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THE LEGAL PROCESS


Sources of Law

  • Constitutional
  • Legislative
  • Administrative
  • Judicial


Jurisdiction
  • Federal
  • State
  • Tribal
  • International

Documents in the Judicial Process
  • Trial Transcript / Deposition
  • Legal Brief
  • Order
  • Opinion
  • Slip Edition / Advance Copy
  • Case Report

Documents in Administrative Process
  • Administrative Hearing
  • Administrative Finding
  • Administrative Rule
  • Administrative Order

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CASE LAW REPORTING SYSTEM

West Reporter System
WESTLAW - LEXIS

United States Supreme Court

  • 95 U.S. 473 (1993)
  • 107 S.Ct. 647
  • 115 U.S.L.W. 436
  • 1192 U.S. LEXIS 14596

U.S. Courts of Appeal
F. 2d; F. 3rd

U.S. District Courts
F. Supp. 2d

State Appellate Courts (Regional)
P. 2d, A. 2d, N.W. 2d, S.E. 2d, N.E. 2d.

Oregon Appellate Courts
P. 2d
Or.
Or. App.

New York (West System)
N.Y.S.
California (West System)
Calif.

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STATUTORY LAW

ORS 166.165(1)(a) (A) - Intimidation
47 U.S.C. sec. 315 - Equal Oportunity
Statutes at Large - specific statute search
United States Code - Topical

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

54 R.R. 2d 1246 (1983) or FCC 2d. Reports Hearings / Decisions

Federal Register - Chronological
Code of Federal Regulations - topical

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SECONDARY SOURCES
  • Books
  • Legal Treatises
  • Law Reviews and Journals
  • Legal Encyclopedias:
    The Guide to American Law
  • Legal Dictionary:

    Black's Law Dictionary

INDEXES
  • Legal (Info) Trac
  • Current Legal Index
  • Index to Legal Periodicals

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LEGAL Definitions

Affirmative Action:
A concerted effort by an employer, educational institution, or organization to rectify past prejudicial practices against specific classes of individuals, such as blacks or women, by affording them temporary preferential treatment until such time as true equal opportunity is achieved.


Discrimination:
In constitutional law, the grant by statute of particular privileges to a class arbitrarily designated...where no reasonable distinction exists between the favored and disfavored classes.

Prejudicial treatment or denial of regular privileges on the basis of sex, race, age, nationality, or religion.

Federal laws, as augmented by court rulings, proscribe discrimination in employment, housing, voting rights, extension of credit, public education, and access to public facilities.

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