title: Attempting to demystify law reports for the non-lawyer.
abstract: To a non-lawyer, references to law reports can appear confusing and complicated. This brief article attempts to explain how to decode such references and thus get to the reports. Those wishing to pursue the matter further are referred to more detailed explanations. This article deals primarily with English case law and is up to date as of December 1987.
authors.affiliation: King's College, London.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Fletcher
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D006079:Government Publications as Topic; D007256:Information Systems; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007990:Libraries; D010506:Periodicals as Topic