MJ 021 Law I - Introduction to Law and Legal Process   Tags: business, business_law, italy, law  

This guide was created to provide legal research assisance to students taking MJ 021 - Introduction to Law MJ in Venice during the summer of 2012. It covers the basics of finding legal materials for the United States and finding secondary materials for Italian law.   The Business Law Research Guide is a more detailed guide to legal research in the United States.

Whether you are looking for a case, a statute or a discussion of a topic, an excellent way to begin legal research is to find a relevant law review article. Law review articles are written by professors, legal practioners and scholars, and law school students.  They are scholarly publications with many footnotes. 

By finding one good article, you will get a discussion and analysis of your topic and references to pertinent cases, statutes and other law review articles.  Click on the U.S. Law Review tab information on finding law review articles.

If you have any questions or problems with your research please contact me via email, sonia.ensins@bc.edu or via the chat box on the right.  If I am not logged onto "chat", please email me.