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So, Jillian, George, and Liability seem to be attorneys. And, anyone else who is or who knows, please provide input.
I plan on going to the law school library later today, or maybe tomorrow, based on the tips I'm given, so that I can use their Westlaw database and search.
I need to look for some record of the Virginia General Assembly (our bicameral 'congress' in the Commonwealth) when they were debating a law to add to the Code of Virginia. I am hoping to glean from that record of the General Assembly's debate leading up to the passage of that law their intent when they passed it.
I know the title and section of the Code and about the time it was passed. But, if I could find some record of our legislature's debate about the passage of that law, that would be EXTREMELY helpful.
Any tips for searches in Westlaw - keywords or how to do the search? I used it before back in February for another "project" requiring search of caselaw, but now need to find intent for passage of a Commonwealth law.
Thanks!
I plan on going to the law school library later today, or maybe tomorrow, based on the tips I'm given, so that I can use their Westlaw database and search.
I need to look for some record of the Virginia General Assembly (our bicameral 'congress' in the Commonwealth) when they were debating a law to add to the Code of Virginia. I am hoping to glean from that record of the General Assembly's debate leading up to the passage of that law their intent when they passed it.
I know the title and section of the Code and about the time it was passed. But, if I could find some record of our legislature's debate about the passage of that law, that would be EXTREMELY helpful.
Any tips for searches in Westlaw - keywords or how to do the search? I used it before back in February for another "project" requiring search of caselaw, but now need to find intent for passage of a Commonwealth law.
Thanks!