The text of the amendments is also included, along with the case references where judged appropriate. Indexes Many law report series also include tables of statutes judicially considered in their consolidated index volumes. This approach is particularly useful if you are researching a statute in a subject area for which there is a specialized law report series. Rather, one must choose the most suitable database depending on topic or jurisdiction relevant to the legislation being updated. The main advantage to using QL is that the databases are both comprehensive and very current.
Judges are imprecise when referring to section numbers in judgements.
As an alternative to searching by section numbers, you may use distinctive words from the section. Simply type l and hit enter to locate the next occurrence of your terms. Often when a case is reported in OR it will be removed from OJ, so it is beneficial to use ORP to run your search in both databases to avoid missing any relevant information. Remember that specific section numbers will change with every new Revised Statutes edition. To access historical information, you must consult an older edition of Revised Statutes to ascertain the previous section numbers used.