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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Federal Rules Decisions






2. Statutes at Large






3. Secondary authority






4. Official publication






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






6. 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






7. The West key number system






8. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






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






10. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






11. Shepard's Citators






12. 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.






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






14. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






15. U.S.






16. The Federal Reporter






17. Typical case reporter






18. 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






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






20. A syllabus of the court






21. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






22. Statutory law






23. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






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






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






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






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






28. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






29. 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






30. 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'






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






32. F.Supp






33. Summarize judicial opinions






34. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






36. 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






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






38. Explanation of the subject






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






40. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






41. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






42. United States Reports






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






44. 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






45. Name of the appellant






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






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






48. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






49. A proposed legislative measure






50. 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