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Group 1, LAW I- A


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Primary Source:

A statement of the law itself from a governmental entity, such as a court, legislature, executiveagency, President or Governor.

Examples of primary sources in law:

court decisions

statutes

text of legislative bills

contracts, wills, and other legal documents

Secondary Source:

Materials that discuss, explain, interpret, and analyze what the law is or what it should be. Sources

also provide extensive citations to primary legal materials and other relevant secondary sources.

Examples of secondary sources in law:

Legal Dictionaries

Words & Phrases

Legal EncyclopediasAnnotated Law Reports

Legal Periodicals

Legal Treatises, Hornbooks and Nutshells

Restatements

Loose Leaf Services

Legal Directories.


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ANNOTATED LAW REPORTS

Law reports or reporters are a series of books that contain

judicial opinions from a selection of case law divided by courts.

Examples:

Philippine Reports

SCRA

SCAD


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LEGAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

These are works that explain systematically the entire body of

legal doctrine, in an alphabetical arrangement of articles

There are two primary uses for legal encyclopedias.

First, the articles can be quite useful as a general introduction

to an area of law which is new to you.

Second, encyclopedias are a way to find citations to cases and

other useful materials on a particular issue.


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PRACTICE MANUALS

Practice manuals, like form books, contain lots of forms and

instruction for how to use them. These are well written and

well-organized.


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BOOKS OF DEFINITION / LAW DICTIONARIES

Law Dictionaries are useful for identifying the definitions of words in their legal

sense or use.

The earliest law dictionary was Berriz, Diccionario de Administracion

de las Islas Filipinas, published in 1887.

In 1972, the first dictionary for Philippine Law was published, covering

70 years of law and decision-making from 1901 to 1971. It was written by

Federico B. Moreno and entitled Philippine LawDictionary.

Among the well-known law dictionaries are:Blacks

Law Dictionary, ofWest; Ballentines Law Dictionary, with Pronunciations, of Lawyers

Cooperative; and Bouviers Law Dictionary and ConciseEncyclopedia of West.


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Digest of cases are compilations of paragraphs containing concise summaries of

points in cases, grouped under appropriate headings the chief of which are

alphabetically arranged. Each paragraph in case digests is complete in itself

when it has concisely and accurately stated the point decided with reference to

precise facts.

Examples:

Philippine Digest

Republic of the Philippine Digest

Velayos Digest

SCRA Quick Index Digest Compendium of Philippine Jurisprudence

Supreme Court Digest

Summary of Supreme Court Rulings

Philippine Judicial Weekly

CASE DIGESTS


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LOOSE LEAF

A looseleaf service is a form of publication that is periodically updated with

materials which are filed in a notebook or binder to ensure that the

contents are as current as possible. The updates are usually provided on a

weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis. Looseleaf services bring together into a

single secondary source most of the important information from a variety of

primary sources on a particular topic or field of law.


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They supply references to decisions in which other cases have beencited, reviewed, affirmed, reversed, overruled, criticized or commented

upon, and to cases in which statutes have been construed, and to statutes in

which prior acts have been amended, renewed or repealed.

The first citator published in the Philippines was DizonsPhilippineCitations in 2 volumes which contain complete citations in Volumes 2 to 64

of the Philippine Reports and in the Official Gazette.

Citations in the decisions of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals,

and Court of Tax Appeals, reported in Volume 52 of the Official Gazette are

contained in the Citator which forms part of the 1956 Official Gazette Desk

Book.

CITATORS


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A form book is a tool used by lawyers to aid in the filing

ofpleadings, motions and other legal documents with a court or

similar decision-making body. It is usually a binder containing

loose-leaf pages, each of which has a form, or model, of a

different kind of motion that the attorney might file with a court.

FORM BOOK / PRACTICE BOOK

Topics Covered in Form Books

Typical forms included in a form book are a model complaint,answer, motion

to compel discovery, motion for summary judgment, and request for permissionto appeal. Other types of forms include: Transactional forms used to draft wills,

contracts, and documents.
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Types of Form Books

General Form BooksGeneral form books usually fall into one of two categories:

a. The transactional, or covering pleading and practice processes and transactional (or legal)

forms given examples ofcontracts, wills, leases, deeds, mortgages, and other substantive

matters.

b. Pleading and practice forms provide formatting and examples for legal language to be

used in various court motions such as complaints, answers, and motions to dismiss. They

are usually arranged in alphabetical order and may provide a topical index to aidresearchers in finding specific forms.

Form Books for Specific Subjects or ProceedingsPublishers can provide form books that discuss a specific type of practice. Topics which might have

their own form books include real estate, business law, and tax.

Form Books Specific to Geographic JurisdictionsMost states have form books containing state-specific forms. These can be published by various

entities such as state courts or individual state bar association organizations. Other court systemsmay publish their own materials as well.

Other Types of Form BooksAnother type of form book is designed for those seeking legal forms but not trained as lawyers,

commonly referred to as a self-help form book.Topics included could be leases, wills, and

contracts.
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