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Legal Research

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






2. Compiled chronologically






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






9. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






10. The date upon which the decision was rendered






11. Secondary authority






12. Summarized statute topics






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






14. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






15. 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)






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






17. An index






18. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






19. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






20. Published by West






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






22. Legal encyclopedia published by West






23. Seven






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






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






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






27. Primary authority






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






29. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. Statutory law






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






35. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






36. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






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






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






40. The Federal Reporter






41. Name of the appellant






42. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






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






44. United States Reports






45. Reported selectively






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






47. American Digest System






48. Official publication






49. Digests






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