Gibson's New York legal research guide / William H. Manz.
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Manz, William H.
Title
Gibson's New York legal research guide / William H. Manz.
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Buffalo, NY : William S. Hein & Co., 2014.
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KFN5074 .G53 2014
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Fourth edition.
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9780837739755
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xvii, 728 pages ; 26 cm
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(OCoLC)864439548
Summary
A comprehensive legal research guide for New York State as well as New York City law, with complete coverage of the rich legal history of the City and its current primary and secondary legal research sources. The 4th ed. covers new developments since the 3rd ed. (2004) in both print and electronic sources of information, including Bloomberg BNA, and the online availability of many old, out-of-print titles.--Publisher.
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Revised edition of: Gibson's New York legal research guide / William H. Manz. 3rd edition c2004.
Based on: New York legal research guide / by Ellen Gibson. 2nd edition 1998.
Based on: New York legal research guide / by Ellen Gibson. 2nd edition 1998.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
About the Authors
xvii
pt. I
NEW YORK STATE LEGAL RESEARCH
ch. One
New York's Constitutions
3
I.
Present Constitution
3
II.
Citation Form
10
III.
Constitutional History of New York
11
IV.
Documents of Constitutional Revision in New York
17
ch. Two
State Legislation: Legislative Process, Bills, Resolutions, and Session Laws
29
I.
Overview of New York Legislation
30
II.
Bill Drafting
32
III.
Legislative Process
34
IV.
Bill Text
45
V.
Determining Bill Status
47
VI.
Chapter Laws
48
VII.
Session Laws
49
ch. Three
State Legislation: Revisions and Compilations of New York Legislation from 1638--1906
53
I.
Overview
53
II.
Colonial Period, 1638--1775
58
III.
Revisions and Compilations Published From the Revolution to 1950
60
ch. Four
The Consolidated Laws
69
I.
Consolidated Laws of New York
69
II.
Online Sources for the Current Consolidated Laws of New York
75
III.
Major Print Sources of the Consolidated Laws
76
IV.
Consolidated Laws on CD-ROM
84
V.
Popular Name Tables
84
VI.
Suggestions for Statutory Research
84
VII.
Citators
85
VIII.
Citation Form
87
ch. Five
Unconsolidated Laws, Appropriation Legislation, Uniform Laws, and Interstate Compacts
89
I.
Unconsolidated Laws
89
II.
The Executive Budget and Appropriation Legislation
91
III.
Uniform Laws
95
IV.
Interstate Compacts and Agencies
98
ch. Six
Legislative History
103
I.
Overview
104
II.
Bills
106
III.
Memoranda
107
IV.
Bill Jackets
109
V.
Transcripts of Debates and Hearings
112
VI.
Senate and Assembly Committee Reports
114
VII.
Other Sources
115
VIII.
Legislative Materials Citation Form
121
IX.
Indexes to State Publications Useful for Legislative History
123
X.
Procedure for Compiling a Legislative History
125
XI.
Legislative History Research Scenarios
127
ch. Seven
Judicial System
131
I.
History of New York's Courts
131
II.
Present Judicial System
137
III.
Court Administration
146
IV.
Court System Reference Sources
148
V.
Federal Courts in New York
150
ch. Eight
Regulation of the Bench and Bar
155
I.
Regulation of the Judiciary
155
II.
Regulation of Attorneys
159
III.
Ethics Opinions
163
ch. Nine
Court Reports
167
I.
Overview of New York Court Reports
168
II.
The State Reporter and the State Law Reporting Bureau
173
III.
Current Print Court Reports
175
IV.
Electronic Case Reporting
181
V.
Bibliography of New York Court Reports
185
VI.
Case Citation Form
193
ch. Ten
Case Finders, Court Records, Briefs, and Citators
201
I.
Case Finding
201
II.
Citators
210
III.
Locating Parallel Citations
216
IV.
Locating Citations from Case Names
216
V.
Locating Cases by Popular Name
216
ch. Eleven
Records and Briefs, Oral Arguments, Lower Court Records, and Jury Verdicts
217
I.
Appellate Records and Briefs
217
II.
Oral Arguments
221
III.
Dockets/Filings
222
IV.
Judgments and Liens
223
V.
Criminal Court Materials
224
VI.
Jury Verdicts
224
ch. Twelve
Practice and Procedure Act, Evidence Law, Court Acts and Court Rules
227
I.
Overview
228
II.
Civil Procedure---the CPLR
228
III.
Criminal Procedure---the CPL
232
IV.
Surrogate's Court Procedure Act---SCPA
234
V.
Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (RPAPL)
236
VI.
Evidence Law
237
VII.
Court Acts
238
VIII.
Court Rules
240
IX.
Citators
243
X.
Research Sources
244
ch. Thirteen
Administrative Codes, Rules, and Regulations
247
I.
Overview
247
II.
Origins of Rulemaking Procedures and Publications
248
III.
Current Rulemaking Process
253
IV.
Publication of Proposed and Adopted Regulations
259
V.
Superseded Regulations
267
VI.
"Purpose" or "Intent" of Rules
268
VII.
Unpublished Agency Documents ("non-rule rules")
268
VIII.
Citators
269
ch. Fourteen
Administrative Decisions, Opinions and Rulings, and Documents of the Governor
271
I.
Administrative Agencies
271
II.
Decisions, Opinions and Rulings
274
III.
Other Research Sources
290
IV.
Documents of the Governor
291
VI.
Citators
293
ch. Fifteen
Local Legislation
295
I.
Entities of Local Government
296
II.
Home Rule
296
III.
Charters
298
IV.
Local Laws and Special Laws
299
V.
Ordinances
300
VI.
Resolutions
301
VII.
Publication of Charters, Codes, Ordinances and Local Laws
301
VIII.
Research Sources
324
IX.
Citators
325
X.
Citation Form
325
ch. Sixteen
Databases, Internet Sites, and CD-ROMs
329
I.
Overview
329
II.
Database Awareness Sources
329
III.
Subscription Databases
330
IV.
Major Free Internet Sites
331
V.
Online Library Catalogs
333
VI.
Major Legal Publishers' CD-ROM Products
335
VII.
Tables of New York Information on Online Subscription Services
337
ch. Seventeen
Treatises and Practice Books
345
I.
Overview
345
II.
Treatises, Practice Books, Handbooks, and Manuals
346
ch. Eighteen
CLE, Popular Works, Legal Periodicals, and Blogs
393
I.
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
393
II.
Popular Works
394
III.
Bar Association Journals, Newspapers, and Newsletters
403
IV.
Major Legal Newspapers
412
V.
Blogs
413
ch. Nineteen
Forms
415
I.
Forms Online
415
II.
Forms on CD-ROM
417
IB.
Formbooks
418
IV.
CLS and the NYCRR
420
ch. Twenty
Reference Sources
421
I.
Bar Directories
421
II.
Judicial Directories
424
III.
Government Handbooks and Directories
425
IV.
Encyclopedias and Handbooks
427
V.
Periodical and Other Indexes
429
VI.
Biographies of Judges and Lawyers
430
VII.
Government Documents
431
pt. II
NEW YORK CITY LEGAL RESEARCH
ch. Twenty-one
New York City Charters
435
I.
Present Charter
435
II.
History of the New York City Charters
439
III.
Publication of Former Charters and Major Charter Amendments
448
IV.
Documents Relating to the Charters
453
ch. Twenty-two
The Charters of Brooklyn and Other Former Municipalities
475
I.
Brooklyn Charters
475
II.
Charters of Other Former Municipalities
480
III.
Charter Revision Documents
485
ch. Twenty-three
City Legislation: Bills, Resolutions, and Local Laws
489
I.
Overview of New York City Legislation
490
II.
Bill Drafting
491
III.
Bills
491
IV.
Local Laws
493
V.
Resolutions
495
VI.
Budget
496
ch. Twenty-four
City Legislation: Land Use
499
I.
Land Use Applications
499
II.
Franchises, Revocable Consents, and Concessions
501
III.
Zoning Resolution
502
IV.
History of the Zoning Resolution
505
V.
Publication of the Building Zone Plan and Zoning Resolution: 1917--60
506
VI.
Documents of the Building Zone Plan and Zoning Resolution
506
ch. Twenty-five
Legislative History, Proceedings, and Legislative Compilations
509
I.
Tracing the History of Local Laws
509
II.
Legislative Documents
511
III.
Legislative Document Compilations and Bill Jackets
512
IV.
Publication of Proceedings
513
V.
Compilations of Pre-1938 City Legislation
517
ch. Twenty-six
The New York City Administrative Code
519
I.
Current Code
520
II.
Publication of the Administrative Code
521
III.
Publication of Multiple Unannotated Code Sections
523
IV.
Building Code
524
V.
Construction Codes
525
VI.
Electrical Code
526
VII.
Energy Conservation Code
527
VIII.
Fire Code
527
IX.
Housing Maintenance Code
527
X.
Citator
528
XI.
History of the City Ordinances and Administrative Code
528
XII.
Publication of Former Laws and Ordinances
530
XIII.
Documents of Code Revision
539
XIV.
The Codes of Brooklyn and Other Municipalities
540
ch. Twenty-seven
Rules of the City of New York
543
I.
Current Rules
543
II.
Publication of the Rules
545
III.
Prior Rules Compilations
546
IV.
Health Code
547
V.
Highway and Traffic Rules and Regulations
549
ch. Twenty-eight
City and State Relations
553
I.
State Legislation Affecting New York City
553
II.
Compilations of Laws Affecting New York City, Brooklyn, and Other Former Municipalities
556
III.
Documents Related to City-State Relations
558
IV.
State and Regional Administrative Bodies
563
V.
Secession from New York City
565
ch. Twenty-nine
The New York City Judicial System
571
I.
The Present New York City Court System
571
II.
Other Courts Operating Within New York City
574
III.
History of Former New York City Courts
575
IV.
Codes and Rules of Former New York City Courts
578
V.
Annual Reports
582
VI.
Courts of Brooklyn and Other Former Municipalities
583
VII.
Court Phone Numbers, Addresses, and Personnel
583
ch. Thirty
Court Minutes, Reporters, Records, and Case Finders
585
I.
Current Court Reporters
585
II.
Minutes and Reports of Former Courts
586
III.
Judgments and Liens
589
IV.
Court Records and Unpublished Minutes
589
V.
Case Finders
591
VI.
Citation Form
593
ch. Thirty-one
Opinions, Administrative Materials, and Documents
597
I.
Opinions of the Corporation Counsel
597
II.
Publication of Decisions, Opinions, Orders, Resolutions, Rulings and Minutes
599
III.
Documents of the Mayor
606
IV.
Documents of the Comptroller
609
V.
Agency and Departmental Documents
609
VI.
Finding Aids for New York City Governmental Documents
610
VII.
Nineteenth Century Document Compilations
610
VIII.
Old Town Records
612
ch. Thirty-two
Treatises, Practice Books, Guidebooks, Encyclopedias, Newspapers, Newsletters, and Internet Sites
615
I.
Treatises and Practice Books
615
II.
Directories, Guidebooks, and Handbooks
617
III.
Encyclopedias
619
IV.
Newspapers
620
V.
Journals and Newsletters
623
VI.
Internet Sites
626
ch. Thirty-three
Sources of New York City Documents and Publications
631
I.
Public Libraries
631
II.
Public Archives
632
III.
Historical Societies
633
IV.
Private Law Libraries
634
V.
Other Major Sources
635
VI.
Miscellaneous Sources
635
Appendix A
Major New York Law School Law Reviews and Bar Association Journals
637
Appendix B
Former New York State Legal Newspapers
641
Appendix C
Bar Associations in New York State
643
I.
General Interest Bar Associations
643
II.
Special Interest Bar Associations
649
Appendix D
Publisher and Product Information
657
Appendix E
Selected New York Law Libraries
661
I.
Greater Metropolitan New York Law Libraries
661
II.
Upstate New York Law Libraries
664
Appendix F
Legislative and Regulatory Reporting Services
671
Appendix G
New York Legal Abbreviations
673
Index
699