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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






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






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






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






5. Reported selectively






6. United States Reports






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Summarize statute topics






12. The Federal Reporter






13. Summarized statute topics






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






15. Typical case reporter






16. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






17. A proposed legislative measure






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






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






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






21. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






22. Compiled chronologically






23. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






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






26. Supra

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27. An explanatory note






28. Digests






29. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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

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






32. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






33. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






34. Decennial Digest






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






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






37. S.Ct.






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






39. Presidential proclamations






40. Summarize judicial opinions






41. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






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






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






44. Digest topic






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






46. 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.






47. 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)






48. 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.






49. As session laws






50. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure