Available on microfiche. The index cumulates for previous months in that year, and the January-December index is also the annual index. Each issue of the Federal Register Index includes a table showing what page numbers appear in each daily issue of the Federal Register so far that year. Available on microform as part of the Federal Register. The U.S. legal system is basically a combination of case law and statutory law.
Case law is the law as decided by previous court cases.
To find case law at Bailey Library, use the legal research function of the Lexis-Nexis database that is linked from the home page. Also included are tables of cases reported and cases and statutes cited and a subject index. Many opinions are also available through GPO Access .