Legal Bibliography Quiz # 1
Fall 2012, Williams
1. P.L in the citation P.L. 111-4 means which of the following:
A. People’s Law
B. Private Letter
C. Public Law
D. President’s Law
E. Pie Lovers
2. 111 in the citation P.L. 111-4 means which of the following:
A. 111th Year
B. 111th Volume
C. 111th Page
D. 111th Congress
E. 111th Senate
F. 111th House of Representatives
3. Associate attorney Marshall Erickson is trying to determine the legislative intent behind a code section amendment,
and would like for you to find anything you can that might help him determine why congress added certain language to
this code section. He has provided you with the Statutes at Large citation for the law that amended the section.
Which of the following sources would you use to find legislative history for the law?
A. Statutes at Large
B. United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
C. A & B
D. None of the above
4. Which of the following is an unofficial code publication?
A. United States Code
B. United States Code Annotated
C. United States Code Service
D. A & B
E. B & C
F. A, B, & C
G. None of the above
5. What is the correct order of publication for statutory law?
A. Slip Laws > Codes > Session Laws
B. Session Laws > Codes > Slip Laws
C. Slip Laws > Session Laws > Codes
6. You are a summer intern at Goliath National Bank working on a case that will be heard in front of the Supreme Court of
Georgia. During your research, you come across a South Carolina Supreme Court case that deals with the same issue
you are working on. How would you classify this Alabama case?
A. Primary Authority & Mandatory Authority
B. Mandatory Authority & Secondary Authority
C. Persuasive Authority & Mandatory Authority
D. Primary Authority & Persuasive Authority