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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






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






3. Products of West Legal Studies






4. Federal Cases






5. Published by West






6. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






7. 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






8. The West key number system






9. Federal Rules Decisions






10. 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






11. The Federal Reporter






12. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






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






14. Primary authority






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






16. American Digest System






17. A proposed legislative measure






18. What federal session laws are codified and published in






19. Summarize judicial opinions






20. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






21. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






22. A syllabus of the court






23. Digest topic






24. 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.






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






26. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






27. Selected decisions






28. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






29. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






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






32. Presidential proclamations






33. 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)






34. Typical case reporter






35. 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






36. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






37. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






38. 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






39. Compiled chronologically






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






41. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






42. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






44. Shepard's Citations is used






45. Legal encyclopedia published by West






46. Statutory law






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






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






49. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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50. Extensive selected annotations