Table of Contents

• Library: A Guide to Legal Research in Virginia (Virginia CLE) (2017 Ed.)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters and Authors

Acknowledgments

About the Editor and Authors

Preface

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES
1.1	PURPOSE AND SCOPE
1.2	BRIEFING RULES
1.201	Sources
1.202	Principal Elements of Briefs
1.3	CITATION FORM
CHAPTER 2: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
2.1	INTRODUCTION
2.2	PRIOR ORGANIC LAW
2.201	Early Constitutions
2.202	Civil War Constitutions
2.203	Sixth and Seventh Constitutions
2.3	CURRENT CONSTITUTION
2.301	General
2.302	Structure of the Constitution
2.303	Text of the Constitution
2.304	Another Source; Comparison with Other State Constitutions
2.305	Index
2.4	CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
2.5	JUDICIAL INTERPRETATIONS
	2.501	Code of Virginia 1950, Annotated and West's Annotated Code of Virginia
	2.502	Virginia and West Virginia Digest
	2.503	Shepard's Virginia Citations
2.504	Official Reports
2.505	Unofficial Reports
2.6	TREATISES AND COMMENTARIES
	2.601	Michie's Jurisprudence of Virginia and West Virginia
	2.602	Commentaries
	2.603	Other Sources
2.7	CITATION
CHAPTER 3: STATUTORY LAW
3.1	INTRODUCTION
3.2	LEGISLATION
3.201	Publication
3.202	Legislative History
3.203	Creation of Legislation
3.204	Resources for Locating Proposed and Enacted Legislation
3.3	THE VIRGINIA CODE
	3.301	Code of Virginia 1950
3.302	Previous Codification
3.303	Annotations
3.304	Tables
3.305	Other Sources for Researching Statutes by Subject
3.306	The Virginia Code in Electronic Format
3.4	UPDATING
	3.401	Shepard's Virginia Citations
3.402	Table of Subscription Databases with Virginia Code and Statutes
CHAPTER 4: COURTS AND CASE LAW
4.1	INTRODUCTION
4.2	COURTS
4.201	In General
4.202	Supreme Court of Virginia
4.203	Court of Appeals
4.204	Circuit Courts
4.205	District Courts
4.3	CASE LAW
4.301	In General
4.302	Elements of Virginia Appellate Opinions
4.303	Appeals Granted; Cases Scheduled for Argument
4.304	Citation
4.4	VIRGINIA CASE LAW IN PRINT
4.401	Decisions of the Supreme Court of Virginia
4.402	Decisions of the Virginia Court of Appeals
4.403	Decisions of Circuit Courts
4.404	Unpublished Decisions
4.5	VIRGINIA CASE LAW IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT
4.501	Online Subscription Services
4.502	Free Internet Resources
4.6	RESEARCHING VIRGINIA CASE LAW IN PRINT
4.601	Digests
4.602	Encyclopedias
4.603	Case Finders
4.7	RESEARCHING VIRGINIA CASE LAW ONLINE
4.701	In General
4.702	Westlaw
4.703	Lexis Advance
4.704	Bloomberg Law
4.8	UPDATING CURRENT AUTHORITY
4.801	In General
	4.802	Shepard's Citation in Print
4.803	Online Citators
4.9	FEDERAL COURTS INTERPRETING VIRGINIA CASES
4.901	In General
4.902	Sources of Federal Decisions
4.903	Finding Federal Opinions
4.904	Unpublished Federal Decisions
4.905	Updating Federal Opinions
4.10	OTHER COURT DOCUMENTS
4.1001	Dockets
4.1002	Records and Briefs
CHAPTER 5: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
5.1	INTRODUCTION
5.2	ORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
5.201	Governor
5.202	Secretarial System
5.203	Boards and Commissions
5.204	Agencies
5.3	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS ACT
5.4	PUBLISHED RULES AND REGULATIONS
5.401	Registrar of Regulations
	5.402	Virginia Register of Regulations
	5.403	Limitations of the Virginia Register
	5.404	Virginia Register Research Aids
	5.405	Citation Form for the Virginia Register
	5.406	Virginia Administrative Code
5.5	AGENCY ORDERS AND DECISIONS
5.501	Generally

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