Attention law students: New information on legislation in-force

The Irish Law Reform Commission has published
a draft list of in-force legislation in Ireland.

This new list contains a definitive list not only of the Acts but also statutory instruments made under those Acts. It is the first list compiled and published in the State that seeks to include all in-force legislation in Ireland.

The list contains over 2,000 Acts and over 15,000 statutory instruments that are currently law. The list aims to include all in-force Acts and related statutory instruments up to the end of April 2016. They are listed under 36 subject-matter headings, and also identify the relevant Government Department that is responsible for each statutory instrument.

How does this list benefit you? For the first time, users of legislation will be able to find all legislation related to an area of law by subject matter.

This is a draft list. The Commission are inviting feedback and comments on its contents. More information can be found via their press release.

Attention Law Students and Staff

Justis have released their latest platform JustisOne.

JustisOne is a legal research database that hosts one of the largest collections of case law and legislation ever assembled. Along with this there are tools to help you navigate, analyse and interpret the law.

Users of the service will receive access to all case law featured on the platform from 2001 onwards.

To learn more about JustisOne click here

To register for a free account click here

Law Students: Help with Finding Legal Information

Need help with finding caselaw, legislation or legal journal articles? FI:LO Law is a portfolio of online tutorials for law students, compiled by DIT Library Services. 

FI:LO Law consists of 8 online tutorials:

• Self-Guided Tour of Library
• Introduction to Services & Facilities 
• Sources of Law
• Finding Law Books in the Library
• Finding Case Law in the Library
• Finding Legislation in the Library
• Finding Legal Journals/Journal Articles in the Library
• Referencing & Citation Using the OSCOLA Ireland Legal Citation Guide

Each tutorial can be accessed separately and can be viewed on- and off-campus.
 

Attention Law Students!

Access to the England and Wales Judgements series is temporarily available until the Friday 16th December via Justis.

New to the Justis full-text legal library, the England and Wales Judgements series contains 135,000 cases from 1951 onwards, containing decisions of the Court of Appeal, along with more recent High Court material.

Justis can be accessed through the law subject gateway: http://www.dit.ie/library/subjects/law/

Attention Law Students!

Need an Overview About a Case? Case Search gives you all the Key Information you need.

The people at LexisNexis have made things a little easier by moving the Digest of a case to the top of the CaseSearch document so you can quickly see what a case is about. All the existing information such as the case history and cases considered are still there, but you can now scan the Digest first for relevancy. Another time saver for the busy legal researcher!

Journals

30 leading full text journals are to be added to LexisNexis over the coming months from Bloomsbury and Cambridge University Press. This means more articles in key practice areas such as crime, European law, healthcare to name a few.

Can't remember that legal definition? Try LexisNavigator!

This online tool has been expanded to cover more than 1000 terms. Now it's even easier to find that legal term in the QuickFind search on your homepage or on the practice area pages.

You can access Lexis Nexis through our Databases page http://www.dit.ie/library/databases/

Log in remotely using your Student Number and Library PIN.

US Legal Cases & journals on Google Scholar

Google Scholar now has access to full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts. You can find these opinions by searching for cases (like Planned Parenthood v. Casey), or by topics (like desegregation) or other queries that you are interested in. Click on the "Legal opinions and journals" radio button and type in what you are interested in –for example try the query separate but equal. Your search results will include links to many cases on this, cases such as Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, which explore the acceptability of "separate but equal" facilities for citizens at two different points in the history of the U.S. Search results will also include opinions from cases that might not have made the headlines but which nevertheless played an important role in establishing precedents that guided the rulings of many other judges in similar cases.

Extended coverage of Irish Law Reports
Good news to those who use Irish Law Reports. In the coming days our subscription to Justis will have an extended coverage of the Irish Law Reports (ILRs); they are now available from 1838 to present. The ILRs are available in full text and most of these are available as printable PDFs that replicate the pagination and appearance of the original hard copies. Going so far back adds substantial value to the reports, while the long-awaited inclusion of PDF images – exact copies of what you’d otherwise spend hours photocopying greatly enhance the quality of these reports. Each report includes catchwords and a headnote, which summarises the judgments.