LAW REFRESHER QUESTIONS

 

 

1. What is I.C.L.Q.?

            Bieber’s: International and Comparative Law Quarterly

 

2. Find the full text opinion and citation to Gonzales v. Williams?  It is a US Supreme Court case that dealt with the citizens of Puerto Rico.

Academic Universe – do plaintiff and defendant search

192 U.S. 1, 24 S.Ct. 177, 48 L.Ed. 317 (1904)

 

3. Locate the plaintiff’s (petitioner’s) brief in Eldred v. Ashcroft?

            Findlaw

            http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/docket/2002/october.html#01-618

 

4. Locate a recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision where one party’s name was “Azurak” and the case dealt with indemnification clauses in contracts.

            LexisNexis Academic: plaintiff = azurak and indemnif!

            Citation: Azurak v. Corporate Property Investors, 814 A.2d 600 (2003)

 

5. Locate a copy of the USA Patriot Act

            Search LexisNexis US Code for Public Law reference

            Congressional Universe – search Public Laws

Public Law 107-56 (Oct. 26, 2001) on Thomas (PDF version)

 

6. Locate recent INS regulations on student registrations from Middle East countries.

            Westlaw:  immigration /p student /p regist!

            8 C.F.R. § 214.3

            67 Fed. Reg. 76256-01

 

7. Find New Jersey statute on the confidentiality of library records.

            Westlaw: library /p records /p confident!

N.J.S.A. § 18A:73-43.2

 

8. Locate a law review article on Internet filtering software in schools

Legaltrac:  internet and filter

 

9. Find several law review articles analyzing the 1954 Hague Convention on the protection of art and cultural property during wartime.

            ILP:  Hague convention and cultural property

Then Subject heading “Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict”

 

10. Locate the Solicitor General’s brief in the Jennifer Gratz v. Lee Bollinger (University of Michigan) case scheduled for oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2003.  The case deals with affirmative action in higher education.

Findlaw Supreme Court Center: http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/resources.html

 

The brief:

http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/briefs/02-516/02-516.mer.ami.usa.pdf

 

11. Locate a copy of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.

            LexisNexis – slow; does not work

            Popular Name Table of USCA: Pub. L. 105-298, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2827

 

12. Find recent US Supreme Court cases dealing with the death penalty.

            Westlaw: Keysearch – Criminal Justice/ Sentencing and Punishment/ Death Penalty; select jurisdiction as US Supreme Court.

            Federal Practice Digest, 4th: use Descriptive Word Index

                        Sentencing and Punishment, Death Penalty 1610 - 1799

 

13. Locate the legislative history for the Clean Water Act enacted in 1972.

            Popular Name Table:  Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Pub. L. 92-500

CIS Index (electronic): search phrase Federal Water Pollution Control Act or by Public Law number

            USCCAN: search by year and Public Law number

                        1972 U.S.C.C.A.N. 3678

 

14. What is the law review article with the citation 52 Hastings L.J. 703 about?

            People’s Republic of China and air pollution

 

15. What does 25 U.S.C. § 1302 concern?

            Indian tribes and the observance of constitutional law

 

16. What type of activity is prohibited by 36 C.F.R. § 504.6?

            Gambling on the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution.