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Kind of Material Used 
5. Comparative use of 
special works. 
6. Editions. 
7. Supplementing a 
treatise by later 
authorities. 
H. Encyclopedias: 
1. Varieties. 
2. Use. 
7. Government Bureaus 
and Commissions: 
1. United States gov- 
ernment bureaus 
and commissions. 
Operation Involved 
Use books on specialized 
parts of a general subject. 
Discriminate between old 
and current editions. 
Discriminate as* to up-to- 
date information to sup- 
plement the authorities 
cited in a treatise. 
Discriminate in the scope 
of encyclopedias. 
Discriminate in the re- 
liance’ to* be placed on the 
text and citation. 
Find sources outside of 
court decisions and legis- 
lative acts. 
Example Test for 
Operation 
Bring, with Jaggard on 
Torts, six other books 
covering the special sub- 
jects of Defamation, 
Death by Wrongful Act, 
Unfair Competition. 
Is Dillon the latest stan- 
dard work on Municipal 
Corporations? IsMachen 
or Cook the latest work 
on Corporations? What is 
the date of the first and 
the last edition of Green- 
leaf on Evidence? 
After perusing the au- 
thorities in 495 Wharton 
on Criminal Procedure, 
10th ed., where would you 
begin, in searching for 
later a. statutes; b. de- 
cisions, in California, 
Illinois? Give year of 
statute and volume of 
reports and state reasons. 
Bring one volume each of 
the principal encyclope- 
dias now current on the 
topic, Fourteenth Amend- 
ment to the United States 
Constitution. 
In the Cyclopedia of Law 
and Procedure, on the 
proposition that no action 
lies for fright alone, with- 
out illness, look up the 
citations and report how 
many are cited correctly 
to that point. 
Bring a ruling of the 
United States Land Of- 
fice. Bring the decision 
of the Interstate Com- 
merce Commission in the 
Trans-Missouri Freight 
Rate Cases. 
