Burks vocab

• statutory plan to solve a problem
• passed by Congress or any legislation which is a 'bill" until it becomes enacted law.

• usually indicates something includes editorial enhancements (i.e. U.S.C. Annotated)
• a note, summary, or commentary on some section of a statutes intended to illustrate its meaning

• collection of statues consolidated and classified by subject matter
• contains only permanent, public laws
• case law equivalent = Digest
• Official federal code? = US Code
• Commercial versions = USCS, USCA

• refers to an act or publication produced by a particular juisdiction or governing body
• can also serve in place of a publication
• authorized by a public official or public agency

• table matching hte official name designation at the beginnign fo an act/slip law (short ittle) to its various locations within the code
• bridges the law btw an Act and the Code

the distinct and numbered subdivisions in legal codes, statutes, and textbooks

a copy of a bill that is passed by state legislature and endorsed by governonr or passed by Congress and signed by prez, and is printed and distributed immediately

• small piece of an Act
• enacted pursuant to constitution
• federal or state written law enacted by Congress or state legislature

clause providing for something within the law

• compiled slip laws at the end of a Congressional session printed in rough chronological order
• contains both public and private laws
• case law equivalent = Reporter
• Official federal session law? = Statutes at Large, Commercial version (USCCAN, US Code Service Advance)

• the official source for laws passed by Congress
• trumps when there are discrepancies with US Code
• contains public and private session laws of US Congress

a model body of legislation propsed to decrease unnecessary conflicts btw state statutes

a commercial, unsanctioned version of session law or code for a particular jurisdiction

Official code for the US Congress

• Unofficial code for laws passed by US Congress
• West product

• Unofficial code for laws passed by US Congress
• Lexis product

• Unofficial session law for laws pased by Congress
• West product

• Unofficial session law for laws passed by Congress
• Lexis product

• •Translation:  The 670th Public Law enacted by the 89th Congress 
• •We are currently in the 112th Congress
• •From here, use Tables (separate volume) to look up the citation to the session law

• •From here, can look up directly into the code books (ex. here, go straight to the volume of title 49 of USC containing section 1653) 
• •New code published every 6 years, so cite to the appropriate codifying year 
• •Last year, the version cited was 2006.  This year’s?  2012.
• •But because of updating, last year it was (2006 & Supp. 2011).

• Official
• Free coverage of public and private laws

• contains full length cases organized in rough chronological order
• available by region

• case summaries organized by subject
• over 400 alphabetized subject categories
• after locating correct digest, check pocket part
• descriptive-word index (like "labor) then subtopics like "discrimination in hiring)
• use key numbers from headnotes
• words and phrases - at end of Digest, court defined terms

• unfamiliar with topic
• learn generally about an area of law
• find primary authority
• be more cost effective in research

• encyclopedias (CJS, AmJur)
• Restatements
• American Law Reports (ALR)
• Treatises (some you can cite to)
• Law review/journal articles
• Legal indices: a place to find articles (Legal Trac)