLocal GovernmentInternational Law

Remedial LawCivil ProcedureLegal Research & BibliographyStatutory ConstructionTaxationHealth LawsTariff and Custom Codes


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Philippine On-Line SourcesThese sources are meant to speed up the entire

process of the research


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Foreign On-Line SourcesThese sources are used in the Philippine legal

research


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Thank you


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