Chapter 8: The Law Library

Paperback pamphlets published weekly that contain reporter cases, including correct volume and page number

• Advance Sheets

• Case Law

• Federal Register

• Ordinances

Which best defines Case Law?

• Law established by judicial decisions made in court cases

• The opinion of the court

• Summary of each point of law contained in the court decision of a reported case

• Primary legal authority the court is required to follow

A publication that lists the citations to all of the judicial decisions that have cited a given case

• Citators

• Digests

• Legal Encyclopedia

• Pocket Parts

Constitutions. codes, statutes, ordinances, and case law are considered

• Primary Legal Authority

• Secondary Legal Authority

• Mandatory Legal Authority

• Session Law

(1) legal encyclopedias, treaties, legal texts, law review articles, restatements and essays (2) writings that set forth the opinion of the writer as to the lawyer- these are considered

• Primary Legal Authority

• Secondary Legal Authority

• Persuasive Legal Authority

• Mandatory Legal Authority

What is the difference between headnotes and legal text?

• Headnotes- summary of each point of law contained in the court decision of a reported case. Legal text- books that cover specific areas of the law, usually dealing with a single topic

• Legal Text- summary of each point of law contained in the court decision of a reported case. Headnotes- books that cover specific areas of the law, usually dealing with a single topic

Persuasive or mandatory case law that has not been reversed or overruled and may be used to support arguments in pleadings

• Good Law

• Loose-Leaf Service

• Federal Register

• Session Laws

T/F: Session Laws are rules established by authority; may be a municipal statute of a city council regulating such matters as zoning, building, safety matters of municipality, etc

• True (session laws)

• False (ordinances)

This clause of the U.S. Constitution established that neither Congress nor any state legislature may enact laws which conflict with the U.S. Constitution

• Supremacy Clause

• Statutes at Large

• Martindale-Hubbel Law Directory

• Persuasive Legal Authority

What is the best definition of Loose-Leaf Service?

• replacement pages provided by a publisher in areas of the law where changes occur at a rapid rate

• a publication of several volumes that contains names, addresses, specialties, and ratings of lawyers

• supplements to law books in pamphlet form inserted into a pocket inside the back cover of the books to keep them current

• a detailed index by subject on points of law covered by reported cases