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Subject : law
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1. Case law






2. 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






3. S.Ct.






4. Statutory law






5. What federal session laws are published in






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






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






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






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






10. Federal Rules Decisions






11. At the close of each legislative term






12. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






13. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






15. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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16. Decennial Digest






17. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






18. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






20. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






21. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






22. Summarize statute topics






23. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






24. Compiled chronologically






25. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






26. 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






27. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






28. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






29. Extensive selected annotations






30. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






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






32. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






38. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






39. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






40. 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






41. Shepard's Citations is used






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






43. Restatement (of law)






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






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






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






47. A proposed legislative measure






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






49. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






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