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Subject : law
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1. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






2. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






3. Statutes at Large






4. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






5. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






6. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






7. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






8. Statutory law






9. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






10. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






11. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






12. Statutory law






13. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






14. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






15. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






16. American Digest System






17. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






18. Federal Rules Decisions






19. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






20. Shepard's Citators






21. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






22. Seven






23. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






24. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






25. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).






26. The West key number system






27. Restatement (of law)






28. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






29. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






30. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






31. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






32. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






33. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






34. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






35. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






36. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






37. United States Reports






38. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






39. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






40. At the close of each legislative term






41. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






42. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






43. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






44. The date upon which the decision was rendered






45. Supra

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46. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






47. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






48. Digest topic






49. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






50. Explanation of the subject