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| Most Jurisdictions have two types of Reporting sources | Official and Unofficial
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| in California what is the name of the two OFFICIAL reporters | California App Reports and Califorina Reporters
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| what is the larges unofficial reporter in both state and fenderal opinions | WEST LAW
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| what does the publishing company use to find similar cases or points of law | KEYS
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| why would you consult a legal Digest | to find the law by subject or by key
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| what is a slip opinion | judicial opinion in chronological- it published separetly soon after it is decided
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| what is the name used to find good law | keycite or shepards
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| where are you going to find a cit | at the the top of the page
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| what is GPO | Government Printing Office
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| How do you cute for supreme court | 71 S. Ct 199 (2012)
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| what are the 3 official reports of the supreme court | 1. United States Reports
2. West Supreme Court Reporters
3. United States Court Reports,Lawyers Edition
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| what is Stare Decisis | stand by the law- what has been decided
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| what is a legal enyclopedia | secondary source- state general principle of the law
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| what is the law review journal | Scholorly Periodicals edited by students at law school
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| what are the types of primary sources | 1.Court Opinions/ Case Law
2.Constitutions
3.Legislations
4.Rules of the court
5.Adminstrativerules
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| what are the types of secondary sources | encyclopedias, treaties, law reviews, journals
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| what is a slip Law | publications of the legislative enactment- published in pamphlet or single sheet form after its passed
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| what are the two popular computer assisted legal research electronic resources used to search for cases | West law and lexis nexus
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| how to cite california cases | underline!!! wong v sun, 71 Cal. App 4th 270,
7 Cal. Rptr. 71 (2010)
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| how to cite federal cases (3 types) | 1. 71 U.S 71 (2010),
2.71 S. CT. 71 (2010),
3. 71 L. ED 3 (2010)
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| how to cite evidence code | Cal. Evid. code SS 71
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| how to cite penal code | Cal. Pen. Code SS 71
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| how to cite Vehicle code | Cal. Veh. code SS 771
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| how to cite California Regional Reporter used before the 1960's | 31 P. 3d 71 (2010)
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| how to cite paragraphs in a research paper at the end of sentence | Wong v. sun 71Cal. App 4th 771(2010),
71 Cal. Rptr.71 (2010)
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| how to cite same case in same paragraph | Id.at 60-61
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| cite same case in another paragraph | wong v.sun at 61.
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| What is the majority opinion | main opinion of the court
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| what is a legislative proposal | bill
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| what is the legal consequences of the facts as determined by the ocurt | DECREE
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| what is the decision of the court(affirmed reversed, modified | JUDGEMENT
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| what is the reference to the same case in different reports | Parallel Citaiton
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| What are extensive book Length expositions of a legal subject | Treaties
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| what is an opinion by one or more judges who disagree with the decision | Dissenting
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| What is the holding or principle of law on which the case was decided | Ratio decidendi
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| what is the language in an opinion that is not necessary to the decision | Dictum
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| What is the process of identifying and retrieving the law related information necessary | Legal Research
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| What is an opinion written by one judge in which the entire majority wrote and agreed together | Per Curiam Opinion
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| what is the calfiforna unofficial reporter | California Reporters
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| what is an advanced sheet | pamphlets containing recent reported opinions
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| what is precedent | decisions of courts taht would serve as authorities for decisions later with similar cases of law.
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| what is a statute | referred to as legislation- positive statement of legal rules enacted by a legislature
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| what is a constitution | the fundamental body of principles
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| explain what a primary source is | primary sources are authoritative statements of legal rules by government bodies
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| explain what are secondary sources are | secondary sources are materials about the law that are used to explain the primary sources.
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| what are court reports | are compilations of judicial opinions
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| when did west begin publishing the California reporter | 1960
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| what is a digest | an index to reported cases, providing breif, unconnected statments of court holdings on points of law, which are arranged by subject and divided by jurisdiction and courts
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| what is the U.S.C.A | united states code annotated (West) consists of unnumber volumes, supplemntedby pamphelet or pocket parts.
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| what is the constituiton of the United states of american located | Library of Congress.
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| do each state have their own constitutions? | yes
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| what does congress mean | the senate and house of reps meet in two year intervals.
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| how is a bill passed. | 1. sent to the house it is introduced
2. sent to the other house for consideration
3. if approved, then sent to PRESIDENT to sign.
4. IF signed,Bill becomes Law
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| what happens if Pres does not sign in 10 days | it becomes law.
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| what is private law | affects the nation as a whole or idividuals as a class
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| what are private laws | deals with matters relating to claims against the govern
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| what is CODIFICATION | the process of collecting and arranging systematically, the laws of a state or country
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| what is a law | the law means by which a legislative body expresses its intent to declare, command or prohibit some action.
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| what are looseleafs | looseleaf services provide timely and uptodate access to information in specific areas of law
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| what are citators | books or services that provide the judicial history. citators indicate where a specific source is cited by another source
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| what is the most widely used citators | shepards and keycite
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| what are legal encycolpedias | written in narrative form, arranged aloabetically . they state generl propositionsof law with introductory explanations.
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| what are some examples of legal encyclopedias | Corpis Juris Secundum, and American jurisprudence
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| what is the selectiv reporter of appellate court opines | A.L.R
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| what are legal newspapers | they are published each business day and contain ifo of ocurt changes rules and laws.
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| what is our legal newspaper/journal | the los angeles daily journal
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| which treat a subject in greater depth than a legal encyclopedia | Treatises
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| which are less speculative than journal articles | treatises.
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| what are restatements of law | restatements of the existing common law in certain area publishedby the ALI sinc 1923.
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| who publishes restatements | American Law Institute
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| are restatments primary or secondary soucres | Secondary sources
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| are restatements bind as law? | no
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| what section give power to congress to make law | Section 8
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| is U.S. C official or unofficial | OFFICIAL
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| is U.S.C.A official or Unofficial | UNOFFICIAL
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| what is the federal register | OFFICIAL CITE_ publishing the regulations to notify the publice=> then its considered legal notive .ignorance of the law isnot a defence.
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| what is similar to the UScode | CFR- they update quarterly.
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| what is the largest administrative law | DMV
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| tell me how to cite | _______ Volume, Type of Reporter, Series, page
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| can you cite treatises | no.
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| what are annotations | brief summaries of the law
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