Guides: Evidence: Westlaw Edge Resources

Westlaw Edge - A Thomson Reuters Company - EVIDENCE - PRIMARY LAW SOURCES

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BELOW ARE PRIMARY SOURCES OF LAW (BOTH FEDERAL & STATE) ON WESTLAW EDGE

THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE Are Located in "THE UNITED STATES CODE ANNOTATED (USCA)"

THE ILLINOIS RULES OF EVIDENCE Are Found Under the ILLINOIS Tab > STATUTES AND COURT RULES

WESTLAW EDGE - MAIN SCREEN - UNDER FEDERAL TAB - USCA
CLICK ON FEDERAL TAB - 1ST COLUMN - 2ND SOURCE DOWN
UNITED STATES CODE ANNOTATED (USCA)
CLICK ON THE "UNITED STATES CODE ANNOTATED (USCA)"
(A Clarification: THE "U.S. CODE" IS THE "OFFICIAL SOURCE" Of The UNITED STATES CODE (which includes the "FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE) - WESTLAW EDGE Provides an ANNOTATED Version of the U.S. Code titled: "THE UNITED STATES CODE ANNOTATED (USCA)")
FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE
ONCE IN "THE USCA" - SCROLL DOWN TO THE "FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE" (just past Title 28 - 2nd title below Title 28)

WESTLAW EDGE - MAIN SCREEN - STATE MATERIALS TAB
CLICK ON "STATE MATERIALS" TAB - CLICK ON ILLINOIS
ILLINOIS - STATUTES & COURT RULES
AFTER CLICKING ON "ILLINOIS" - SCROLL DOWN TO "STATUTES & COURT RULES" - CLICK ON "ILLINOIS COURT RULES"
ILLINOIS RULES OF EVIDENCE
SCROLL DOWN TO THE "ILLINOIS RULES OF EVIDENCE" - THEN DRILL DOWN TO FIND RULES

The New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence:

Evidentiary Privileges

Searching in Source - "Electronic Discovery: Law & Practice"
This Title, "Electronic Discovery: Law & Practice" is searchable on Westlaw Edge.

(Justice Robert J. Steigmann, Lori A. Nicholson)

Courtroom Handbook on Illinois Evidence
One of the volumes in the "Illinois Practice Series"

For Additional Secondary Source Titles

On The TOPIC OF "EVIDENCE"

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Additional Secondary Sources On Westlaw Edge
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Under Topic - Choose "Evidence" (results pictured in link above)

Introduction to West's Practical Law

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Practical Law - Litigation
Practical Law - Litigation - Discovery & Evidence
Now - Search the word "Evidence" (in top Search Box)
Searching "Evidence" in "Discovery & Evidence" Results
Notice #1- "Evidence in Federal Court: Overview" (Practice Notes, such as this one, can give great explanatory information)
Notice #17 - "Using Documents as Evidence Checklist (IL)" - a Checklist, a different "RESOURCE TYPE"
Practical Law - Discovery And Evidence - Resource Types
Look to Column on Left - Expand "RESOURCE TYPES" - to see breakdown of different types of "Practical Law" documents.
You can EXPAND JURISDICTION JUST LIKE YOU CAN EXPAND "RESOURCE TYPES" - Pictured Directly Above - at bottom of Left Column