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La mayoría de las jurisprudencias secundarias tienen muchas citas de jurisprudencias primarias, como casos, leyes legislativas y reglamentaciones. La jurisprudencia secundaria no tiene un efecto vinculante sobre la corte pero ayuda a explicar la ley, o lo que debería ser la ley.
Hay muchos tipos de jurisprudencias secundarias entre las que se incluyen:

Diccionarios y enciclopedias de derecho;
Libros de texto legales, como tratados o cartillas legales;
Artículos legalrd, comentarios y notas (escritas por profesores de derecho, abogados en ejercicio, estudiantes y otros);
Comentarios publicados en libros de códigos o leyes legislativas;
Compendios legales; y
Escritos y memorandos legales.

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If you want to orally argue, be prepared and flexible — the judges may interrupt you (and the other side) to ask questions about your case and the laws and other cases that you cited or should have cited in your brief.
The fact that you orally argue a case does not affect how long it takes to get your decision. It will not delay your case. If only one side waives oral argument, the appellate court will hold oral argument with the other side. If everyone waives oral argument, the judges will consider your appeal based on the briefs and the record that were submitted.
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If you want to participate in oral argument, let the court know that when you receive the notice with the date for oral argument. In an unlimited civil appeal, if you do not let the Court of Appeal know that you want oral argument, the court will assume you do not and you will lose your chance to have oral argument.
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