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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Westlaw canonical | 24 |
| Westlaw Classic | 1 |
| Westlaw Edge | 1 |
| Westlaw database | 1 |
| Westlaw online database | 1 |
| WestlawNext | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial legal research platform
ⓘ
legal database ⓘ online legal research service ⓘ |
| accessMethod | web-based interface ⓘ |
| accessModel | subscription-based service ⓘ |
| competitor |
Bloomberg Law
ⓘ
LexisNexis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developer | Thomson Reuters ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Boolean search
ⓘ
KeyCite ⓘ West Key Number System classification ⓘ
surface form:
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
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Westlaw Classic
Westlaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Westlaw Edge
Westlaw self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
WestlawNext
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| market | legal research ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Thomson Reuters ⓘ |
| predecessor | West Publishing Company ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
judges
ⓘ
law students ⓘ lawyers ⓘ legal academics ⓘ paralegals ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo |
administrative decisions
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
checking validity of citations ⓘ finding relevant case law ⓘ preparing legal briefs ⓘ researching statutes and regulations ⓘ |
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Westlaw online database
this entity surface form:
Westlaw Classic
this entity surface form:
WestlawNext
this entity surface form:
Westlaw Edge
this entity surface form:
Westlaw database
subject surface form:
Federal Supplement