Systems and Sources Exam

Law from any government branch

If it is a case of first impression, where should courts start their statutory interpretation?

Doctrine which requires courts to follow previous decisions.

Punctuation used in terms and connectors search to ask for terms to be read together.

The date after which it became allowed to cite unpublished opinions in WI.

When do you need a citation parenthetical?

State courts have ______ subject matter jurisdiction.

Statements made in judicial decisions about hypothetical situations different from those at issue in the case.

symbol which indicates some negative treatment of a case

Which of the following is in the correct order?

Punctuation used at the end of a root word to capture all variations.

Administrative regulations are published in...

122 Stat. 3553.- What kind of law is this?

scholarly work that contains critical commentary and in-depth treatment of an area of law, single of multi-volume

Which of the following is NOT an example of secondary authority?

Court's answer to a specific legal question that was presented in the decision of a case.

May be primary or secondary law, not binding but the court may choose to follow

You always use one paragraph symbol for citations, not matter how many paragraphs are cited.

What federal circuit court of appeals is Wisconsin in?

The Federal Reporter publishes...

American Law Reports=

The two types of searches on legal databases.

Which of the following is NOT an example of primary authority?

Proposed statutes that can be adopted into law

When the Supreme court agrees to review a case, it grants this.

Executive orders

like a treatise or practice manual, but shorter, good for getting a general overview

Example of extrinsic evidence of legislative intent:

How many federal district courts are there in Wisconsin?

Example of intrinsic evidence of legislative intent:

Two main legal encyclopedias

law review articles (scholarly) & bar journal articles (practical) detailed information about a specific area of law

Examples illustrating potential legal outcomes.

Opinion issued by the court as a whole.

A hearing before all judges in a court.

Templates that courts use for standard jury instructions

In order to hear a case, federal courts must have subject matter jurisdiction based on...

How many reporters are cited for a long form WI citation?

U.S. Code is organized into

The Federal Supplement publishes...

Secondary authority geared toward practitioners

Compilations of rules and commentary prepared by the American Law Institute to synthesize and clarify legal principles

In a Boolean search, use an asterisk to...

Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions are binding on...

Rule making Wisconsin appellate courts bound by one another.

U.S. Supreme Court cases are NOT reported in..

Pub. L. No. 110-325- What kind of law is this?

Session laws are arranged _______, the US code is arranged ________

What is Bloomberg's Citator called?

Dicta may be cited as binding authority.