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BUSI 3312: Business Law

Tips for finding full text of cases, Shepardizing, etc.

Law Review and Law Journal Articles

  • Scholarly articles written by experts.
  • Published by law schools, etc.
  • May discuss a topic of law.
  • Use relevant cases to illustrate the topic.
  • Students interested in a case might find a case they are briefing explained in everyday language.

Searching Law Reviews and Law Journal Articles: Westlaw

  1. Go to Westlaw.
  2. Under All Content tab, click on Secondary Sources.
  3. Click on Law Reviews & Journals.
  4. Will be searching all law reviews and journals.  Can click on Texas to search only Texas publications.
  5. In search box, type in one case name or one citation in “quotation marks”:
    • “kelo v. city of new london”
    • kelo w/sent “city of new london” (notice that you will only put a particular phrase in "quotation marks" when using this "trick" search)
    • “545 u.s. 469”
    • TIP:  For some cases with parallel citations, might be best to search by case name.
  6. Click Search button
  7. May browse articles or filter the results by Search within results option in the left column.
  8. Click on a blue link of law review cite to read article—might find background information on your case