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1. Legal encyclopedia published by West
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
TARP method
en banc
2. Extensive selected annotations
United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition
C.J.S uses...
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
A.L.R. is filled with...
3. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op
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4. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia
Lawyers-Cooperative Publishing Co.
U.S. Reports contains
Federal session laws may be found in...
These represent secondary authority
5. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies
Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.)
C.J.S uses...
Statutes at Large is
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
6. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.
reporter of Supreme Court decisions that contains summaries of the briefs of counsel
de novo
a secondary authority which is not the law itself but is - rather - a persuasive presentation by legal scholars of what the law is or what it should be in a particular topic are
correct legal encyclopedia citation
7. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
Supreme Court Reporter is cited as
decision
common law
8. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture
statement of facts
components of a Code of Federal Regulations citation
annotations
U.S. Supreme court case reporters
9. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws
slip law
caption
date of decision
restatements of law
10. At the close of each legislative term
Statutes are published as session laws...
correct legal encyclopedia citation
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
session laws
11. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).
statutory law
correct citation of Statutes at Large
bill
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
12. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio
North Eastern Reporter (N.E. or N.E.2d)
parallel citation
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
advance sheets
13. State and federal
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
The American Digest System indexes and classifies all case law - both...
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
14. 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
restatements of law
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
incorrect legal dictionary citation
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
15. The West key number system
C.J.S uses...
components of a legal encyclopedia citation
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
United States Code (U.S.C.)
16. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi
Southern Reporter (So. or So.2d)
official publication of law
Federal Rules of Evidence
de novo on record
17. Secondary authority
secondary authority
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
dicta
United States District Courts case reporters
18. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.
to update the status of a particular case
holding
legal dictionaries
procedural law
19. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
U.S. Law Week
components of and A.L.R. citation
20. An index
components of a Federal Register citation
Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
21. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).
correct A.L.R. citation
correct Federal Register citation
Statutes are published as slip laws before they are published...
incorrect citation of a law review article
22. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.
statutory law
incorrect United States Code citation
to update the status of a particular case
American Jurisprudence is a...
23. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against
annotations
correct legal encyclopedia citation
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
The signal '_____' is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief.
24. Infra
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25. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.
dissenting opinion
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
correct citation of a Constitutional amendment
26. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number
United States Reports
de novo on record
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
key number system
27. Shepard's Citations - statute edition
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
To determine whether a particular statute has been ruled unconstitutional by a court - one may use...
correct Federal Register citation
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
28. Federal Rules Decisions
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
___________ is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.
constitutional law
United States Reports
29. Summarize judicial opinions
digests typically
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
correct citation of United States Code
Federal Rules of Evidence
30. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta
de novo on record
digests typically
When an appellate court reviews a case de novo on record - it...
court opinion
31. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House
bill
Executive orders are...
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
Statutes are published as session laws...
32. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication
South Western Reporter (S.W. or S.W.2d)
United States Code is
components of and A.L.R. citation
United States Supreme Court Bulletin
33. F.Supp
Supreme Court Reporter
the reporter in which federal trial court opinions are contained
correct legal encyclopedia citation
United States Code is
34. Supra
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35. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
to update the status of a particular statute
cf.
United States District Courts case reporters
36. Restatement (of law)
United States Law Week (U.S.L.W)
a secondary authority which is not the law itself but is - rather - a persuasive presentation by legal scholars of what the law is or what it should be in a particular topic are
The National Reporter System and the American Digest System are...
de novo
37. Official publication
A decision of an administrative agency is classified as...
to update the status of a particular statute
The official reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court is...
The Federal Register - The Code of Federal Regulations - The United States Code are...
38. 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
Federal Rules of Evidence
dicta
common law
de novo
39. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication
United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.)
restatement of law - encyclopedia - law review article - treatise: all represent...
components of a Federal Register citation
Shepard's Citations
40. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming
correct citation of Statutes at Large
common law
Pacific Reporter (P. or P.2d)
correct Code of Federal Regulations citation
41. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case
Case law concerning federal rules of procedure is collected in
The primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal - is...
American Law Reports
restatements of law
42. Published by Lawyers Co-op
American Jurisprudence - Second Series (Am. Jur. 2d)
memorandum opinion
South Eastern Reporter (S.E. or S.E.2d)
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
43. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found
components of United States Code citation
The American Digest System is sometimes called the ____________ and uses the key number system.
Atlantic Reporter (A. or A.2d)
components of a standard case citation
44. Summarized statute topics
indexes typically
The _______________ contains either a separate section or a separate volume devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
correct citation of a Constitutional article
45. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision
incorrect citation of a law review article
United States Reports is cited as
The National Reporter System divides the country into _____ regions.
rationale
46. 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'
constitutional law
on the record
codified
majority opinion
47. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment
session laws
An annotation is
Federal Register (Fed. Reg.)
a secondary authority which is not the law itself but is - rather - a persuasive presentation by legal scholars of what the law is or what it should be in a particular topic are
48. U.S.
sequence of citations
United States Reports is cited as
see - e.g.
digests typically
49. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.
Statutes at Large (Stat.)
National Reporter System
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
Cases decided by the U.S. Court of International Trade ( formerly the U.S. Customs Court) are _______________ in the Federal Supplement.
50. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).
correct standard case citation
If a researcher wants to check the current status of a case - he or she should use...
components of a Federal Register citation
incorrect United States Code citation
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