Strategies for Research Success with Michael Green SC

Michael Green SC

Director

Parts

    • Introduction (00:00)
    • Overview (01:49)
    • What is case law? (04:30)
    • What case law is, and what it's not (06:30)
    • Legal Principles in case law (10:10)
    • Medium Neutral Citations (MNCs) (12:00)
    • Retro-fitted MNCs (13:40)
    • Demonstration searching for case law with JADE and explanation of paragraph numbering in High Court decision (18:00)
    • Citing page numbers in a law report (20:00)
    • Pre-Medium Neutral Citation 'Parallel Citations' - letters as pinpoint markers (21:10)
    • Faux MNCs (22:10)
    • Demonstration with AustLII LawCite (23:20)
    • Coverage of Courts in JADE (26:10)
    • ProTip for Searching Full Text (28:00)
    • JADE CaseTrace, parallel citations (29:00)
    • Using Clips, Citations and Footnotes in JADE to find leads in your research (30:49)
    • Tracking appeals in JADE and litigation history summary table (36:40)
    • JADE Citation builder tool for easy copying of citations (42:00)
    • Issues with full-text searches using IceTV (43:45)
    • Drilling down into results with JADE (44:40)
    • Focus matches with 'Statute of Anne' (46:30)
    • Complex searching with phrases in JADE search box (47:45)
    • Demonstration of the Victorian Reports (51:00)
    • Finding the best decisions to read (56:30)
    • JADE Alerts, adding a new alert (58:00)
    • Creating a JADE Alert for a single case (01:03:05)
    • Reasons to use authorised reports (01:05:20)
    • Questions (01:07:20)
    • Comment on the way the High Court of Australia cites authoritative reports (01:10:30)
    • Question: How does JADE handle documents uploaded by users for citation analysis? (01:15:10)
    • Comity and the Common Law (01:18:00)
    • Example of statement of legal principle from the High Court and looking at the judgments of intermediate appellate courts (01:22:31)
    • Viewing cited paragraphs and reading through only the cited sections of a case to get a feel for it (01:23:30)
    • Closing comments and next session (01:27:00)

Advanced Case Law

Additional Materials

00:00 Introduction

  • 01:49 Overview
  • 04:30 What is case law?
  • 06:30 What case law is, and what it's not
  • 10:10 Legal Principles in case law
  • 12:00 Medium Neutral Citations (MNCs)
  • 13:40 Retro-fitted MNCs
  • 18:00 Demonstration searching for case law with JADE and explanation of paragraph numbering in High Court decision
  • 20:00 Citing page numbers in a law report
  • 21:10 Pre-Medium Neutral Citation 'Parallel Citations' - letters as pinpoint markers
  • 22:10 Faux MNCs
  • 23:20 Demonstration with AustLII LawCite
  • 26:10 Coverage of Courts in JADE
  • 28:00 ProTip for Searching Full Text
  • 29:00 JADE CaseTrace, parallel citations
  • 30:49 Using Clips, Citations and Footnotes in JADE to find leads in your research
  • 36:40 Tracking appeals in JADE and litigation history summary table
  • 42:00 JADE Citation builder tool for easy copying of citations
  • 43:45 Issues with full-text searches using IceTV
  • 44:40 Drilling down into results with JADE
  • 46:30 Focus matches with 'Statute of Anne'
  • 47:45 Complex searching with phrases in JADE search box
  • 51:00 Demonstration of the Victorian Reports
  • 56:30 Finding the best decisions to read
  • 58:00 JADE Alerts, adding a new alert
  • 01:03:05 Creating a JADE Alert for a single case
  • 01:05:20 Reasons to use authorised reports
  • 01:07:20 Questions
  • 01:10:30 Comment on the way the High Court of Australia cites authoritative reports
  • 01:15:10 Question: How does JADE handle documents uploaded by users for citation analysis?
  • 01:18:00 Comity and the Common Law
  • 01:22:31 Example of statement of legal principle from the High Court and looking at the judgments of intermediate appellate courts
  • 01:23:30 Viewing cited paragraphs and reading through only the cited sections of a case to get a feel for it
  • 01:27:00 Closing comments and next session