RESEARCH PROCESS EXERCISE SECONDARY SOURCE LAW
Your Name ________________ Your Professor’s Name _______________________ Your Section _______________________________ Assigned Problem Number ____________________ [If there are difficulties finding books, add 5 to your problem number] 1. Read Exercise 3 on pages 43-46. Before actually consulting the text, what entry or entries seem to be most useful based on the subject given for your problem number? Damages
2. Consult the outline or analysis of the topic in American Jurisprudence Second, for your problem number. Consult the volume index to find references to discussion dealing with the subject listed in your problem number. What entry or entries in the index in American Jurisprudence Second seem to be most useful, if any? Under Damages, Sentimentalism
3. Record the information that you would need to cite the most relevant portion(s) of American Jurisprudence Second: a. volume number: 22 b. The topic consulted in American Jurisprudence Second: Damages c. The section(s) containing the most relevant information: §§ 136, 260, 413, 439, 441 d. The copyright date of the main part of the volume: 1988 e. The copyright date of the supplement (if consulted): not 4. Consult the outline or analysis of the topic in Corpus Juris Secundum. Consult the volume index to find references to discussion dealing with the subject listed in your problem number. What entry or entries in the index in Corpus Juris Secundum seem to be most useful, if any? Proceedings for assessment, computation and amount of damages
6. Record the information that you would need to cite the most relevant portion(s) of Corpus Juris Secundum: a. volume number: 25A b. The topic consulted in Corpus Juris Secundum: Damages
c. The section(s) containing the most relevant information: §§ 384 to 394 and Supp. §§ 341, 342 d. The copyright date of the main part of the volume: 2002 e. The copyright date of the supplement (if consulted): 2003 7. Assume that you want to continue your background research by consulting some periodical literature on the general subject listed with your problem number; assume you want to use the Index to Legal Periodicals, Current Law Index, or LegalTrac to find citations. Using one or more of these sources, find citations to two (2) articles dealing with the general subject listed with your problem number. a. Which Index source did you use and how did you locate it? I used Current Law Index. I located the books by following Scott Shane to the books. b. First Article Found Source used: Current Law index Year(s) covered by the Index or latest dated material added: April 1 – May 1 2003 Subject Heading in the Index: Damages Exact entry for the Article: Civil Jury Trial – assessing non-pecuniary damages – civil jury reform. Foreman v. Foster by John C. Bouck. 81 Canadian Bar Review 493-528 Nov, 2002 c. Second Article Found Source used: Current Law index Year(s) covered by the Index or latest dated material added: April 1 – May 1 2003 Subject Heading in the Index: Damages Exact entry for the Article: Tort reform and the damages dilemma. By Nicholas J. Mullany 25 University of New South Wales Law Journal 876-887 Summer, 2002 8. Find and read one of the articles listed in your response to question 7. a. What article did you choose? Tort reform and the damages dilemma b. How did you locate it? What problems, if any, did you have locating it? I went upstairs in the library. c. Record the information that you would need to cite this article: The name(s) of the author(s): Nicholas J Mullany
The type of work–Article? Note? Comment? Forum – Reform of the law of negligence The title of the article? Tort Reform and the Damages Dilemma The Volume number: 25 The name of the periodical: University of New South Wales Law Journal The page on which the article begins: 876 The copyright date: 2002