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

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

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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.

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ALR is available on both Westlaw and LexisNexis.

Most single volume treatises are not updated with pocket parts.

Treatises may consist of a single volume or multiple volumes.

The Key Number digests are available on Westlaw and LexisNexis.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Most treatises are available on Westlaw and LexisNexis.

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