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Terminology
Sources of Law
What is that Source?
Facts and Issues
Potpourri
100
A system of government in which the people are regulated by both federal and state governments.
What is Federalism
100
Clause in the United State Constitution providing that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
What is Supremacy Clause
100
A work that contains the law itself; one of the 5 sources of law.
What is Primary Source
100
These facts are essential in both reading the law and researching the law.
What is Key/Relevant Facts
100
Giving legal advice to a client is not allowed because it is _______.
What is UPL or Unauthorized Practice of Law
200
The power of a court to hear cases and render judgments; the power or authority to act in a certain situation.
What is Jurisdiction
200
The purpose of the legislature in passing a law.
What is Legislative Intent
200
A tool used to understand the law; Legal encyclopedia or dictionary or annotations.
What is Secondary Source
200
Legal issues should always be written in this form; type of sentence.
What is Question
200
This database is used for legal research along with the Internet and Lexis Nexis.
What is Westlaw
300
To change a law.
What is Amend
300
Statutes are originally published as ________.
What is Slip Laws
300
A law that a court must follow in a jurisdiction.
What is Mandatory
300
A statement of the legal issues presented to the court for resolution.
What is Questions Presented
300
Procedural rules adopted by all courts regulating the practice of law.
What is Rules of Court
400
A removable supplement; includes all changes or additions to the material contained in the hardbound volume.
What is Pocket Part
400
Administrative rules and regulations are printed in this series.
What is Federal Register
400
A law that does not have to be followed; a law from another jurisdiction.
What is Persuasive
400
What are the three parts of an issue statement?
What is U+D+W or Law+Question+Facts
400
imilar laws that are adopted by the legislatures of different states. Ex. Uniform Commercial Code; Uniform Probate Code.
What is Uniform Laws
500
The example set by the decision of an earlier court for similar cases or similar legal questions that arise in legal cases.
What is Precedent
500
Various requirements or elements of a statute that must be met before the statute applies to a situation.
What is Statutory Requirements
500
Label this source: United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
What is Primary Persuasive
500
What are the 3 types of facts?
What is Relevant Facts, Explanatory Facts, Legally Unimportant Facts or Key, Background, Irrelevant
500
This is what IRAC stands for.
What is Issue, Rule, Analysis, Conclusion