Describe primary and secondary sources of law and how they differ.
How are these
sources used in legal research?
Q. 2Administrative regulations provide what kind of law? What are the major sources for regulations?
How are regulations organized? How are recently published regulations
located?
Q. 3Client Julia comes to your supervising attorney because she was injured when a handrail on the steps outside a grocery store broke while she was holding it, causing her to fall and leading to her suffering serious injuries. You begin looking for cases on
a. A plaintiff being attacked by a dog at a grocery store
b. A plaintiff being injured on a broken step outside a grocery store
c. A plaintiff suffering food poisoning from food purchased at a grocery store
d. A plaintiff suffering injuries from a mugging outside a grocery store
Q. 4Before researching a legal problem that is governed by case law, you will need to determine your legal research goals, which are:
a. Finding legal support for your client's claim
b. Finding cases on point
c. Finding cases that are binding authority
d. All of these choices are correct
e. Finding legal support for your client's claim and finding cases that are binding
authority
Q. 5A case involving factual circumstances and issues that are similar to the case before the court is called:
a. A binding authority
b. A case on all fours
c. A case on point
d. A persuasive authority
Q. 6Which of the following are crowd-sourcing legal Web sites?
a. Law Pivot
b. Rocket Lawyer
c. Legal Zoom
d. All of these choices are correct
Q. 7Which of the following is an advantage to crowd-sourcing Web sites such as Law Pivot?
a. Lower cost
b. Fast answers
c. Opportunities to meet qualified relevant lawyers
d. All of these choices are correct
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