Legal Research Quiz 2 Flashcards
Laws passed by Congress are called ___________.
Public laws.
Public laws are published in _________.
Statutes at Large.
What does the ‘81’ in the below Statues at Large citation refer to?
81 Stat. 602
The ‘81’ represents the volume number.
What does the ‘602’ in the below Statutes at Large citation refer to?
81 Stat. 602
The ‘602’ represents the page number where the statute begins in Statutes at Large.
What are the Statutes at Large accessible under in Lexis Nexis?
U.S.C.S. Advance Service
What are the Statutes at Large accessible under in Westlaw?
U.S.C.C.A.N.
Statutes at Large represent ______ laws passed by Congress and are considered ______ law.
- all
- Session
Statutes at Large represent all laws passed by Congress and are considered Session law.
Public laws are also assigned a unique numerical identifier known as a public law number. What is the public law number in the below citation?
Pub. L. 90-202
202; this is the 202nd public law passed by the 90th Congress.
What is the procedure when Congress wants to change an existing law?
When Congress wants to change (amend) an existing law, they must pass another public law that makes changes to the earlier public law.
What is the relation between Statutes at Large and the United States Code?
All provisions from public laws that are related to the same subject are reprinted together in the United States Code (U.S.C.). ex: 29 U.S.C. § 626.
What does the 29 in the below United States Code citation refer to?
29 U.S.C. § 626
The 29 refers to the Title Number, which is the broad subject area that the Statute falls under. For example, 29 refers to labor law.
Under what name is the United States Code accessible on Lexis Nexis?
U.S.C.S.
Under what name is the United States Code accessible on West law?
U.S.C.A.
If you know the popular name of a public law and need to locate where specific parts of it are located in the U.S.C. (codified), you have several tools at your disposal:
- _____________
- ____________
- Google the popular name
2. Popular name tool located at uscode.house.gov (select the “popular name tool” link located in the left column)
Review: Think back to public laws appearing in the Statutes at Large.
What is the public law number in the below citation?
Pub. L. 84-186
186, this is the 186th public law passed by the 84th Congress.
Think back to public laws appearing in the Statutes at Large.
What Congress passed the public law in the below citation?
Pub. L. 79-86
79, this is the 86th law passed by the 79th Congress.
True or False:
A cite to the U.S.C. may be plugged directly into WestlawNext, Lexis Advance, or Bloomberg and it will retrieve the relevant section of the Code.
True.
What are four reasons that using the USC to search Statutes at Large is favored?
- _____________
- _____________
- _____________
- _____________
- The U.S.C. contains all statutes currently in force and organizes them by subject.
- Repealed language is removed from the U.S.C.
- When you read a code section, all laws currently in force are combined into one place.
- Statutory research without the U.S.C. would involved searching many decades of statutes for anything passed on a subject.
Where may you find Proposed Rules listed?
A. The Federal Register
B. Code of Federal Regulations
C. Both
D. Neither
A. The Federal Register
Where may you find Final Rules listed?
A. The Federal Register
B. Code of Federal Regulations
C. Both
D. Neither
C. Both
Both the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations contain Final Rules.
Where may you find Agency Notices listed?
A. The Federal Register
B. Code of Federal Regulations
C. Both
D. Neither
A. The Federal Register
Which of the below features Final Rules arranged by subject?
A. The Federal Register
B. Code of Federal Regulations
C. Both
D. Neither
B. Code of Federal Regulations,
Though both The Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations contain final rules, only the Code of Federal Regulations arranges these rules by subject.
Which of the below features Proposed Rules, Final Rules and Agency Notices?
A. The Federal Register
B. Code of Federal Regulations
C. Both
D. Neither
A. The Federal Register
Code of Federal Regulations Citations:
In the below example, what does the ‘21’ refer to?
21 C.F.R. § 207.20
The ‘21’ refers to the Title.
