Statutes
Statutes are laws that are passed by
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Federal, state and local legislatures
The purpose of regulations....
to clarify and explain the statute.
Cases are published in volumes called .....
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reporters
Wests complete legal reference system is called ...
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National Report System,
Describe analyzing the problem
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think about the answer that is needed
determine what the research is to accomplish
decide what the ideal final product will look like
Federal statutes are organized by topic and published in .......
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series of volumes called the United States Code (U.S. C.).
Regulations are published in the....
Proposed and final federal regulations are published daily in the .......
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Code of Federal Regulations or C.F.R
Federal Register
Decisions by U. S. District Court judges can be appealed to the U. S. Court of Appeals by.....
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geographical regions
Federal and state court cases are published in reports .....
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chronologically rather than by subject.
Conducting research- describe the 3 types of sources
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primary: actual statements of law; statutes, regualtions and judicial decisions
secondary: citation guides, legal dictionaries, legal encyclopedias, books and treaties, law review and journal articles and topical services
finding tools: indexes, annotated codes, case design, citators
The ____ numbered titles in the United States Code are divided into _______ and _________.
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54, chapters and section
The IDEA regulations are in Volume 34, 300.39 is the specific section of the IDEA regulations that describes the term special education.
34 C.F.R. §. 300.39
The only source for decisions of the lower courts is printed in reporters published by ......
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West.
If cases can be found in more than one reporter the .....
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names of all reporters must be included in the citation.
Evaluate the results
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is the analysis logically based?
do you have enough information?
is it current?
Websites for Federal Statutes
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Cornell's Legal Information Institute (LII)
FindLaw's United States Code Unannotated
GPO's Federal Digital System
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S House of Representatives Office of the Law Revision Counsel
U.S. Senate
Websites for all state statutes and regulations
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cornell: Law by Source: State
FindLaw: State Resources
LLSDC (Law Librarian's Society of Washington DC)
National Conference of State Legislatures
Caselaw is the body of law that evolves in state and federal courts. Hearing decisions in special education cases can be appealed ......
to state or federal court, highest state court is the state’s Supreme Court.
Annotated code versions
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United States Code_ United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A)
United States Code Service (U.S.C.S)
Popular subscription data basis, publishers
Westlaw
Lexis Advance
Shepard's Citations
KeyCite
Thomson/West
Title 20 is about Education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is a federal statute. The statute is in Title 20 of the United States Code, beginning at Section 1400
s 20 U.S.C. § 1400, et. seq. §
Methods to find Federal Statutes and Regulations...
By: citation, table of contents, popular name, subject by index, online
Most commonly used reporters
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Federal Reporter, Second Series
Federal Reporter, Third Series
United States Reports
Supreme Court Reporters
United States Supreme Court Reporters, Lawyer's Edition
Interpret the following case citation:Frank G. v. Bd. of Educ., 459 F.3d 356 (2d Cir. 2006)
Name of the Case –
Volume Number –
Name of Reporter –
Beginning Page –
Court-
Year of Decision
Frank G. v. Bd. of Educ., 459 F.3d 356 (2d Cir. 2006)
Name of the Case – Frank G v Bd of Education
Volume Number – 459
Name of Reporter – F3rd
Beginning Page –356
Court- 2nd Cir.
Year of Decision- 2006
Secondary Sources
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Legal Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Books and Treatises
Law Review and Journal Articles
Indexes
Looseleaf or Topical Services
News and Current Awareness