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27 Cards in this Set
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3 forms of statutory publications
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slip laws
session laws code |
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what are slip laws
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pamphlets identified by public law (PL) number:
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what are session laws
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chronological complilation of laws passed during one session of congress
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how do you cite slip laws
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PL (session) (number)
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how do you cite session laws
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published in Statutes at large:
(volume) Stat. (page) |
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how is code organized
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topical reorganization of session laws
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how do you cite code
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(title #) U.S.C. (section #)
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what is the official source
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United states code
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what are the unofficial sources
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lexis and westlaw
they are both annotated |
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what do both Lexis and Westlaw have that makes finding laws easy
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popular name table, topical index, secondary sources
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New York has ...
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no official code publications
two unofficial code publcations |
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what are NY's two unofficial publications
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McKinney's (West)
C.L.S. (Lexis) |
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how do you find statutes?
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Popular name
secondary source index |
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district courts?
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Federal trial level courts
at least one per state |
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circuit courts
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Federal apellate courts
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how many circuit courts are there
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eleven numbered courts
DC circuit Federal circuit |
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4 sources of primary authority
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constitutions
statutes opinions (administrative regulations) |
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Trial courts try . . .
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issues of fact
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Appellate courts try . . .
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issues of law
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American jurisprudence (AmJur)
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legal encyclopedia that cites to "the most important cases"
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Legal encyclopedias
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American jurisprudence (AmJur)
Corporate Juris Secundum (CJS) |
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Corporate Juris Secundum (CJS)
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Legal encyclopedia that cites to "all the cases"
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Encyclopedia just for NY
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NY Jur.2d
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American Law Reports (ALR)
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annotated(describes case that it cites)
Organized chronologically (but updated with pocket parts) extremely specific (not like other encyclopedias) |
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Restatements
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Law that is extracted from rulings rather than statutes
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Formbooks
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Very specific how-to books (how to draft a pleading, etc.)
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Uniform laws and model codes
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ex: The UCC (uniform contract code) is the most famous model code
The writers (private people or organizations) lobby state legislators to get them to enact the code |
