LawCite Search Results Help
LawCite search results are normally presented as two tables - one for cases
and one for law journal articles. Results are initially sorted by popularity
(that is, one the basis of their "citation index" or the number of times a
citation to the case or article appears). You can quickly go to the journals
list by clicking on the "[Law journal articles matching this search]" link
at the top left hand side of the screen.
For large lists (more than 5000 results) the two lists are combined and results
are initially sorted by date (most recent first). This is done mainly for
performance reasons. You will be prompted as to whether or not you want to
continue prior to this list being displayed.
The results tables contain a number of columns. You can sort on the basis of
the contents of each column by clicking on column name at the top of the
table. The currently selected column for sorting is indicated by a
† symbol. If you hover the mouse over various table elements, you
get further information about the item or a note as to what will happen if
you click on a link.
If you want to do a new search, either click on the large LawCite logo, hit
"back" in your browser or click on the "[LawCite Search]" link at the top
right.
The columns themselves are as follows:
Case/Article Name
This column contains the case name or article title. This is the way
the case or article is most
commonly referred to in the full-text data from which LawCite is built. If
you click on this name, you will get the LawCite entry for this cases or
article (if one is available).
Citations
The Citations column contains all known citations for a case or article.
Clicking on any live (blue) citations will bring up the full-text of the
case or article. You can also hover over a citation to see what it is (ie
which journal or series of law reports). The order of citations is
neutral citation first (if any), authorised citation next (if any) and then
citations ordered by how often they have been referenced.
Court/Author
This column contains the name of the court that handed down the decision or
the author of an article. This is determined for cases on the basis of the
series that appear in the citations list and in the case of articles from
meta-data in any linked full-text version. This information will not always
be available.
Jurisdiction
The Jurisdiction column list the country and (sometimes) the sub-jurisdiction.
It is almost always available and again is derived from the series.
Date
This column lists the date or year of a decision or judgment. Dates refer to
the date that a decision was handed down. A year is the year that a decision
or journal article was first published.
Full Text
The Full Text column lists a place where the decision or article can be found
in free text. Where available, this will normally be one of the Free Access
to Law Movement sites (AustLII, BAILII, HKLII etc). Where no free version
exists, a sensible starting point for finding the decision on one of the
comercial services is listed. The latter is only intended as a guide as the
decision may be available in a number of places.
Flags
This column has a flag indicting the nationality of the decision or article.
It is intended to make it easy to see at a glance where things are coming
from.
Citation Index
The Citations List column contains (as a minimum) a small LawCite logo.
Clicking on this will bring up the LawCite record for the case or article.
Where the case or article is frequently cited, a number of "stars" will appear.
The greater the number of stars, the greater the popularity of a case or
article. Each star indicates approximately 50 citations.
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