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1. Legal encyclopedia published by West






2. Extensive selected annotations






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






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






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.






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






8. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






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






10. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






13. State and federal






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






15. The West key number system






16. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






17. Secondary authority






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






19. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






20. An index






21. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






22. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






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






24. Infra

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






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






27. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






28. Federal Rules Decisions






29. Summarize judicial opinions






30. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






31. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






33. F.Supp






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






36. Restatement (of law)






37. Official publication






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






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






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






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






42. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






44. Summarized statute topics






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






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'






47. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






48. U.S.






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.






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







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