# Presentation: 377426

## Important Legal Resources(Yes, even in your non-law library)

- Barbie Selby
- UVA Law Library
- bselby@virginia.edu

## Legal Information

- Types
- Laws
- Regulations
- Court Decisions
- Administrative Decisions
- Treaties
- Other Public Records

- Jurisdictions
- International
- National
- State
- County
- City
- Intergovernmental

## Laws	

- United States
- Congress
- Slip Laws
*Statutes at Large*
*U.S. Code*
- States
- State Legislature
- Session laws
- State Codes

- County/City
- Charters
- Ordinances
- Public Records
-  IGOs
- Treaties
- Other International            	Agreements
- Resolutions
- Charters

## U. S. Laws on the Internet

- Slip Laws & Statutes
*GPO Access*
- http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/
*Thomas *
- http://thomas.loc.gov/

## GPO Access

- _http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs_
- Full texts of ALL versions of bills
- Full texts of committee reports, documents, some hearings
- Full texts of administrative materials  -
*Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations*
- Keyword searchable
- Must capitalize - AND, OR, ADJ (adjacent)
- Quotes around phrases - “acid rain”
- *   for truncation - comput*
- Good Help screens

## Thomas

- http://thomas.loc.gov/
- Bill tracking back to 1975 (94th Congress)
- Full texts back to 1989
*Congressional Record *back to 1989
- Lists of vetoed bills, or bills by sponsor
- Nicer search interface than GPO Access
- Features - House Floor This Week,  Major Legislation,  Bills in the News

## State Laws on the Internet

- Piperinfo.com
*http://www.statelocalgov.net/*
- Washburn University
*http://www.washlaw.edu/uslaw/statelaw.html*
- MultiState Associates Inc.
- _http://www.multistate.com/_

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## Piperinfo’s web guide to NC government

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## Regulations

- U.S. Regulations
*Federal Register*
*Code of Federal Regulations*
- Agency printed regulations
- Agency web sites

- State Regulations
- Registers of Regulations or Administrative Journals
- Administrative Codes
- Agency printed regulations

## U.S. Regulations on the Internet

*Federal Register*
***GPO Access ***http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
*Code of Federal Regulations*
***GPO Access                     ***_*http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/*_

## State Regulations

- National Association of Secretaries of State
- _http://www.nass.org/acr/acr.html_
- 	Administrative Codes and Registers Section
- _http://www.nass.org/acr/internet.html_
- 	Links to home page of the agency directly responsible for receiving rule filings, publishing rules, or both; links to registers, codes, and manuals.

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## Court Decisions		

- U.S. Courts
- Supreme Court
- Circuit Courts of                	Appeals
- District Courts
- Specialized Courts
- Tax Court
- Bankruptcy Court
- Court of Veterans           Appeals
- Court of Federal Claims
- Court of International Trade

- State Courts
- Supreme Court
- Court of Appeals
- Circuit Courts
- Superior Courts
- Criminal Courts
- Drug Courts
- Traffic Courts
- District Courts
- Magistrates

## U.S. Courts on the Web	

- Federal Judiciary Homepage
*http://www.uscourts.gov/*
- Supreme Court Decisions
*http://www.supremecourtus.gov/*
- _http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/_
- PACER - Public Access to Court Electronic Records
*http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/*

## Locating U.S. Courts

- Findlaw
*http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/*
- Federal Judiciary – Court Links
*http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html*
- Federal Court Locator
*http://vls.law.vill.edu/Locator/fedcourt.html*
- Federal Court Finder
*http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/*

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## State Courts

- Courts.net
- _http://www.courts.net/_
- National Center for State Courts
- _http://www.ncsconline.org/Information/info_court_web_sites.html_
- State Court Locator
*http://vls.law.vill.edu/Locator/statecourt/*

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## Administrative Decisions

- UVA’s Administrative Decisions Page
- http://www.law.virginia.edu/Library/govadm.htm
- Federal Web Locator
- _http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/_
- LSU’s Agency List
- http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html

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## Public Records

- Pacific Information Resources
- _http://www.pac-info.com/_
- 	Over 2300 free public record databases for the U.S., states, Canada, and Canadian provinces. Links to other countries public record databases.

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## Cities & Counties

- Piperinfo.com
- _http://www.statelocalgov.net/_
- Seattle Public Library – Municipal Codes
- _http://www.spl.org/selectedsites/municode.html_
- Municipal Code Corporation
*http://www.municode.com/*

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