Explain the difference between primary and secondary authority within academic legal research

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Students should identify and explain:
(a) Primary Authority - those sources of legal authority that are derived from actual legal statutes, common law, case law, and administrative law.
(b) Secondary Authority - those sources of legal authority that are derived from previous legal research and commentary generally conducted by legal scholars.

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