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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






2. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






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






4. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






5. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






6. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






7. Presidential proclamations






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






9. United States Reports






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






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






12. Extensive selected annotations






13. 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.






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






15. Digest topic






16. Result or disposition of the case






17. A proposed legislative measure






18. Summarized statute topics






19. Statutory law






20. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






21. At the close of each legislative term






22. 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






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






24. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






25. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






26. 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






27. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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






29. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






30. 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






31. 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






32. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






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






34. Digests






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






36. An index






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






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






39. Reported selectively






40. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






41. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






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






44. Statutory law






45. 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






46. Typical case reporter






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






48. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






49. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






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