Casemaker
Encyclopedia
Casemaker is a Web
-based legal research
system owned by Lawriter LLC
, an entity based in Cincinnati, Ohio
USA. State bar associations join the Casemaker system to provide online legal research services for dues-paying attorney
members.
The Casemaker system allows users to search and browse a variety of legal information such as statutes, regulations, and case law
on the Web. Casemaker is designed to be navigable and provide its users with current and accurate legal
materials.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
-based legal research
Legal research
Legal research is "the process of identifying and retrieving information necessary to support legal decision-making. In its broadest sense, legal research includes each step of a course of action that begins with an analysis of the facts of a problem and concludes with the application and...
system owned by Lawriter LLC
Limited liability company
A limited liability company is a flexible form of enterprise that blends elements of partnership and corporate structures. It is a legal form of company that provides limited liability to its owners in the vast majority of United States jurisdictions...
, an entity based in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
USA. State bar associations join the Casemaker system to provide online legal research services for dues-paying attorney
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
members.
The Casemaker system allows users to search and browse a variety of legal information such as statutes, regulations, and case law
Case law
In law, case law is the set of reported judicial decisions of selected appellate courts and other courts of first instance which make new interpretations of the law and, therefore, can be cited as precedents in a process known as stare decisis...
on the Web. Casemaker is designed to be navigable and provide its users with current and accurate legal
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
materials.