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Friday, February 13, 2004 Finding Journal Articles Presented by: Shikha Sharma, Instruction Librarian, Drake Memorial Library, SUNY College at Brockport U.S. Legal Research  Presented by: Shikha Sharma shikha.sharma@uconn.edu Primary and Secondary Sources of Law Primary Sources Statutes Regulations Cases Secondary Sources Dictionaries Encyclopedias Law Review Articles Treatises Vocabulary Decision = Judgment = Opinion Law = Act = Statute Jurisdiction Federal: agriculture, bankruptcy, immigration, certain crimes (such as drug trafficking across states), customs, copyright, patents, postal service, social security, and trademark State: child custody, divorce, wills, crimes (in most cases), landlord-tenant, real estate, motor vehicles Both State Federal: consumer protection, taxation, employment, environmental protection, health law, labor law, transportation, subsidized housing, veterans’ benefits and welfare law Where to Start? Dictionaries Black’s Law Dictionary (7th ed.) Encyclopedias: American Jurisprudence, 2d U.S. Court System How are Cases Published Federal cases: How are the Cases Published State Cases are published in official state reporters and in commercial “regional reporters”. Connecticut court cases are published in: How to Read a Case Citation Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38, 105 S.Ct. 2479, 86 L.Ed. 2d 29 (1985) How are Laws Made At both State and Federal levels: Statutes are first introduced as “bills” in a session of Congress (proposed legislation). Committee hearings may be held and amendments to the bill may be made. To become law, the bill should then be passed in identical form by both houses of the Congress and signed by the President, or passed over his veto. Once a bill becomes law, it is referred to as a session law or a public law. How are Laws Published At both the federal and state level, statutes are published in three different formats in the following order: Slip Law: This is the