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Certified Legal Research

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1. U.S.






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






3. 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.






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






5. Supplemented by the A.L.R. Blue Book of Supplemental Decisions - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.






6. Legal encyclopedia published by West






7. Slip laws before they are published as session laws.






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






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






10. United States Code (U.S.C.)






11. Statutes at Large (Stat.)






12. Products of West Legal Studies






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






14. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg.2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






20. West key number system






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






22. 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






23. Which reports only federal cases and is supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket found at the back of each volume.






24. Published by West






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






26. 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.






27. Is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.






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






29. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






30. WESTLAW - West Publishing Company; and LEXIS - Mead Data Corporation.






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






32. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






33. Slip opinions collected and published periodically in a softbound or looseleaf format (in advance of the next bound volume of the case reporter series).






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






35. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






36. The Statutes at Large.






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






38. Contain a general commentary on or explanation of the subject.






39. A reference to a legal authority - such as a constitution - statute - case - administrative rule - or other authority.






40. Only those state appellate court cases which are significant (indicates a change in the law or a new trend in legal thinking).






41. Statutory law






42. Fed. R. App. P. 2.






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






44. Supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket part found at the back of each volume in the series.






45. Supplemented by the A.L.R.2d Later Case Service - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.






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






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






48. The rules and regulations of federal administrative agencies are cited either to the Code of Federal Regulations (arranged by topic and cited as C.F.R.) or to the Federal Register (arranged chronologically and cited as Fed. Reg.).






49. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent






50. Both state and federal.