Legal Research Toolbox

When doing research in legal databases, you might waste a considerable amount of time performing the same tasks over and over again (e.g. navigating to the correct search form). Using the following Quick Searches for Mozilla Firefox will speed things up like this:

To use the quick searches below, you can install them individually or all at once.

To install all quick searches:

Right-click on this link and click "Save Link As...". Save the file somewhere on your computer.

In Firefox, from the Bookmarks menu, choose "Manage Bookmarks."

From the Bookmark Manager menu, choose "Import and Backup" | "Import HTML..."

Choose "From an HTML File" and browse to and open the file you just saved.

Now you are ready to go: enter "<keyword> <search term>" in the location bar and hit "Enter" on your keyboard.

To install the quick searches individually:

Right-click on the Quick Search link you would like to use and choose "Bookmark This Link"

Select an appropriate folder and click "Save"

Again right-click on the Quick Search link and choose "Bookmark This Link" (this will display the properties for the bookmark we have just created)

Enter the suggested keyword (or any other if you like)

Now you are ready to go: enter "<keyword> <search term>" in the location bar and hit "Enter" on your keyboard.

Austrian Law

RIS Bundesnormen (vorgeschlagener Shortcut: "ris")
(Der Source Code der Server-seitigen Applikationslogik ist hier verfügbar.)
z.B. "ris § 75 StGB"
z.B. "ris 75 StGB"
z.B. "ris StGB"

RIS Judikatur der ordentlichen Gerichte anhand einer Geschäftszahl (vorgeschlagener Shortcut: "judgz")
Liefert die Rechtssätze als auch die Entscheidung im Volltext.
z.B. "judgz 4 Ob 41/09x"
z.B. "judgz 4Ob41/09x"

RIS Judikatur der ordentlichen Gerichte anhand eines Rechtssatzes (vorgeschlagener Shortcut: "judrs")
(Der Source Code der Server-seitigen Applikationslogik ist hier verfügbar.)
Liefert direkt den angegenbenen Rechtssatz.
z.B. "judrs RS0124954"

EU Law

EU Directive (suggested shortcut: "dir")
Search term format: any format as long as the search term contains two numbers; the first number has to be the directive's year.
e.g. "dir 2002/58/EC"
e.g. "dir 2002/58"
Hint: On the Directive's page, make sure to scroll down to the newest consolidated version.

EU Regulation (suggested shortcut: "reg")
Search term format: any format as long as the search term contains two numbers; the second number has to be the regulations's year.
e.g. "reg Regulation (EC) No 1/2003"
e.g. "reg 1/2003"

EU Decision (suggested shortcut: "dec")
Search term format: any format as long as the search term contains two numbers; the first number has to be the Decision's year.
e.g. "dec Decision 2010/87/EC"
e.g. "dec 2010/87"

Commission Communication, aka a COM document (suggested shortcut: "com")
Search term format: any format as long as the search term contains two numbers; the first number has to be the COM's year.
e.g. "com COM(2011)163"
e.g. "com (2011)163"
e.g. "com COM(2011)163 final"

European Court of Justice (ECJ) case (suggested shortcut: "ecj")
Search term format: any format as long as the search term contains two numbers; the second number has to be the Case's year.
e.g. "ecj C-375/09"
e.g. "ecj 375/09"
e.g. "ecj Case 375/09"

PreLex for a Directive (suggested shortcut: "predir")
(The source code of the server-side application logic is available here.)
Search term format: any format as long as the search term contains two numbers; the first number has to be the directive's year.
e.g. "predir 2002/58/EC"
e.g. "predir 2002/58"

PreLex for a Regulation (suggested shortcut: "prereg")
(The source code of the server-side application logic is available here.)
Search term format: any format as long as the search term contains two numbers; the first number has to be the directive's year.
e.g. "prereg Regulation (EC) No 1/2003"
e.g. "prereg 1/2003"