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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. What federal session laws are codified and published in






2. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






3. Digest topic






4. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






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






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






7. Explanation of the subject






8. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






9. 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






10. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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11. American Digest System






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






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






14. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






15. State and federal






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






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






18. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






19. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






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






21. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






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






23. Typical case reporter






24. F.Supp






25. Statutes at Large






26. U.S.






27. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






28. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






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






30. 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






31. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. Summarized statute topics






37. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






38. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






39. Compiled by topic






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






41. Statutory law






42. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






44. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






45. A proposed legislative measure






46. 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






47. Selected decisions






48. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






49. Summarize statute topics






50. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits