Important Legal Resources Yes even in your nonlaw

Important Legal Resources (Yes, even in your non-law library) Barbie Selby UVA Law Library bselby@virginia. edu

Legal Information u Types Laws u Regulations u Court Decisions u Administrative Decisions u Treaties u Other Public Records u u Jurisdictions International u National u State u County u City u Intergovernmental u

Laws u United u States Congress • Slip Laws • Statutes at Large • U. S. Code u States u State Legislature • Session laws • State Codes u County/City u Charters u Ordinances u Public Records u IGOs u u Treaties Other International Agreements Resolutions Charters

U. S. Laws on the Internet u Slip u Laws & Statutes GPO Access • http: //www. access. gpo. gov/su_docs/ u Thomas • http: //thomas. loc. gov/

GPO Access u http: //www. access. gpo. gov/su_docs u u u 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 u u u Keyword searchable Must capitalize - AND, OR, ADJ (adjacent) Quotes around phrases - “acid rain” * for truncation - comput* Good Help screens

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

State Laws on the Internet u Piperinfo. com u http: //www. statelocalgov. net/ u Washburn u http: //www. washlaw. edu/uslaw/statelaw. html u Multi. State u University Associates Inc. http: //www. multistate. com/

Piperinfo’s web guide to NC government

Regulations u U. S. Regulations Federal Register u Code of Federal Regulations u Agency printed regulations u Agency web sites u u State Regulations Registers of Regulations or Administrative Journals u Administrative Codes u Agency printed regulations u

U. S. Regulations on the Internet u Federal u GPO Access http: //www. access. gpo. gov/su_docs/aces 140. html u Code u Register of Federal Regulations GPO Access http: //www. access. gpo. gov/nara/cfr/

State Regulations u National u u Association of Secretaries of State http: //www. nass. org/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.

Court Decisions u U. S. Courts u u 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 u State u u u u u Courts Supreme Court of Appeals Circuit Courts Superior Courts Criminal Courts Drug Courts Traffic Courts District Courts Magistrates

U. S. Courts on the Web u Federal u Judiciary Homepage http: //www. uscourts. gov/ u Supreme Court Decisions http: //www. supremecourtus. gov/ u http: //supct. law. cornell. edu/supct/ u u PACER u - Public Access to Court Electronic Records http: //pacer. psc. uscourts. gov/

Locating U. S. Courts u Findlaw u u Federal Judiciary – Court Links u u http: //www. uscourts. gov/links. html Federal Court Locator u u http: //www. findlaw. com/casecode/ http: //vls. law. vill. edu/Locator/fedcourt. html Federal Court Finder u http: //www. law. emory. edu/FEDCTS/

State Courts u Courts. net u http: //www. courts. net/ u National u http: //www. ncsconline. org/Information/info_court_web_sites. html u State u Center for State Courts Court Locator http: //vls. law. vill. edu/Locator/statecourt/

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

Public Records u Pacific u 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.

Cities & Counties u Piperinfo. com u http: //www. statelocalgov. net/ u Seattle u Public Library – Municipal Codes http: //www. spl. org/selectedsites/municode. html u Municipal u Code Corporation http: //www. municode. com/