U.S. Statutory Law
A statute is a written law passed by a legislature or congress. At the federal level, these are the public and private laws passed by the U.S. Congress. Provided in chronological order, they are the United States Statutes at Large. Provided in a subject arrangement, these same laws are known as the the United States Code. You can find the Statutes and Code at the sites/databases below.
- United States Statutes at LargePermanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress from 2003 forward. Federal Digital System. Government Printing Office.
- United States Statutes at Large (digitized)Digitized volumes of the Statutes at Large from 82nd Congress (1951) through the 107th Congress (2002). Federal Digital System. Government Printing Office.
- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875Volumes 1-18 produced by the Library of Congress.
- Office of the Law Revision Counsel - United States CodeOfficial site from the U.S. House of Representatives offers downloadable latest versions of the code and supplements as ASCII text, PDFs, or zip files, as well as a search function.
- Congress.govCongress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public.
U.S. Administrative Law
Administrative law is rules and regulations created by government agencies in support of their functions.
- Code of Federal RegulationsAlthough not the official version, GPO Access maintains a searchable database of the Code of Federal Regulations.
- Federal RegisterProposed regulations and rules are published daily in the Federal Register.
U.S. Constitution
- America's Founding DocumentsPermanent online exhibition of the Constitution. Includes high-resolution images of the original documents as well as other information about the Constitutional Convention and the Amendments. National Archives
- U.S. Constitution OnlineInformation site regarding the Constitution and its history.
U.S. Case Law
Case law is the collection of published legal decisions of the courts, which interpret the statutes, regulations, and constitution. They establish precedents binding on all courts. These precedents, as they are reaffirmed and enforced by other court decisions, expand the common law.
While there are many places to find court cases on the web, we recommend that you use LexisNexis Academic, which provides case decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, courts of appeals, former circuit courts, district courts, bankruptcy courts, former Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims, Tax Court, related federal and territorial courts and military courts.
- U.S. Supreme Court DecisionsCases since 1893 from Findlaw.
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