Research aids

Directory of Legal Periodicals available

in the Supreme Court Library

State Justice Institute

Publications available in the Supreme
Court

How to research a legislative history in

RTC

A guide to family law materials in the

Supreme Court Library"

Index to RTC Reports

Finding RTC Law

How to Research a Legal Problem: A

Guide for non-Lawyers
Court Libraries
(1) A set of Supreme Court Reports
Annotated, and the Philippine Reports
starting with volume 154;

(2) Books on subjects within the

coverage of the jurisdiction of lower
courts;

(3) Available reference books; and

(4) Publications of the Supreme Court.

Primary Authority
Constitutions;

Basic laws;

Statutes (whether codified or

uncodified);

Treaties and certain other international

law materials;

Municipal charters and ordinances;

Court opinions;[1]

Rules of court procedure;

Rules of evidence;

Rules governing the conduct

of lawyers;

Administrative regulations;

Executive orders.

Secondary Authority
Law review articles, comments and
notes (written by law professors,
practicing lawyers, law students, etc.)

Legal textbooks, such as legal

treatises and hornbooks

Legal digests, such as the West

American Digest System

Annotations published in statute

books, codes, or other materials, such
as the annotations in the American Law
Reports series

Legal encyclopedias (such as Corpus

Juris Secundum and American
Jurisprudence)
Legal dictionaries (such as Black's Law
Dictionary)

Restatements of the Law published by

the American Law Institute

Legal briefs and memoranda;

Tax forms and instructions published

by governments

Government publications explaining or

summarizing the laws

Government employee manuals (such

as the Internal Revenue Manual for
employees of the Internal Revenue
Service)

Course materials from continuing legal

education seminars

Debate in legislatures, including such

commentaries published in
the Congressional Record (this may
reveal legislative intent)

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