West American Digest System
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The West American Digest System is a comprehensive legal indexing and classification system that organizes U.S. case law by subject to facilitate research in the National Reporter System and related West publications.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
case law digest system
ⓘ
legal indexing system ⓘ legal research tool ⓘ |
| availableOn | Westlaw ⓘ |
| classificationType |
hierarchical classification system
ⓘ
subject-based classification ⓘ |
| component |
headnotes
ⓘ
key numbers ⓘ topic classification ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| domain |
case law
ⓘ
common law ⓘ |
| feature |
alphabetical topic arrangement
ⓘ
cross-references between topics ⓘ descriptive word index ⓘ historical coverage of U.S. case law ⓘ table of cases ⓘ |
| field |
law
ⓘ
legal research ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
online database
ⓘ
print volumes ⓘ |
| organizesBy |
court
ⓘ
date ⓘ jurisdiction ⓘ key number ⓘ legal topic ⓘ |
| primaryJurisdiction |
U.S. federal courts
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal courts
United States state courts ⓘ |
| publisher |
Thomson Reuters
ⓘ
West Publishing Company ⓘ |
| purpose |
to facilitate legal research in case law
ⓘ
to organize U.S. case law by subject ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American Digest System
ⓘ
National Reporter System ⓘ West Key Number System classification ⓘ
surface form:
West Key Number System
|
| supportsTask |
finding cases by legal issue
ⓘ
tracing development of legal doctrines ⓘ updating case law research ⓘ |
| usedBy |
judges
ⓘ
law students ⓘ lawyers ⓘ legal researchers ⓘ |
| usedWith |
National Reporter System
ⓘ
West Key Number System classification ⓘ
surface form:
West Key Number System
West digests ⓘ West reporters ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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