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Legal Research

Subject : law
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1. Federal Rules Decisions






2. 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






3. Summarize statute topics






4. Summarize judicial opinions






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






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






8. Digest topic






9. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






11. 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






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






13. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






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






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






16. Infra


17. Seven






18. An explanatory note






19. What federal session laws are published in






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






21. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






22. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.


23. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






24. An index






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. 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






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






28. Presidential proclamations






29. A proposed legislative measure






30. Official publication






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






32. 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






33. State and federal






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






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






36. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






37. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






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






39. 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






40. Result or disposition of the case






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






42. Primary authority






43. Compiled by topic






44. 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






45. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






46. Decennial Digest






47. The Federal Reporter






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






49. 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






50. Selected decisions