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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Restatement (of law)






2. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






4. 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






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






6. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






7. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






8. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






9. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






10. U.S.






11. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






12. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op


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






14. Decennial Digest






15. Seven






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






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






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






19. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






20. Infra


21. Supra


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






23. 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






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






25. Explanation of the subject






26. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one






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






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






29. Primary authority






30. 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'






31. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






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






34. Summarize judicial opinions






35. 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






36. 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






37. Digests






38. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






39. Federal Rules Decisions






40. Encyclopedia






41. Shepard's Citations is used






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






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






44. Compiled chronologically






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






46. Presidential proclamations






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






48. Digest topic






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






50. Precedent