The Guide to Legal Research provides an up to date guide to the major research tools available in print or electronically for all major common law jurisdictions.

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These sources consist of authoritative statements of law made by law-making bodies and include:

Secondary sources of legal information perform one of two functions:

When commencing legal research it is often helpful to begin with secondary sources, as most will provide you with an overview of the subject as well as useful references or citations to relevant primary materials.