How do I search for a database in Westlaw?
To run a search in a Westlaw Highlights database, click Edit Search in the left frame or at the top of a result list. Delete the current query in the text box, type your Terms and Connectors query or Natural Language description, and click Search Westlaw.
How do I search for cases in Westlaw?
After logging into Westlaw, select “Cases” from the menu across the top of the page. Then in the “Free Text ” box type [(discrimination /5 female or women) and (airline* or airways)] and click “Search”.
How do I search for headnotes in Westlaw?
Run a search at the home page using that topic and key number. For example, to search for cases with headnotes classified under topic 115 (Damages) and key number 101 (Expenses), type 115k101 in the search box at the top of the page, change the jurisdiction if necessary, and click Search.
How do I do an advanced search on Westlaw?
The Advanced Searching option is available by clicking on Show Advanced Options on the searching screen of WestLaw. Click on the Connectors/Expanders link below the Search box to see a more complete listing of connectors.
Is Wall Street Journal on Westlaw?
Note that Westlaw provides full text access to both the New York Times (June 1980 to current) and the Los Angeles Times (Jan. 1985 to current), but only provides abstracts to the Wall Street Journal (1973 to current) and selected coverage of the Washington Post.
How do you create a table of authorities in Westlaw?
Are you ready to build your table of authorities?
- Click on TOA Builder.
- Click on Create New near Select Profile.
- Name your profile.
- Select your default jurisdiction.
- Set your rules.
- Click Save.
How do you find legal precedents?
This post was coauthored by Barbara Bavis. One of the defining features of the common law system is the emphasis placed on the precedential value of case law.
How do you find case precedents?
Forms and Precedents can be found in many places:
- Legislation and regulations.
- Courts’ website.
- Textbooks.
- Legal Education Society of Alberta Seminar materials (LESA) in our library collection or through the LESA Library.
Can you cite a headnote as authority?
Headnotes appear before the judicial opinion and are generally written by a publisher’s editors. Headnotes are a great research tool but are not considered legal authority and should never be cited to.
Is dictum secondary authority?
dictum: a statement, analysis, or discussion in the court’s opinion that is irrelevant or unnecessary for the outcome of the case. holding: that part of the written opinion that has precedential value and is considered primary authority because it is the ruling or decision of the court.
What is a Boolean search on Westlaw?
The Boolean search method is very similar to the Terms and Connectors search method you use on Westlaw®; however, there are some differences. When you type a search in the text box at the top of the page, special rules govern which searches are processed as Boolean Terms and Connectors searches.
What does P mean on Westlaw?
/p. hearsay /p utterance. The search terms must appear in the same paragraph.