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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. As session laws






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






3. Published by West






4. The Federal Reporter






5. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






6. Statutory law






7. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






8. Statutes at Large






9. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






10. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






11. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






12. Primary authority






13. 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.






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






15. Digest topic






16. Federal Rules Decisions






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






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






19. Products of West Legal Studies






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






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






22. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






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






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






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






26. An explanatory note






27. 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)






28. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






30. S.Ct.






31. A proposed legislative measure






32. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






33. Summarize judicial opinions






34. Summarize statute topics






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






36. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






37. 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






38. Encyclopedia






39. At the close of each legislative term






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






43. Case law






44. Explanation of the subject






45. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






46. 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






47. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






48. State and federal






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






50. Result or disposition of the case