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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Typical case reporter






7. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






8. Summarize statute topics






9. 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.






10. 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






11. Summarized statute topics






12. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






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






14. 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






15. A proposed legislative measure






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






17. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






18. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






19. Precedent






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






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






22. Presidential proclamations






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






28. Federal Cases






29. Primary authority






30. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






31. State and federal






32. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






33. S.Ct.






34. Statutory law






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






36. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






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






38. Shepard's Citators






39. Summarize judicial opinions






40. Published by Lawyers Co-op






41. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






42. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






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






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






45. 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.






46. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






48. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






49. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






50. Seven