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13 Cards in this Set
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primary source
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a work that contains the law
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secondary source
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a tool used to help understand the law such as a legal encyclopedia
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code books
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books that contain codes or statutes
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case reporters
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books that contain case decisions from the courts
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CD-ROM libraries
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legal materials, either primary or secondary, stored on discs
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Law library
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library dedicated to legal resource material
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Digests
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multi-volume set of books that act a detailed topical index to case reporters; are organized topically and contain short summaries of cases.
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Looseleaf service
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a type of work, usually concerning a single legal topic, where the material is kept in a pull-apart binder. It is continually updated. Subscribers received updated pages when changes are made to the law.
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Treatises
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usually single books published on one legal subject.
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Form Books
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Books that contain forms lawyers use to create legal documents, also called practice books.
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Legal Periodicals
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Magazines, journals, and newspapers related to the practice of law.
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Virtual Law Libraries
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LEXIS and Westlaw
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Federalism
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system where people are regulated by both federal and state governments
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