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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






2. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






3. 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'






4. Case law






5. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






6. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






7. Statutory law






8. Compiled by topic






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






10. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






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






12. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






14. Precedent






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






16. Federal Cases






17. 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.






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






19. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






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






21. Shepard's Citations is used






22. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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23. 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






24. Compiled chronologically






25. 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






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






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






28. Statutes at Large






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






30. Result or disposition of the case






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






32. Digest topic






33. United States Reports






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






35. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






36. An index






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






38. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






39. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






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






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






42. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






43. Name of the appellant






44. The West key number system






45. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. Presidential proclamations