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Finding the Law

Finding the Law. And more about citations!. What are they?. A citation is a way to find something the writer is relying on in making his/her argument. It can be primary law (e.g., a statute) or secondary source of law (e.g., Corpus Juris Secundum) or

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Finding the Law

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  1. Finding the Law

    And more about citations!
  2. What are they? A citation is a way to find something the writer is relying on in making his/her argument. It can be primary law (e.g., a statute) or secondary source of law (e.g., Corpus Juris Secundum) or non-legal piece (e.g., The New York Times).
  3. What are they?
  4. Recognizing Citations (Cites are Citations)
  5. The Purpose of a Cite Allows the reader to find the source of their interpretation so s/he can read it and not just rely on the writer’s interpretation of that law or other things relied on in making the argument. We will be concentrating on citations for primary sources of law.
  6. Quick Review on Primary Law
  7. What is Primary Law? Constitutions (Supreme Law of the Land) Statutes Administrative Law Rules and Regulations Case Law Common Law Interpretative Case Law
  8. Primary Laws
  9. Reading the Citations
  10. Reading The Cite
  11. SYMBOLS
  12. Looking at Cites
  13. Examples
  14. Case Cites Formulas Miranda v Arizona, 384 US 436 (1966) First Part is the case name Second Part is the cite
  15. Miranda v Arizona, 384 US 436 (1966)
  16. Case Cites Formulas People v Jennings, 69 NY2d 103, 115 (1986) First Part is the case name Second Part is the cite
  17. People v Jennings, 69 NY2d 103, 115 (1986)
  18. Where to Find the Law
  19. Where To Find The Law TWO PLACES Libraries On Line
  20. LIBRARIES Law Office Courthouses State Supreme Court Public Law Schools Public Libraries
  21. ON-LINE Westlaw Lexis Government Websites Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School (http://www.law.cornell.edu/)
  22. Constitutional Law
  23. Statutory Law
  24. Administrative Law
  25. Federal Case Law
  26. NYS Case Law
  27. NYS Case Law
  28. NYS Case Law
  29. NYS Case Law Review
  30. Reading Case Cites
  31. Reading Case Cites
  32. Understanding Case Series First, 2d and 3d
  33. Federal Cases Series
  34. New York Cases Series
  35. New York Cases Series
  36. Identifiers
  37. Federal Case Identifiers
  38. Federal Cases Examples
  39. Federal Cases Examples
  40. Federal Cases Examples 1st Cir 2d Cir 3d Cir 4th Cir 5th Cir 6th Cir 7th Cir 8th Cir 9th Cir 10th Cir 11th Cir DC Cir Fed Cir
  41. New York Case Identifiers
  42. New York Cases
  43. New York Appellate Division Cases 1st Dept 2d Dept 3d Dept 4th Dept
  44. Supreme Court Family Court Surrogate’s Court Court of Claims Civil Court Criminal Court NYS Trial Courts Identifiers Misc Misc 2d Misc 3d
  45. New York Cases
  46. New York Cases
  47. New York Supreme Court Cases
  48. New York Family Court Cases
  49. New York Surrogate’s Court Cases
  50. New York Court of Claims Cases
  51. New York City Civil Court Cases
  52. New York City Criminal Court Cases
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