In this annotated listing, Catherine L. Kerr compiles surveys by subject and jurisdiction. Articles surveying changes or developments in the law are valuable research aids. Each year the Alabama Law Review , for instance, covers significant decisions of the Alabama Supreme Court and recent state legislation. Law reviews at Cumberland and Mercer survey recent decisions of the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Typically, ATLA materials focus on law and litigation techniques for plaintiffs' lawyers.
Indexing is by subject or author.
Global in scope, this quarterly publication provides in-depth abstracts of journal articles, new books, agency reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology and criminal justice. Our collection begins in 1980 with volume twelve, number three. Cumulative indexing is available through volume seventeen. Coverage includes roughly 500 journals indexed by subject, author, or geographical location. Published by UMI, this source indexes more than 100 U.S., British and Canadian journals from 1975 to date.