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Indiana University Studies 
Kind of Material Used 
E . State legislation: 
1. Extent of codifica- 
tion. 
2. Subjects of codes. 
3. Names of compila- 
tions. 
4. Style of compila- 
tion. 
5. Official and unoffi- 
cial compilations. 
6. Session laws: 
names. 
7. Session laws: 
citation. 
8. Constitutions. 
Operation Involved 
b. Trace a given cited 
authority to its place in 
the digest, etc. 
(F or further subdivisions, 
reference is made to Mr. 
Daly’s course on the 
digest system.) 
Discriminate between 
states which do and do 
not base all their law, or 
parts of it, on codes. 
Discriminate as to extent 
and varieties of subjects 
of codification. 
Discriminate as to names 
of different compilations. 
Discriminate as to the 
system employed in the 
compilation, in grouping 
the material, and the 
mode of finding specific 
laws by index or contents. 
Discriminate as to the 
authority of different 
compilations, as official 
revisions, or official com- 
pilations, or private com- 
pilations. 
Discriminate as to names 
given to annual enact- 
ments. 
Designate a specific law, 
so as to refer to the exact 
law-text desired. 
Locate the state consti- 
tution, and determine 
present validity as to 
later amendments. 
Example Test for 
Operation 
Have the following states 
codes, or only statutory 
compilations: Illinois, 
Indiana, Iowa, Georgia? 
How many, and what 
codes have the following 
states: Iowa, Georgia, 
Louisiana, New York? 
Is the name compiled, or 
revised, or general, or 
what other name, in the 
following states: Ver- 
mont, Massachusetts, 
U.S., Wisconsin? 
Is the order of topics in 
the statutes of the follow- 
ing states merely alpha- 
betical, or based on some 
scheme of juristic analy- 
sis — Illinois, Massachu- 
setts, Wisconsin? 
In the following states, is 
the currently used com- 
pilation official or unoffi- 
cial: Illinois, Massachu- 
setts, New Mexico, New 
York? 
What is the official name 
of the annual laws in 
Massachusetts, Illinois, 
Virginia? 
How is a particular law 
cited in the following 
jurisdictions: Illinois, 
Massachusetts, Ohio? 
Where is each state con- 
stitution to be found? 
Where can they adl be 
found? What states have 
new constitutions" since 
1901? Where are consti- 
