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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Precedent






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






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






4. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






5. 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.






6. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






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






8. Explanation of the subject






9. Supra

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10. The Federal Reporter






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






12. Products of West Legal Studies






13. 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






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






15. Statutes at Large






16. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






17. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






18. Digests






19. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






20. 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






21. 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.






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






23. Federal Cases






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






25. American Digest System






26. Secondary authority






27. What federal session laws are published in






28. Case law






29. Official publication






30. Seven






31. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






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






33. Encyclopedia






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






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






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. Statutory law






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






39. An explanatory note






40. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






41. State and federal






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






43. 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






44. F.Supp






45. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






46. Compiled by topic






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






48. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






49. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






50. U.S.