With thousands of articles written by lawyers covering the full breadth of U.S. law, American Law Reports saves you time by digging deeper into a topic faster. Westlaw makes it easy to find exactly the ALR article you need, and then link you to any other point resource. Westlaw has all six series, the two federal series, the ALR Digest and the ALR Index: Although ALR annotations are similar in tone to legal encyclopedia articles, they differ in that they are not organized alphabetically and tend to delve into a particular legal principle or doctrine, whereas encyclopedia articles, on the other hand, aim at a broader vision of the legal question. In addition, the articles of the LRA intend to provide cases on both sides of the legal issue and provide lists of cases according to their jurisdiction. Each ALR band contains several annotations. An annotation is an article that briefly and precisely summarizes the development of a very specific legal concept. The article is either preceded by the full text of a relevant important case or, in subsequent series, preceded by a reference to the text of the case, which is reproduced at the end of the volume. American Law Reports articles contain links to other content related to your legal issue, such as: Each article is a comprehensive research work that summarizes all the jurisprudence relevant to a particular legal point. The articles analyze the differences between cases to give an objective analysis of both sides of a problem. In addition, the authors add pre-fateural statements, detailed plans, practical advice and precautions.
ALR has been published in several series (the current series is ALR7th) and there are ALR Fed series (which focus on federal law). ALR3d to ALR6th and ALR Fed are updated with pocket coin additions (the first series has a citation service and ALR2d a later case service). Annotations can be replaced by a later note in which the editor reanalyzes the law in light of recent developments. Since the commentaries are published in the order in which the main cases were decided, there are various finding aids. The combined ALR indices cover ALR2d themes to the current ALR series and all ALR Fed series. West`s ALR Digest now follows the West American Digest System classification system and includes primary notes for reported cases as well as references to annotations. For topics fully covered by federal law, the Softbound Quick Index indexes annotations in ALR Fed. The flexible case table (for a state case) or the federal ALR case table (for a federal case) contains ALR references for a specific case. A reader can also use references in American Jurisprudence, Corpus Juris Secundum, and government encyclopedias published by Thomson West to find further discussion in ALR. Finally, ALR articles can also be searched on Westlaw. [1] In U.S.
law, American Law Reports is a resource used by U.S. lawyers to find a variety of sources related to specific legal rules, doctrines, or principles. It has been published since 1919, originally by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing and now by West (a business unit of Thomson Reuters), and continues to be an important tool for legal research. The article will include a variety of relevant quotes on cases from across the United States and secondary sources such as law review articles. The range and number of citations are always very representative, but not always guaranteed to be complete.