Legal Research

Google Scholar is Expanding into Legal Information.

By David

Google Scholar now has available  legal opinions and journals.  Currently the site  has made available all US Supreme Court opinions, Federal Appeals opinions since 1924, and many Federal District Court opinions.  There are also opinions from state courts included since 1950.

You can access the opinions and journals by clicking on the main Google Scholar page  radio button entiled “legal opinions and journals.” More precise searching is available on the Google Schloar advanced search  page, including the ability to restrict the search by specific states.

This is clearly a developing tool but it shows a lot of promise. For more details regarding this new development see either of  the following sites:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/finding-laws-that-govern-us.html or

http://dukelawref.blogspot.com/2009/11/google-scholar-adds-free-legal-content.html

Yo can also go to  http://scholar.google.com/  and enjoy finding out first hand how well you like the search engine  and the results.  Don’t forget Advanced Search for more detailed search parameters.

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Full post as published by Cocky Law Blawg on November 19, 2009 (boomark / email).