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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. 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






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






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






4. Shepard's Citations is used






5. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






7. Seven






8. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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9. Products of West Legal Studies






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Typical case reporter






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






18. Compiled chronologically






19. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






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






21. 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)






22. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






24. 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.






25. 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






26. Explanation of the subject






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






28. The Federal Reporter






29. Summarize statute topics






30. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






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






32. Federal Rules Decisions






33. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






34. Selected decisions






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






36. Result or disposition of the case






37. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






38. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






39. Secondary authority






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






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






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






43. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






45. 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.






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






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

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






49. Presidential proclamations






50. 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.