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






2. Supra

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






4. Summarize judicial opinions






5. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






6. 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.






7. Statutory law






8. 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)






9. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






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






12. Selected decisions






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






14. 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.






15. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






17. 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






18. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






19. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






20. Statutory law






21. Case law






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






23. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






24. 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






25. Statutes at Large






26. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






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






28. U.S.






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






30. Federal Cases






31. 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






32. 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.






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






34. 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






35. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






36. 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






37. An explanatory note






38. Encyclopedia






39. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






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






41. An index






42. 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






43. Presidential proclamations






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






45. Shepard's Citators






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






47. Secondary authority






48. F.Supp






49. United States Reports






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