The Justice Manual (known before 2018 as the United States Attorneys' Manual ) is a looseleaf text designed as a quick and ready reference for United States Attorneys and other employees of the United States Department of Justice responsible for the prosecution of violations of federal law . It contains general policies and guidance relevant to the work of the United States Attorneys' offices and to their relations with the legal divisions, investigative agencies, and other components within the Department of Justice.
5-484: The Manual is an internal document of the Department of Justice, and as such, does not have the force of law. It is updated periodically in much the same way as commercial looseleaf services are. New hard copies of the manual are issued annually to the department's attorneys. It is also available online. The last comprehensive update of the manual was in 2018, the first major revision in more than two decades. At
10-659: Is a type of publication used in legal research which brings together both primary and secondary source materials on a specific field or topic in law . For this reason they are sometimes called "subject-matter services". Looseleaf services are most commonly used for research in areas of law which change rapidly due to regulatory and administrative developments (such as tax law , environmental law , financial regulation , and labor law ). Looseleaf services are typically contained in ring binders to keep them updated, because they are published fairly frequently (at minimum monthly, sometimes weekly or bi-weekly) in order to keep
15-419: The information therein current. Most law libraries have a subscription to several of these services, and most looseleaf services are now available electronically. In an interfiled looseleaf service, individual pages can be removed and replaced with more recent printings, eliminating the need for pocket parts or similar supplements. Most of the looseleaf services offered by Commerce Clearing House are of
20-449: The interfiled type. Newsletter-type looseleaf services are published as topical newsletters , which are then filed by law librarians under the appropriate topic headings for future reference. All these newsletters are intended to be permanently retained, which distinguishes them from the interfiled looseleaf services where obsolete pages are supposed to be discarded. One of the best-known looseleaf services, United States Law Week ,
25-475: The same time, the manual was renamed the Justice Manual . Two controversial changes in the revision were the removals of sections regarding press freedom and racial gerrymandering . The Justice Manual is divided into nine titles: Each title has a corresponding Resource Manual that includes copies of policies, form letters, and other documents. Looseleaf service A looseleaf service
#432567