Annotations of Cases
- American DecisionsCall Number: UCF Main Library -- General Collection -- KF 133 .A66 (through 1869)ch4ck avaiability of print editions
"cases of general value and authority decided in the courts of the several states from the earliest issue of the state reports to the year 1869."
See HathiTrust for digitized copies of some volumes. - American ReportsCall Number: UCF Main Library -- General Collection -- KF 133 .A66 (1868-1887)ch4ck availability of print editions
"containing all decisions of general interest decided in the courts of last resort of the several states."
See HathiTrust for digitized copies of some volumes. - American International Law CasesCall Number: General Collection -- 3rd floor -- JX 238 .A2 D4 (1783+)discusses published federal and state decisions involving questions of public international law from 1783 forward.
Treatises, Hornbooks, Casebooks, In a Nutshell, etc.
See also Florida texts.
Various published series exist providing single-volume overviews of specific areas of the law. Although the UCF Library does not have a comprehensive collection of these texts, some of them can be located through
- the UCF library catalog by searching for the legal topic by keyword, e.g. "torts" and the keyword "series",
- then Browse Results by Call Number: Library of Congress "K". (browse by call number feature is currently unavailable)
Some of the legal topic series include:
Am Jur Trials
- American jurisprudence trials : an encyclopedic guide to the modern practices, techniques, and tactics used in preparing and trying cases, with model programs for the handling of all types of litigationCall Number: UCF Main Library General Collection -- KF 8915.A74"shares the techniques and strategies that spelled success in the actual cases of more than 300 prominent trial attorneys, judges and other legal experts. Details successful techniques point-by-point in its hundreds of informative model trial articles that cover the spectrum of personal injury, business, and criminal litigation. Provides step-by-step guidance through all the phases of trial -- from initial client interview, discovery, pleadings, motions and trial itself, to post-trial motions and appeals."
Features
-Checklists
- Model pleading, discovery, and motion forms
- Sample opening statements and final arguments
- Sample litigation aids, photos, maps, diagrams, charts, tables, graphs, and more
America Law Reports (ALR)
provide detailed discussions concerning legal issues with extensive summaries of relevant court cases.
Indexes:
- ALR IndexCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 132 .A58 (1948+)- index for ALR 2nd, ALR 3rd, ALR 4th, ALR 5th, ALR 6th, ALR 7th, and ALR Fed
- ALR Permanent Digest of American Law Reports AnnotatedCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 132 .A518 (1919-1948)- index for ALR
Reports:
- ALR - American Law Reports AnnotatedCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 132 .A5216 (1919-1948)
- ALR2d - American Law Reports Annotated, Second SeriesCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 132 .A52166 (1948-1965)
- ALR2d - American Law Reports Annotated, Second Series: Later Case Service: Supplemental Cases Analyzed & ClassifiedCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 132 .A5217
- ALR3d - American Law Reports, ALR3d, Cases and AnnotationsCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 132 .A53 (1965-1980)
- ALR4th - American Law Reports, ALR4th, Cases and AnnotationsCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 132 .A54 (1980-1992)
- ALR5th - American Law Reports, ALR5th, Annotations and CasesCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 132 .A55 (1992-2005)
- ALR6th - American Law Reports, ALR6th, Annotations and CasesCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 132 .A56 (2005-2015)
Beginning with the 7th series, reported cases are nor reproduced in the volumes due to widespread online access to cases.
The citation format also changes beginning with the 7th series; the previous format still applies for the 1st through 6th series. The fourth article in the first volume of ALR 7th begins on page 283. Under the previous citation format it would have been cited as 1 A.L.R.7th 283, but under the new format it is cited as 1 A.L.R.7th Art. 4.
- ALR7th - American Law Reports, ALR7thCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF 132 .A57 (2015+)
- ALR Fed 3d - American Law Reports, Federal 3dCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KF132.A473 (2015+)
- ALR Int'l - American Law Reports. ALR International: Annotations & CasesCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- KZ 199 .A44 (2010+)
Through July 31, 2024, the UCF Libraries has temporary access to the Westlaw Campus database, which includes the text of American Law Reports. No funds have been identified for extending the Westlaw Campus access beyond July 31st.
- Westlaw Campus (access expired June 30, 2024)
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UCF access to Westlaw ended as of June, 30 2024. Consider using Nexis Uni for legal research.
