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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






2. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






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






4. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






5. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






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






7. Secondary authority






8. 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.






9. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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10. An index






11. 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






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






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






14. Shepard's Citators






15. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






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






17. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






19. 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






20. The Federal Reporter






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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






24. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






26. Presidential proclamations






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






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






29. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






30. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






31. Compiled by topic






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






33. Name of the appellant






34. Shepard's Citations is used






35. A syllabus of the court






36. Summarize judicial opinions






37. Precedent






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






39. Summarize statute topics






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






41. Statutes at Large






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






43. Published by West






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






45. An explanatory note






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






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

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48. Digests






49. Legal encyclopedia published by West






50. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).