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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. 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






3. An explanatory note






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






5. 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






6. Summarize statute topics






7. 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






8. An index






9. The date upon which the decision was rendered






10. Presidential proclamations






11. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






12. Statutory law






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Shepard's Citators






20. 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






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






22. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






23. A proposed legislative measure






24. 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






25. Statutory law






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






27. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






28. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






29. American Digest System






30. What federal session laws are published in






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






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






33. Result or disposition of the case






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






35. Official publication






36. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






37. Products of West Legal Studies






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






39. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






40. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






41. Typical case reporter






42. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






43. The Federal Reporter






44. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






46. At the close of each legislative term






47. State and federal






48. As session laws






49. Restatement (of law)






50. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used