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66 Cards in this Set
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Advance Sheet |
Supplement to a reporter that contains new cases that are not yet included in the bound reporter volumes. Usually a Pamphlet. Similar to: |
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American Jurisprudence 2d (Am. Jur. 2d) |
National Legal Encyclopedia published by West. Comprehensive set of American Jurisprudence legal forms allows clear, accurate, & informed application of more than 22,000 legal documents. Arranged alphabetically, each title contains from drafting guides, notes on use, & copious sample forms. Provides text discussions, checklists, finding aids, chapter outlines, commentary, practice aids, & a detailed index to the entire set. Similar to: |
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American Law Reports (A.LR.) |
A selective case reporter, but valued more for its annotations - articles on legal issues in the cases describing the state of the law in various jurisdictions. Covers all 50 states. Similar to: Secondary authority |
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annotated code |
Topically arranged compilation of current laws in force for a given jurisdiction that provides reference to regulation, cases, secondary sources that relate to particular code sections. Contains text of current laws in force for jurisdiction. Similar to: |
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annotation (in A.L.R.) |
Summary of the facts & holding of an appellate court's opinion. Similar to: |
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appellate court (Illinois) |
Highest appellate level court in IL. Must petition to appeal, most petitions rejected. Intermediate Court of review. Unofficially published in NE Reporter & IL Decisions, officially published in Appellate Court Reporter. Similar to: |
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Appellate History (LexisNexis) |
Tells how the case has been treated in the past. Presented in an outline format. Similar to: |
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Circuit court (Illinois) |
Trial level court. Court of original jurisdiction in IL. Only grant relief sought in pleadings. Must wait until the controversy is brought before the court. Court can't make decisions on its own. Decisions for the circuit are no longer binding on all other judges. Similar to: |
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citator |
Print or electronic tool that lists & analyzes cases & secondary authorities that have cited to a specific case or other authority. Similar to: Shepard's or KeyCite |
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code/codification |
Topically arranged compilation of current laws in force for a given jurisdictions. Change every time new session law is enacted. Codification: process of compiling codes. Similar to: |
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Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.) |
National legal encyclopedia published by West. |
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courts of appeal (federal circuits) |
Where parties can take cases to attempt to have a decision reversed. Similar to: |
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digest |
Collection of short summaries of points of law from judicial decisions, arranged by topic. Used to find cases in reporters. Find cases on a specific topic/issue, presents brief statements of legal points made in the legal case. Similar to: |
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EBSCO/Index to Legal Periodicals & Books |
Tool used to find periodicals articles by subject, subscription based service (print ("index to legal periodicals") & online) Similar to: |
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FDsys |
Federal Digest System that allows access to official publications from all 3 branches of Government. Free government online resource. Similar to: |
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Federal Reporter |
A legal reference source primarily covering published decisions of federal appellate courts. Similar to: |
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Federal Supplement |
A case law reporter published by West that includes select opinions of U.S. district courts. Unofficial. Similar to: |
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headnote |
Short paragraphs at the beginning of a case report that summarize each point of law in the case. Headnotes are added by the publisher,not the court, & should never be cited. Similar to: |
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HeinOnline Law Journal Library |
Online database that provides full-text coverage of major U.S. Law reviews & journals. Similar to: |
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hornbook |
Single volume, audience is law students, cheat sheet (detail, commentary of cases, breaks up statutes) Starting point in research (study guide) Similar to: |
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Illinois Appellate Reports (Ill. App.) |
Illinois Appellate Court cases. Official reporter for appellate court cases. Similar to: |
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Illinois Complied Statutes (ILCS) |
Arranges all existing state laws by subject, non-annotated. Official. Similar to: |
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Illinois Decisions |
Illinois cases only, Supreme Court & Appellate Court, extracted identically from Northeastern Reporter. Unofficial. Similar to: |
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Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IlCLE SmartBooks) |
The subscription-based online library of IlCLE Press publications. Users can access Smartbooks, offers IL lawyers effective practice guidance in a variety of formats. Similar to: |
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Illinois Jurisprudence (Ill. Jur.) |
Lexis' local legal encyclopedia for Illinois. Similar to: Illinois Law and Practice |
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Illinois Law and Practice |
West's legal encyclopedia for Illinois. Similar to: Illinois Jurisprudence |
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Illinois Reports (Ill.) |
Where Illinois Supreme Court cases are published, official reporter for Illinois Supreme Court cases. Similar to: |
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Illinois Compiled Statutes Annotated (LexisNexis) |
Illinois Annotates statutes, arranged by subject. Similar to: |
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key number |
Topics are arranged alphabetically & are subdivided into these which represent subtopics. (WestLaw) Number assigned to a specific topic under specific classification of law. Similar to: |
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KetCite |
West's citator. Similar to: Shepard's or citator |
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law journal or law review |
A scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association. Similar to: |
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Laws of Illinois |
Illinois statutes by date. Similar to: |
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legal encyclopedia |
Multivolume sets of books that summarize legal topics, secondary source, & good for preliminary research. Provide overview of subject. Includes articles summarizing the law in topical areas relevant to the jurisdiction(s) covered. Similar to: Secondary authority |
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LegalTrac |
Tool that can be used to find periodical articles by subject, available online & in print, provides only citation information (must go to HeinOnline for full text) Similar to: |
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Lexis Advance |
Newest version of Lexis Nexis Similar to: West Law, or Bloomberg |
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mandatory authority |
Binding on legal decisions-makers in same jurisdiction as issuing lawmaking entity & at lower level in decision making hierarchy; authority that the court is obligated to follow. Similar to: |
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National Reporter Sysytem |
A set of reporters that divides country into 7 regions. Covers appellate courts of all states. Published by West. Similar to: |
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official (reporter or code) |
Published by government. Similar to: |
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parallel citation |
Citation to two or more reporters for the same case. Similar to: |
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persuasive authority |
Non-binding authority; authority that the court may follow if it is persuaded to do so but is not required to follow. Similar to: |
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popular name table |
Lets you look up a law by its informal/popular name. Similar to: annotated codes |
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primary authority |
Pronouncements of the law by governmental lawmakers; may be mandatory. The law. Similar to: |
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public act number (Illinois) |
Number used for a statute (number of congress then public act number.) Similar to: |
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public law number (federal) |
An identification number assigned to a statute. Similar to: |
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regional reporter |
West case reporters that include cases from more than one state and form a particular geographic location. Similar to: |
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Restatements of the Law |
Summaries of common law rules in a particular area of law. Used to guide interpretations of particular cases. Similar to: Secondary authority |
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secondary authority |
Not the law itself, but items that discuss, explain or analyze legal doctrine; never mandatory, only persuasive. Explain concepts that are unknown or unclear. Help identify possible legal issues & search terms that you can use. To find quoted/cited primary authority you may use to provide commentary on primary authority. As expert authority for support when no primary is available. Similar to: Legal encyclopedia, Restatements of the Law, Legal periodicals |
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session law |
Slip law that has been bound together in chronological order with other slip laws enacted during the same legislative session in a given jurisdiction. Contains exact language agreed upon by the legislature & chief executive. Used to trace development of current law because provides retrospective record of each legislative change made at that point in time. Similar to: positive law |
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Shepard's citations |
LexisNexis' citator. Similar to: KeyCite |
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slip opinion |
A judicial opinion published shortly after decision is made & not yet included in a case reporter or advance sheet. Similar to: |
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slip law |
Separately issued legislative enactment that has recently been signed into law. Old fashioned expression for a legal document that is separately issued in a temporary format. Similar to: |
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star pagination |
The use of asterisks by WestLaw & LexisNexis to indicate page numbers in multiple case reporters. Similar to: |
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statute |
Newly numbered sections of session laws. Law created by the legislature. Similar to: |
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West's Supreme Court Reporter (S. Ct.) |
Unofficial case reporter published by West. Annotated. Similar to: U.S. Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition |
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treatise |
Well organized, written by experts, single or multivolme, could be national or specific jurisdiction, narrow in scope (specific areas), give references to cases. Similar to: |
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uniform and model acts |
Proposed statutes that can be adopted by legislatures. Similar to: |
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United States Codes (U.S.C.) |
Current federal laws. Published by government. Similar to: |
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United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.) |
Contains official text of the U.S.C. plus annotations on court decisions. Unofficial. Similar to: |
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United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.) |
Unofficial publication of the text of the U.S.C.; published by lawyers; known for its extensive use of annotations. Similar to: |
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United States Reports (U.S.) |
Official Supreme Court reporter. Similar to: |
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United States Statutes at Large (Stat.) |
Laws passed in congress organized chronologically. Similar to: |
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United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition (L. Ed.) |
Unofficial publication by Lexis of U.S. Supreme Court cases. Similar to: West's Supreme Court Reporter |
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unofficial (reporter or code) |
A published version of case opinions or laws not authorized by statute or rulings as an official version. Similar to: |
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West Key Number Syaytem |
Classification system used in West reporters & on WestLaw. It functions as an index to the entire National Reporters System, helping you locate cases with similar legal issues in any jurisdiction. Similar to: |
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WestLawNext |
New version of WestLaw. Similar to: Lexis Advance |
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West's Smith-Hurd Illinois Compiled Statutes Annotated |
Print annotated code arranged by subject. West's print version of the IL compiled statutes annotated. Similar to: |
