Question 1

Secondary sources include

Accepted Answer

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 D

Question 2

The following is true about digests:

Accepted Answer

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 E

Question 3

Legal encyclopedias

Accepted Answer

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 B

Question 4

American Law Reports

Accepted Answer

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

Digests

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 3: Secondary Sources and Finding Tools

Secondary sources include

The following is true about digests:

Legal encyclopedias

American Law Reports

Digests