Where to Look for Your Law

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Where to Look for Your Law is a bibliography of law. It is "well known". [1] It has been described as "valuable", [2] as "an indispensable tool" [3] and as "an old friend". [4] By 1990, it was "very outdated". [5]

The First Edition was published in January 1908, the Second in October 1912, the Third in October 1926, the Fourth in October 1929, the Fifth in October 1935, the Sixth in October 1938, the Seventh in March 1943, the Second Impression of that Edition in May 1943, the Eighth Edition in February 1944, the Ninth in November 1946, the Tenth in January 1948, and the Fourteenth in 1962.

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References

  1. Hines, William Douglas. English Legal History: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. Vol 1011 of the Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. Garland Publishing Inc. New York and London. 1990. ISBN   0-8240-4299-9. p 118.
  2. The Law Society's Gazette. The Law Society. 1962. Volume 59. Page 49.
  3. The Business Law Review. Volume 2. 1955. Page 85
  4. Annual Survey of American Law. New York University School of Law. 1954. Page 862.
  5. Hines, William Douglas. English Legal History: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. Garland Publishing Inc. 1990. p 118.

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