Deck 3: Secondary Sources and Finding Tools

Question 1

Secondary sources include

A) cases
B) treatises, law review articles, and legal periodicals
C) legal dictionaries, legal thesaurium, continuing education publications, and restatements
D) b and c
E) a, b, and c

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Digests

A) are secondary authority
B) contain case summaries and references to other research materials
C) serve as indexes to cases and allow the researcher to locate the relevant
D) b and c
E) a, b, and c

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Legal encyclopedias

A) are primary authority
B) include Corpus Juris Secundum and American Jurisprudence 2d
C) rarely contain footnotes
D) a and c
E) a, b, and c

Answer 3

B

Question 4

American Law Reports

A) contain selected cases
B) contain textual explanations (called annotations) of the law
C) are both a secondary source and a finding tool
D) b and c
E) a, b, and c

Question 5

The following is true about digests:

A) A federal digest may be used to find relevant cases decided by the federal courts
B) A state digest may be used to find relevant cases decided by the courts of the state
C) Digests are updated by annual pocket parts and by paperbound supplementary pamphlets.
D) a and b
E) a, b, and c