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LRW Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Latest 2026/2027 | Graded A+ | New Version. primary v. secondary sources correct answers Primary sources of law= LAW, secondary sources are NOT the law Secondary sources of law are always persuasive only Primary sources can be persuasive or binding · a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed. · State and nation · The U.S constitution & the Wisconsin Constitution common law vs enacted law correct answers · The 'common law' = case law o means the substantive law and procedural rules that have been created by the judges through the decisions in the cases they have heard o Judicial o Primary law · Enacted law = statute law that has been passed and put into effect o Primary o Is in effect statutes v. regulations correct answers · Laws created by agencies are called "regulations." · Regulations usually must be authorized by a statute, · However, they have the same legal force as statutes. · Agencies are part of the executive branch of state and federal government, and thus are tasked with the execution of the law · Regulations = executive EPA regulations functions of statutes correct answers 1.) Create new law 2.) Change existing law 3.) Codify (organize if messy) Thank you for Purchasing this exam Study Guide. We provide highquality academic materials to help students excel in exams. Our other Services include but not limited to: academic research, University & College assignments writing, essay writing, Online Classes, and research projects. Our services are reliable, affordable, and plagiarismfree. All the Best in your Exam. For more information; Contact us at: or 0R relationship between statutes and cases correct answers · Statutes can override cases · Cases can only ever say if a statute is unconstitutional (only time judge may do this) o (judicial review) hierarchy of authority between federal and state, and within each system correct answers Federal · High Court= U.S Supreme Court · Intermediate= Circuit Court (WI= 7th circuit out of 13) · Trial Court= District Court o WI= Eastern and Western Courts 13 circuits, not a unified court of appeals instead they are independent autonomous sister courts, don't have to follow each other's opinions, a high court might grant cert if there is split (How many federal circuit courts are there? = 13, how many numbered 11, 12 geographic) Unified informed court correct answers Even though for example Wisconsin has four courts of appeal (as their intermediate courts), it is still "one court", four districts but one court If in WI with state issue= follow chain of command, same for federal If in WI with federal issue look to U.S. Supreme court then follow chain of command If in federal with state issue = look to state high court then follow chain of command. federal v. state law correct answers A federal law applies to the nation as a whole and to all 50 states whereas state laws are only in effect within that particular state. ... When there is a conflict between a state law and federal law, it is the federal law that prevails federal v. state court systems correct answers The primary distinction is that state and local courts are authorized to hear cases involving the laws and citizens of their state or city, while federal courts decide lawsuits between citizens of different states, cases against the United States, and cases involving specific federal laws.

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1. sources of law (5) correct answers Case law, constitutions, statutes, administrative regulations,
the executive branch

Primary sources of law (7) correct answers Actual laws; these include constitutions, statutes, case
law/common law (judicial opinions), regulations (executive), executive orders (executive),
Rules of procedure (legislative/judicial), treaties (executive/legislative)

Secondary Sources of Law (13) correct answers • Encyclopedias- (AmJur2d and C.J.S are main
two legal encyclopedias) comprehensive coverage of legal topics, not in depth, objective
• Law review- commentary on law, subjective
• Bar journals- practical applications, subjective or objective. Short articles of practical interest
of local lawyers.
• Practice manuals
• CLE- continued learning education (lawyers must keep up with new law)
• Legislative history
• Treatises- In depth scholarly treatment of legal system, nuances of subject, subjective but can
be objective, hornbooks o they contain commentaires (a series of short articles) written by
scholars usually restricted to one area of the law and organized by chapter, section and
paragraph o
• A.LR- American law report, new or emerging law, in depth, narrow, cutting edge topic,
(opposite of encyclopedia) ***If you find this then a lot of work is done for you***

• Restatements- ALI (American Law Institute) restate laws in an organized way of all states, not
binding unless adapted by a court (second restatement of contracts)

o a scholarly completion of the common law produced by the American Law Institute they will
write about what they think the law is or should be

,• Uniform law- commission that gets together to figure out what laws need clarification, UCC
began as this but was adapted, WI version of UCC which was adapted = is primary but
otherwise secondary.
• Periodical publications
• Dictionaries
• Foreign sources

primary v. secondary sources correct answers Primary sources of law= LAW, secondary sources
are NOT the law
Secondary sources of law are always persuasive only
Primary sources can be persuasive or binding

· a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other
organization is acknowledged to be governed.
· State and nation
· The U.S constitution & the Wisconsin Constitution

common law vs enacted law correct answers · The 'common law' = case law o means the
substantive law and procedural rules that have been created by the judges through the
decisions in the cases they have heard o Judicial o Primary law
· Enacted law = statute law that has been passed and put into effect o
Primary
o Is in effect

statutes v. regulations correct answers · Laws created by agencies are called "regulations."
· Regulations usually must be authorized by a statute, · However, they have the same
legal force as statutes.
· Agencies are part of the executive branch of state and federal government, and thus are tasked
with the execution of the law
· Regulations = executive
EPA regulations

functions of statutes correct answers 1.) Create new law
2.) Change existing law
3.) Codify (organize if messy)

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relationship between statutes and cases correct answers · Statutes can override cases ·
Cases can only ever say if a statute is unconstitutional (only time judge may do this)
o (judicial review)

hierarchy of authority between federal and state, and within each system correct answers Federal
· High Court= U.S Supreme Court
· Intermediate= Circuit Court (WI= 7th circuit out of 13)

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