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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Case law






8. 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.






9. Statutes at Large






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Result or disposition of the case






15. 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.






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. Compiled chronologically






21. 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






22. Extensive selected annotations






23. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






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






25. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






26. State and federal






27. Primary authority






28. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






29. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






31. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






32. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






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


35. Precedent






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






37. 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






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






39. United States Reports






40. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






41. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






42. 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






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






44. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






45. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






47. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






48. Presidential proclamations






49. 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)






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