law chapter 2

Question 1

True/ False Using the internet to conduct legal research can be beneficial if you carefully evaluate the credibility of the website.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

To locate court opinions and decisions on case law you should look at

Answer 2

Reporters

Question 3

The function of citators in legal research is?

Answer 3

validate and expand your research.
check if a case still has precedential value

Question 4

True /False
When conducting legal research, finding a relevant and current case is trivial.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

True/ False
Because federal laws (U.S.C.) and regulations (C.FR) are updated frequently, it is better to find resources through legal databases.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The difference between the U.S.C., U.S.C.A., and the U.S.C.S. is that…

Answer 6

**both U.S.C.A. and U.S.C.S. contain additional references to federal regulations and secondary sources

Question 7

state statues
case law
federal regulations
judicial decision

Answer 7

Primary Sources

Question 8

Secondary Sources

Answer 8

journal articles
legal treatise
legal index
legal dictionary

Question 9

True/False If you are using the West Digest system to find cases on special education, you could look in the index for all cases including the topic and key number.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

United States Code U.S.C. Citation
20 U.S.C. § 1401 (29)

Answer 10

20 Title number
U.S.C. United states code
§ Section
1401 Section number
(29) subsection

Question 11

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Citation
34 C.F.R. § 300.39 (a)(1)

Answer 11

34 title number
C.F.R. Code of Federal Regulations
§ Section
300.39 Section number
(a)(1) Subsection letter and number

Question 12

Case Law Citations
Daniel R.R. v. State Board of Educ., 874 F.2d 1036 (5th Circ. 1989)

Answer 12

Name of case Daniel R.R. v. State Board of Educ.,
Volume number 874
Name of reporter F.2d
Page number 1036
Court and year of (5th Cir. 1989)
decision

Question 13

U.S.C.A

Answer 13

United States Code Annotated

Question 14

United States Code Service

Answer 14

U.S.C.S

Question 15

U.S.C or The United States Code

Answer 15

Federal statutes are organized by topic and published in a series of volumes

Question 16

C.F.R

Answer 16

Federal administrative agencies, promulgate regulations to implement and enforce federal statutes

Question 17

Case Law

Answer 17

The published decisions of the U.S. District Courts (federal trial courts) are collected in a series of reporters called the Federal Supplement

Question 18

The United States Reports (U.S.)

Answer 18

U.S. supreme court report of appellant decisions published by the government and is the official report

Question 19

b. Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.).

Answer 19

U.S. supreme court report of appellant decisions published by Thomson Reuters (West)

Question 20

c. United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers’ Edition L.Ed.

Answer 20

U.S. supreme court report of appellant decisions published by Matthew Bender member of the LexisNexis Group.

Question 21

Step 1 Legal Research

Answer 21

analyze the problem and determine the most efficient manner in which to proceed

Question 22

Step 2 in Legal Research

Answer 22

Conduct the Research

Question 23

Step 3 in Legal Research

Answer 23

Evaluate the Results

Question 24

Tools used for Law research

Answer 24

A. indexes, B. annotated codes, C. case digests, and D citators

Question 25

Annotated codes

Answer 25

are powerful research tools.
statutory language
a wealth of information

Question 26

Secondary sources

Answer 26

• no formal authority. They may have significant
  persuasive authority
• easier to begin with secondary sources

Question 27

1. They introduce the researcher to a particular area of
   the law by explaining the issues involved,
2. provide citations to the primary source material, e.g.,
   statutes
3. secondary sources: citation guides, legal dictionaries,
   legal encyclopedias, books and treatises, law review
   and journal articles, and topical services.

Answer 27

primary functions of secondary sources

Question 28

Legal Dictionaries

Answer 28

language of the law: Black’s Law Dictionary and Ballentine’s Law Dictionary.
specialized areas of law, Education and the Law: A Dictionary.