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Getting your Research
Basics Right
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Breaking down the
process
Legal
Research
The Madman & the Architect
Madman
• Generate ideas
• Hunt for authorities
• Get carried away
Architect
• Make connections between ideas
• Plan structure of arguments
• Produce a detailed, linear outline
Adopted from Betty S. Flowers, Madman, Architect, Carpenter, Judge: Roles and the Writing Process Language Arts, vol. 58, no. 7, 1981, pp. 834–
836. www.jstor.org/stable/41962375.
Legislation
Legal
Research
Researching Legislation
1. Text
2. Structure
3. Purpose
4. History
Researching Legislation – Text & Structure
Where to find?
http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/
http://www.legislation.gov.hk/
https://www.legislation.gov.au/
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng
Researching Legislation – Purpose & History
What to look at?
• Consultation papers (reach.gov.sg) and submissions/feedback
• SAL’s Law Reform Committee Publications (e.g. Report of the Law Reform
Committee on Opinion Evidence)
• AGC’s Legislation and Law Reform Division (on arbitration, hearsay
evidence and penal code etc.)
• Hansard
• Select Committee Reports (http://www.parliament.gov.sg/publications-
select-committee-reports)
Cases
Legal
Research
Researching Cases – Courts and Tribunals
Where to look at?
Researching Cases – Courts and Tribunals
Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT)
Researching Cases – Electronic databases
Availability of cases
• Free on the tribunal’s or judiciary’s website (e.g. UKIP, HK Judiciary, UK
Judiciary)
• Free online databases (BAILII, AUSTLII, etc)
• Paid databases (LawNet, Lexis, Westlaw, etc)
Alternatives
• Sites with case summaries
• Commentaries from law firms
Researching Cases – Electronic databases
Tips
• Boolean Operators:
Inclusion: AND, OR
Exclusion: -, NOT_IN
Refinement: “…”, NEAR/#
Wildcard: *, ?
• Try “Advanced Search”, especially if you want to find exact cases
• Browse the Subject Tree
Researching Cases – Key points
• Read the cases
• Do noting up
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INTELLLEX: Getting Your Research Basics Right

  • 1. ACME TECH Wearables for live events Getting your Research Basics Right
  • 4. The Madman & the Architect Madman • Generate ideas • Hunt for authorities • Get carried away Architect • Make connections between ideas • Plan structure of arguments • Produce a detailed, linear outline Adopted from Betty S. Flowers, Madman, Architect, Carpenter, Judge: Roles and the Writing Process Language Arts, vol. 58, no. 7, 1981, pp. 834– 836. www.jstor.org/stable/41962375.
  • 6. Researching Legislation 1. Text 2. Structure 3. Purpose 4. History
  • 7. Researching Legislation – Text & Structure Where to find? http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/ http://www.legislation.gov.hk/ https://www.legislation.gov.au/ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng
  • 8. Researching Legislation – Purpose & History What to look at? • Consultation papers (reach.gov.sg) and submissions/feedback • SAL’s Law Reform Committee Publications (e.g. Report of the Law Reform Committee on Opinion Evidence) • AGC’s Legislation and Law Reform Division (on arbitration, hearsay evidence and penal code etc.) • Hansard • Select Committee Reports (http://www.parliament.gov.sg/publications- select-committee-reports)
  • 10. Researching Cases – Courts and Tribunals Where to look at?
  • 11. Researching Cases – Courts and Tribunals Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT)
  • 12. Researching Cases – Electronic databases Availability of cases • Free on the tribunal’s or judiciary’s website (e.g. UKIP, HK Judiciary, UK Judiciary) • Free online databases (BAILII, AUSTLII, etc) • Paid databases (LawNet, Lexis, Westlaw, etc) Alternatives • Sites with case summaries • Commentaries from law firms
  • 13. Researching Cases – Electronic databases Tips • Boolean Operators: Inclusion: AND, OR Exclusion: -, NOT_IN Refinement: “…”, NEAR/# Wildcard: *, ? • Try “Advanced Search”, especially if you want to find exact cases • Browse the Subject Tree
  • 14. Researching Cases – Key points • Read the cases • Do noting up