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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






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






3. Supra

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






5. 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)






6. Encyclopedia






7. A proposed legislative measure






8. What federal session laws are published in






9. Precedent






10. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






11. At the close of each legislative term






12. 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






13. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






15. Official publication






16. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






17. 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.






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






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






20. Statutes at Large






21. Seven






22. S.Ct.






23. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






24. 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






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






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






27. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






28. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






29. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






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






32. The West key number system






33. Decennial Digest






34. 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






35. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






36. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






37. 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






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






39. Shepard's Citators






40. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






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






42. Result or disposition of the case






43. Published by Lawyers Co-op






44. State and federal






45. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






46. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






47. Summarize statute topics






48. Selected decisions






49. Case law






50. Federal Rules Decisions