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Statutes Basic Legal Skills January 13, 2006

Research Process Review Preliminary Analysis –Secondary sources –Key words & phrases Statutes Mandatory Precedent Persuasive Precedent Refine, Double-Check & Update

Gallagher College of Statutory Knowledge Build on what you know Explore options for finding statutes

What? Who? Why? How? A body of laws written by legislatures (U.S. Congress & state) Under constitutional authority Concerning rights & obligations of residents & businesses

Lesson One Look for statutes early in the legal research process

Law IN Order Date “Session laws”Session laws U.S. Statutes at Large (Stat.) Laws of Washington Subject “Code” U.S. Code (U.S.C.)U.S. Code Revised Code of Washington (R.C.W.)Revised Code of Washington

Deciphering Citations Americans with Disabilities Act Pub. L. No Stat U.S.C. §§ et seq. Growth Management Act Laws, st ex.s. c 17 RCW 36.70A

Official vs. Unofficial Codes Official, unannotated Gov’t published Current laws History notes Index Tables Popular names table Unofficial, annotated Commercially published Official code contents Citations to articles, cases, regulations, forms & practice materials

Compare Cornell’s Legal Information Institute 42 U.S.C. § Westlaw, United States Code Annotated 42 U.S.C.A. § 12112

Searching for Statutes Google?Google Secondary sources Indexes Tables of contents Popular names Full-text online Agency websites

Westlaw

LexisNexis

Hints Be creative, flexible & persistent Consider synonyms Recheck secondary sources Child? Infant? Minor? Juvenile? Issue? Offspring? Youth? Rugrat?

Lesson 2 Use multiple approaches to identify relevant statutes

Update! Determine how up to date the source is Lexis & Westlaw update statutes frequently Free Internet sites & print sources may be equally current (or out of date)

Review 1.Look for statutes early in the legal research process 2.Use multiple approaches to locate relevant statutes 3.Update the statute

Gallagher Guide Statutory Research Checklist, –Basic approaches –Links to guides & tutorials

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