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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Compiled chronologically






2. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






3. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






4. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






5. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






6. A proposed legislative measure






7. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






8. Result or disposition of the case






9. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






10. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






11. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.






12. What federal session laws are codified and published in






13. Encyclopedia






14. State and federal






15. Summarize judicial opinions






16. Digests






17. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






18. As session laws






19. 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'






20. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






21. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






22. The Federal Reporter






23. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






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






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






26. Legal encyclopedia published by West






27. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






28. Restatement (of law)






29. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






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






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






32. 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






33. Statutes at Large






34. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






35. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






36. An index






37. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






38. Precedent






39. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






40. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






41. 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






42. Infra


43. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






44. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






45. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






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






47. What federal session laws are published in






48. Statutory law






49. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






50. Decennial Digest