Federal and State Cases, Legislation and Regulations Carol A. Watson, J. D. , M. L. S. Reference/Computer Services Librarian University of Georgia Law Library
U. S. Constitution Find. Law • Annotations of U. S. Supreme Court cases through 1996 • Easy to navigate – Hyperlinks between Constitution sections – Hyperlinks to U. S. Supreme Court cases GPO Access • Annotations of U. S. Supreme Court cases through 1998
Findlaw - Hyperlinks between sections
Find. Law - Hyperlinks to U. S. Supreme Court cases
GPO Access
U. S. Code • GPO Access - contains archived versions of Code from 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 • House Internet Library - source for the printed official version of the US Code • Cornell’s LII - easily searched, hyperlinks among code sections
Updating your search results
1. Check Table of Amendments for Public Laws 2. Retrieve full text of Public Law
Tracking Current Legislation & Legislative History Thomas – Public laws, bills, roll call votes, House & Senate schedules, committee reports, Congressional Record GPO Access – Public laws, bills, documents, hearings, reports, Congressional Record
Federal Regulations Code of Federal Regulations • GPO Access -includes superseded volumes • Cornell’s LII Federal Register • GPO Access
Federal Case Law Meta-Indexes • Links to U. S. Supreme Court, Circuit Courts and District Courts • Include specialized courts such as U. S. Bankruptcy Courts, U. S. Court of International Trade
U. S. Supreme Court Find. Law – Decisions since 1893 – Includes U. S. Reports page breaks – Browse by year & U. S. reports volume number – Search by cite, party names & full text
Federal Courts of Appeals Find. Law Search all of the U. S. Federal Courts of Appeals decisions available via the web
Federal District Courts • Use a meta-index such as Find. Law
State Legislative, Judicial and Administrative Information
State Courts Villanova State Court Locator
State Courts
State Courts
State Statutes and Legislative Information
State Administrative Materials • Internet Access to Administrative Rules
Conclusion: What federal and state materials are available via the web? • U. S. Constitution with Supreme Ct. annotations • U. S. Code - unannotated • U. S. Supreme Court • U. S. Court of Appeals cases - last 3 -5 years • U. S. District Court cases very few • Code of Federal Regulations • State constitutions • State codes unannotated • State courts - from 1996 • State administrative codes
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