Law Librarianship : MLISc Elective Paper

Contents: Preface. I. Introduction: 1. Indian legal history. 2. Courts and the role of judiciary. II. Legal structure: 3. Salient features of the Indian constitution. 4. Parliament of India. 5. India: law, courts and the constitution of the Supreme Court. III. Law libraries: 6. Role of a law library. 7. Kinds of law libraries. 8. Law libraries--India. 9. Law library administration. IV. Information sources: 10. Legal material. 11. Traditional sources. V. Information systems: 12. Modern sources of legal information. 13. Legal information systems. VI. Information search: 14. Legal research. 15. Information services. 16. Legal education. 17. Association for law librarians. Index.

"This book is aimed at providing a manual law librarianship to practising librarians; as well as a guide to teachers and students of MLISc programme.

The book has seven parts and seventeen chapters covering India\'s legal history; courts and their role in judiciary; legal structure in India--their role, kinds, Indian law libraries and hints on law library administration; legal material as well as legal sources--traditional as well as modern; IT-based legal information systems; and a chapter each on legal research; information services, legal education. The work concludes with a discussion on association for law librarians.

Thus, the work gives a comprehensive coverage suitable to the needs of practising law librarians, students  and teachers of library and information science." (jacket)