Deck 7: Secondary Authority and Other Research Sources--Encyclopedias, Treatises, American Law Reports, Digests

Question 1

The United States Reports Digest includes the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

ALR is available on both Westlaw and LexisNexis.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Corpus Juris Secundum is more selective in its inclusion of cases than American Jurisprudence 2d.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

There are Shepard's for both statutory and case law.

Question 5

ALR annotations include a survey of the cases from every jurisdiction that have addressed the issue(s)discussed in the annotation.

Question 6

Shepard's Citations are available on both Westlaw and LexisNexis.

Question 7

A treatise is valuable as a research tool when you are seeking a more detailed treatment of the law than that provided by a legal encyclopedia.

Question 8

Both Corpus Juris Secundum and American Jurisprudence 2d are available on Westlaw and LexisNexis.

Question 9

A digest provides a very detailed discussion of a specific area of law.

Question 10

The Key Number digests are available on Westlaw and LexisNexis.

Question 11

Secondary authority is a source that a court may rely on that is not the law.

Question 12

Shepard's Citations are similar to digests in that they provide a brief summary of all court opinions on a specific topic.

Question 13

Treatises may consist of a single volume or multiple volumes.

Question 14

Shepardizing is a term used to refer to the process used to determine the current validity of an authority.

Question 15

A legal encyclopedia provides a summary, critique, and analysis of the law.

Question 16

Most single volume treatises are not updated with pocket parts.

Question 17

In the West Digest system each legal topic is divided into subtopics, and each subtopic is assigned a key number.

Question 18

Although secondary authority is persuasive authority, it may not be mandatory authority.

Question 19

Most treatises are available on Westlaw and LexisNexis.

Question 20

American Law Reports ( ALR )are similar to treatises in that they provide a comprehensive analysis of a single area of law such as the law of torts.