Westlaw
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Westlaw is a comprehensive online legal research service and database widely used by lawyers, judges, and scholars to access case law, statutes, regulations, and secondary legal materials.
Aliases (5)
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial legal research platform
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legal database → online legal research service → |
| accessMethod |
web-based interface
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| accessModel |
subscription-based service
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| competitor |
Bloomberg Law
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LexisNexis → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| developer |
Thomson Reuters
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| hasFeature |
Boolean search
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KeyCite → West Key Number System → alerts → citations checking → citator service → cross-references between documents → document annotation tools → filters and facets → full-text search → headnotes → history and research trail → mobile access → natural language search → practice area pages → topic and key number classification → |
| hasVersion |
Westlaw Classic
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Westlaw Edge → WestlawNext → |
| language |
English
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| market |
legal research
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| ownedBy |
Thomson Reuters
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| predecessor |
West Publishing Company
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| primaryUsers |
judges
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law students → lawyers → legal academics → paralegals → |
| providesAccessTo |
administrative decisions
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case law → company information → court rules → dockets → forms → law reviews → legal encyclopedias → legal treatises → news sources → regulations → secondary legal materials → statutes → |
| typicalUseCase |
academic legal research
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checking validity of citations → finding relevant case law → preparing legal briefs → researching statutes and regulations → |
Referenced by (24)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Environmental Law Reporter (West)
→
Supreme Court Reporter → West American Digest System → West’s Federal Reporter → |
availableOn |
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Westlaw
("Westlaw Classic")
→
Westlaw ("WestlawNext") → Westlaw ("Westlaw Edge") → |
hasVersion |
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West
→
West Publishing Company → |
brand |
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Bloomberg Law
→
LexisNexis → |
competitor |
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Southern Reporter
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availableIn |
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Thomson Reuters Corporation
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hasBrand |
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South Western Reporter
("Westlaw database")
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hasMedium |
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Federal Supplement
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includedInService |
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Atlantic Reporter
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maintainedIn |
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West
("Westlaw online database")
→
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notableFor |
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Thomson Reuters
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notableProduct |
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Thomson Reuters
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parentCompanyOf |
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KeyCite
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partOf |
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West
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product |
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KeyCite
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providedBy |
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National Reporter System
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relatedTo |
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West Key Number System classification
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usedIn |