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Statutes
Basic Legal SkillsJanuary 10, 2005
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Research Process Review
• Preliminary Analysis– Secondary sources
– Key words & phrases
• Statutes
• Mandatory Precedent
• Persuasive Precedent
• Refine, Double-Check & Update
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Gallagher Collegeof Statutory Knowledge
1. Primacy of statutes
2. Strategies for finding statutes
3. Methods for updating statutes
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“ I am born.”
• Artificial insemination• Birth certificates & registration• Health screening of newborns• Human cloning• In vitro fertilization• Safe havens / Baby Moses• Surrogate parenthood
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“I go to school.”
• Bilingual education• Compulsory attendance• Corporal punishment• Education for All
Handicapped Children Act
• Immunizations• Moments of silence• No Child Left Behind Act• School records privacy• Teacher certification
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“I get a life!”
• Credit• Drivers’ licensing• Drunk driving• Health insurance• Landlord & tenant• Marriage & divorce• Real estate• Rules of the road• Ski laws
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“I go to work.”
• Drug-testing• Fair employment• Labor relations• Occupational &
professional licensing• Wages & hours• Workers’
compensation
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“I get old and die.”
• Elder abuse• Living wills• Medicare & Medicaid• Nursing homes & assisted living facilities• Social Security• Wills & inheritance
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Lesson One
Look for statutes early in the legal research process
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Law IN Order
Date
• “Session laws”
• U.S. Statutes at Large (Stat.)
• Laws of Washington
Subject
• “Code”
• U.S. Code (U.S.C.)
• Revised Code of Washington (R.C.W.)
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Deciphering Citations
Americans with Disabilities Act
• Pub. L. No. 101-336
• 104 Stat. 327
• 42 U.S.C. § § 12101 et seq. (Titles 1-50)
Growth Management Act
• Laws, 1990 1st ex.s. c 17
• RCW 36.70A (Titles 1-91)
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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
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Compare
Cornell’s Legal Information Institute
42 U.S.C. § 12112
Westlaw, United States Code Annotated
42 U.S.C.A. § 12112
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Searching for Statutes
• Secondary sources
• Indexes
• Tables of contents
• Popular names
• Full-text online
• Agency websites
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Find the Statute
What is the statute of limitations for filing a wrongful death action in Washington State?
• RCW by title
• RCW search
• WA-ST-ANN on Westlaw (terms)
• WA-ST-ANN on Westlaw (index)
• ARCW on LexisNexis
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Indexes and Popular Names
• Westlaw– USCA-IDX & USCA-POP– USCA links to index & popular names table– WA-ST-ANN & WA-ST-IDX
• USCS Popular Name Table on Lexis
• Popular Name Table on LII
• Print setsAUTOMOBILES
Motor Vehicles, generally, this index
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Hints
• Be creative, flexible & persistent
• Consider synonyms
• Recheck secondary sources
Child?
Infant?
Minor?
Juvenile?
Issue?
Offspring?
Youth?
Rugrat?
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Lesson 2
Use multiple approaches to identify relevant statutes
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Update!
• Determine how up to date the source is
• Lexis & Westlaw update statutes almost daily
• Free Internet sites & print sources may be equally current (or out of date)
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More Updating Options
• Online– Office of Law Revision
Counsel– RCW Sections
Affected
• Print– Pocket parts– USCCAN– Legislative services
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Lesson 3
Update the statute
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Review
1. Look for statutes early in the legal research process
2. Use multiple approaches to locate relevant statutes
3. Update the statute
Excellence in online searching
Cases: mandatory and persuasive precedent