Lexis - contains the text of public laws from 1988 (100th Cong - PUBLAW).

Lexis - contains bill texts from 1989 (101st Congress); BLTRCK, BLT105, etc.

THOMAS - Full-text of all public laws and bill summary and status information from the 100th Congress ( 1987-88) forward. Bill summary and status for all public laws from 93rd Congress (1973-74) through the 100th Congress (1987-88).

United States Statutes at Large - HeinOnline contains the text of public and private laws from 1789 - 2006 in its U.S. Statutues at Large Library (restricted to the Mercer Law School community.)

United States Statutes at Large - The eighteen volumes from the Law Library of Congress cover the public and private laws of the first forty-three Congresses 1789-1875. Information can be browsed or searched by keyword. Actual, quick loading images of the pages are available.

United States Statutes at Large - - available on Westlaw from 1789-1972 in PDF.

Westlaw - contains the text of public laws from 1973 to 2004 in the US-PL-OLD database. Contains current public laws in US-PL database.

U.S. Bills

Bills - THOMAS - full text of bills from the 101st Congress 1989-90 forward; bill summary and status available from the 93rd Congress (1973-74) forward.

C-Span: Congressional Directory - Guide to current congressional committees, leadership positions, key phone numbers, etc. If you search for a Senator or Representatives by name, you will get a picture, contact, committee and background information. You will also get election information including PAC contributions. You can also link to key votes, staff information and press releases.

Congressional Directory - Directory information from GPO Access. Previous congressional directories are also available from the 104th Congress (1995-1996) forward.

GovTrack - GovTrack brings together information on the statuts of federal legislation, voting records, and campaign contributions. The site automatically tracks legislative events and categorizes them into thousands of subjects, such as abortion, firearms control or immigration. Includes a new "Legislative Analysis Community Blog."

House - A recently spruced-up House site provides quick access to Representative and Committee sites along with a tool to find your own Congressional mouthpiece (Zip +4). Other resources include "currently on the floor," access the laws of the United States," "find a bill, amendment or debate," and "find vote information."

LexisNexis Congressional - tracks congressional bills in full text from the beginning of 1989 (101st Congress) and selected earlier materials from 1983 (98th Congress).

Senate - Links to senators' websites, committee membership listings, a legislative activities page with information regarding current pending business; calendars, and information about visiting the Senate.

U.S. Congress Votes Database - This site created by the Washington Post is a deep database of every vote in the United States Congress since the 102nd Congress (1991). It lets you browse votes in a variety of ways -- both in aggregate and for individual members of Congress. Browse the database by drilling down to a particular Congress (e.g. 109th Congress) or to a particular member (e.g. 109th Congress senators). This site publishes an RSS feed of recent votes by each member of Congress, and a feed of the most recent votes in both chambers.

U.S. Serial Set - - historical - Bills and resolutions begin in the House with the 15th Congress (1817) and in the Senate with the 30th Congress (1847). For these bills, the researcher may consult the bill's number in the index of the appropriate Journal (House or Senate) to determine the ultimate fate of the proposed legislation. Documents before 1817 may be found in the American State Papers. Note: Only a small selection of documents are available at this time.

Westlaw - contains bill texts from 1991 (104th Congress); US-BILLTRK and BILLTRK-OLD.

Bill Versions and Status

HeinOnline - U.S. Congressional Documents Library contains the daily edition of the Congressional Record from 1994 - 2008, and its predecessors in PDF pages from 1789 - 1913. The bound official edition is from 1873-1951 and 1963 - 2003. There is also a Congressional Record Daily Edition Locator to the permanent bound version of the Congressional Record from Jan 25, 1994 - Nov. 23rd, 2003. Tip on searching for bills and resolutions in the Congressional Daily Index using HeinOnline.

Lexis - contains bill texts from 1989 (101st Congress); BLTRCK, BLT105, etc.

THOMAS - contains the full text of bills from 1989 (101st Congress) forward; bill summaries and status for legislation introduced from 1973 (93rd Congress).

Westlaw - contains bill texts from 1991 (102nd Congress); US-BILLTRK and BILLTRK-OLD.

Public Laws (including Statutes at Large)

Lexis - contains the text of public laws from 1988 (100th Cong - PUBLAW). You can use GET A DOCUMENT and type the public law citation, e.g., 107 P.L. 110 to retrieve not only the public law but also the legislative history documents associated with it.

THOMAS - Full-text of all public laws and bill summary and status information from the 100th Congress ( 1987-88) forward. Bill summary and status for all public laws from 93rd Congress (1973-74) through the 100th Congress (1987-88).

United States Statutes at Large - HeinOnline contains the text of public and private laws from 1789 in its U.S. Statutues at Large Library (restricted to the Mercer Law School community.)

United States Statutes at Large - available on Westlaw from 1789-1972 in PDF.

United States Statutes at Large - available on Lexis from 1789 - present in PDF.

United States Statutes at Large - The eighteen volumes from the Law Library of Congress cover the public and private laws of the first forty-three Congresses 1789-1875. Information can be browsed or searched by keyword. Actual, quick loading images of the pages are available.

Westlaw - contains the text of public laws from 1973 to 2004 in the US-PL-OLD database. Contains current public laws in US-PL database.

Hearings

C-SpanArchives.org - has audio and video coverage of most hearings from1987.

CIS Annual Index - index to hearings from 1970 forward with access to the CIS microfiche collection. HISTORICAL INFORMATION - PRIOR TO 1969 - CIS U.S. Congressional Hearings Index - published in eight parts, starting with the 23rd Congress in 1833 through 1969. The Index provides subject access and an index by bill number. CIS Inc., provides a microfiche collection to these pre-1969 hearings; however, note that the "volume number" on the microfiche set may be the CIS accession number. Mfiche drawer 2996 third floor library. (To retrieve the catalog record for this set, enter mfiche 2996 as the local call no.)

Congressional Hearings from Law Library of Congress - digitized collection of select hearings in PDF format freely available to the public. Collection continues to expand.

House.gov - Committee pages contain transcripts of hearings from 1997 (105th Congress) forward.

Lexis - contains most prepared statements from 1993 (103rd Congress) forward, and selected transcripts from 1988. Search: Legal tab > Legislation & Politics > U.S. Congress > Committee Hearing Transcripts > Congressional Hearings Summaries. Lexis also contains CIS abstract to pre 1970 hearings in CISHST,

Senate.gov - Committee pages have most all prepared testimony from 1997 (105th Congress) forward.

Westlaw - contains most prepared statements from 1996, and selected transcripts of hearings from 1993 (103rd Congress) forward. Search: Directory > Legislative History > U.S. Congressional Testimony. Database is USTESTIMONY.

Committee and Conference Committee Reports

Congressional Documents - a searchable online collection of U.S. Congressional hearings, documents, and prints scanned from Rutger Law Library. It currently holds 7,128 documents in PDF from 1970 - 1998. HISTORICAL INFORMATION - PRIOR TO 1969 - see below: 1789 - 1857 1947 - 1969 The Law Library contains documents and reports from the United States Congressional Serial Set beginning with the 15th Congress (1789) through the 34th Congress (1857). The collection picks up with the 80th Congress (1947) through the 91st Congress (1969) in Microfiche Drawer 2995. Note that the fiche may be accessed by a "volume number" which is the CIS accession number. (To access the catalog record though the law library catalog, enter mfiche 2995 as the local call no.) 1833 - 1917 The Library of Congress contains selected House and Senate documents as well as House and Senate reports from the United States Congressional Serial Set. The website begins with the 23rd Congress (1833-1835) and continues through the 64th Congress (1915-1917). Select "Browse" in left frame. Prior to 1817 Selected documents prior to 1817 may be found in the American State Papers.

HeinOnline - has selected histories of significant Acts in its Federal Legislative History Library.

House. gov - contains transcripts of committee reports from 1997(105th Congress) forward, in PDF.

Lexis - contains all committee reports, beginning in 1990. Search: Legal tab > Federal Legal-U.S. > FIND Statutes, Regulations, Administrative materials & Court Rules > Legislative Histories Materials > Committee Reports. Lexis also has CIS Legislative Histories (1970 forward, with links to abstracts of hearings/reports 1984 forward, to C.R. pages 1985 forward, to bill texts 1989 forward, and to committee reports 1990 forward; Full Text of reports begin in 1988)). Pre 1970 abstracts are in CIS HST. Search: Legal tab > Federal Legal - U.S. > FIND Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > Legislative History Materials > CIS Legislative Histories. Type in the name of an act or key search terms. May need to use FOCUS to add "legislative history" in your search result to include only those results that have the search term "Included in Legislative History." Use date restrictions to find legislative history documents before the date of enactment of the law (not after the law was enacted). For example, to retrieve legislative history documents for the original enactment of the U.S. Patriot Act, restrict from 9/11/2001 - 11/1/2001.

LexisNexis Congressional - contains full-text House and Senate Committee Reports from 1993 (103rd Congress), enacted bills and public laws from 1969 (91st Congress). If a document is not availabe in full text, an abstract will provide a summary with the CIS number to locate the full text on microfiche in the third floor library CIS microfiche collection. Available only to members of the Mercer legal community.

THOMAS - contains the full text of House and Senate Committee Reports from 1993 (103rd Congress - in html). Conference committee reports are from 1995 (104th Congress) forward.

Westlaw - Westlaw's USCCAN database carries selected committee reports ( LH database) from 1948 (80th Congress) to present. It also contains Presidential Signing Statements. From January 1990 to present , the database contains all congressional committee reports, including reports on bills that did not become law.

Committee Prints

LexisNexis Congressional - contains committee prints from 1993 (103rd Congress).

Open CRS - publishes reports, including congressional committee prints, by the Congressional Research Service, that previously were distributed only to members of Congress. Indexes more than 12,976 Congressional Research Service reports, and can be searched by keyword.

Congressional Record - Floor Debates, bill actions, votes, remarks

FDsys - FDsys contains the daily edition of the Congressional Record from volume140 (1994) to the present. At the back of each daily issue is the "Daily Digest," which summarizes the day's floor and committee activities.

HeinOnline - U.S. Congressional Documents Library contains the daily edition of the Congressional Record from 1994, and its predecessors in PDF pages from 1789 - 1913. The bound official edition is from 1873- 2004. There is also a Congressional Record Daily Edition Locator to the permanent bound version of the Congressional Record from Jan 25, 1994 - 2009. Access the most current volume of the Congressional Record on the FDsys Website. Tip on searching bills and resolutions in the Congressional Daily Index using HeinOnline.

Lexis - contains the daily edition from 1985 (99th Congress).

THOMAS - contains the daily Congressional Record from 1989 (101st Congress) in html, forward. Daily edition only. Search by keyword, member of Congress, section, date or session, and index subject.

Westlaw - contains the daily edition from 1985 (99th Congress)

Congressional Record - Floor Debates - Historical

Annals of Congress (historical) - contains mostly newspaper accounts of debates; covers the 1st Congress through the first session of the 18th Congress (1789-1824).

Congressional Globe (historical) - covers the 23rd through 42nd Congresses (1833-73).

Congressional Record (historical) - Full-text for the 43rd Congress only (1873-75).

HeinOnline - HeinOnline - contains the Annals of Congress, the Register of Debates, and the Congressional Globe in its U.S. Congressional Documents Library. The law library contains a hardcopy set of the permanent bound edition of the Congressional Record from 1964, volume 101, to 1980, volume 126, in Third Floor Storage (Microfilm from 1873, volume 1, to 1964, volume 110, and Microfiche from 1980 to 2002, volume 148).

Register of Debates (historical) - summary of the "leading debates and incidents" covers the 18th Congress, 2nd Session through the 25th Congress, 1st Session (1824-37).

Presidential Statements

Compilation of Presidential Documents on FDsys (Federal Digital System by GPO) - The Compilation of Presidential Documents collection consists of the "Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents" and the "Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents" which are the official publications of materials released by the White House Press Secretary. Suggested Citation Form: Daily Comp. Pres. Docs., 2009 DCPD No. 00001, p.3. The citation is to material published in the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents in the year 2009, in the first document, on page three.

HeinOnline - HeinOnline's U.S. Presidential Library includes such titles as Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Public Papers of the Presidents, CFR Title 3 (Presidents), Weekly Compilation of the Presidential Documents, and other documents related to the president. Coverage varies; check HeinOnline's U.S. Presidential Library for exact dates of coverage.

Lexis - contains presidential statements from March 1979. Search: Legal tab > Federal Legal-U.S. > Executive Branch Materials > Public Papers of the Presidents.

Westlaw - contains presidential statements in the USCCAN database (USCCAN-MSG) from 1986, in the PRES-DAILY database from 1993, and from 1995 in the Weekly Compilation of the Presidential Documents. Search: Directory > U.S. Federal Materials > Other Administrative and Executive Materials > Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.

Additional Sources of Legislative Information

Congressional Research Service (CRS Reports) - - An online archive provided by the University of North Texas Libraries of many searchable, full-text CRS reports that have been available on a variety of different websites since 1990. Includes subject access. The Open CRS Network, a project of the Center for Democracy & Technology, also provides convenient access to many CRS reports that are already in the public domain. A comprehensive list of CRS reports related to IP, Commerce and Technology are purchased from Penny Hill Press and provided for free at Franklin Pierce Law Center. An additional source for free and fee based reports is available form LLSDC.

Graphical Statutes on Westlaw - integrated source for legislative history documents

HeinOnline - publishes a Federal Legislative History Library database that includes the legislative histories of a number of significant pieces of United States legislation. Hein also publishes an online edition of Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories.

Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet - expanded site from the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C., Inc. which encompasses almost all commercial as well non-commercial (free) Federal legislative histories available on the Internet. These commercial histories (Lexis, Westlaw, and HeinOnline) are listed alphabetically by the short title of the public law and then in public law number order.

Federal Register

Federal Register - 1994 forward, including today's issue, through GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys). Contains proposed, new, and amended regulations.

Federal Register - 2000 forward in XML format from Data.Gov.

Federal Register - 1936 forward in PDF through HeinOnline. Since July 2009, the Federal Register has been updated daily on HeinOnline, meaning that Hein reprints the regulation the same day it has been issued by GPO. Restricted to Mercer Law School Community.

Federal Register - 1936 forward in PDF on Westlaw.

Federal Register -  1936 forward on Lexis.

Regulations.gov - contains proposed regulations by department/agency where interested parties can submit comments.

Unified Agenda - Also known as the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, the Unified Agenda is published twice a year in the Federal Register. It summarizes the rules and proposed rules that each Federal agency expects to issue during the next six months.

Code of Federal Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations - available in XML through FDsys. Continues to expand retrospective coverage.

Code of Federal Regulations - current code on Westlaw in CFR database; for older codes, use the year, e.g., CFR84(from 1984). Westlaw also contains Regulations Plus, an integrated source for regulations, cases, administrative decisions, statutory authority, and related Federal Register content. Researchers can also validate the currency of a particular regulation, and link to archival versions of the CFR and Federal Register. Regulations Plus is accessible in the left frame of the results screen of a particular regulation.

Code of Federal Regulations (historical) - 1938 forward- in PDF through HeinOnline. Restricted to the Mercer law school community.

Code of Federal Regulations (historical) - 1984 - 2005 on Westlaw in the "Code of Federal Regulations - Historical" database. Database identifier is CFR plus the year, i.e., CFR05.

e-CFR - Most current version of the Code of Federal Regulations from GPO Access. It is updated daily and is usually only one or two days behind. While e-CFR is not the official legal version of the CFR, it can give you a heads up to recent changes.

Justia Regulation Tracker - create an RSS feed of new proposed and/or final regulations, limited by agency, agency department and keyword. For example, create a feed for OSHA regulations concerning cranes used in construction.

OpenRegulations.org - create an RSS feed by agency. While you can not limit by key word, you can use an easy filtering tool such as Feed Sifter to limit your feed results.

Federal Administrative Procedure Act

Federal Administrative Procedure Act (APA) - CHAPTER 7 - JUDICIAL REVIEW - from Cornell Legal Information Institute.

Federal Administrative Procedure Act - Overview and history of the Act from Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia),

Federal Administrative Procedure Act (APA) - CHAPTER 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE - from Cornell Legal Information Institute. The APA governs the way in which administrative agencies of the United States federal government may propose and establish regulations. The APA also sets up a process for federal courts to directly review agency decisions.

Federal Administrative Procedure Act (APA) - 1944-1946) Presented by HeinOnline. Restricted to Mercer Law School Community.

Federal Agency Decisions

A - Z Index of U.S. Government Departments - USA Gov website.

Federal Agencies - Directory - by LSU - Comprehensive and searchable site with links to federal government agencies. Presented by the Louisiana State University Libraries.

Pace Law School Library - useful website with links to locating administrative decisions, opinions and other agency documents on the web.

U.S. Government Manual - historical - HeinOnline contains the U.S. Government Manual from 1935 in the Federal Register Library. Useful for historical information about federal government agencies , including international organizations, boards, commissions, and committees.

University of Virginia Law Library - web page provides links to federal administrative decisions and other actions, arranged by subject or by agency name.

Westlaw - search topical areas of law to determine if the law is subject to agency regulation, or search separate databases for opinions. Westlaw also has a database Federal Administrative Materials All, FADMIN-ALL.

U.S. Supreme Court

Official Supreme Court Website Decisions - The Supreme Court's home page contains recent opinions and merit briefs (NOT amicus briefs). Since October, 2006, the court reporter of the United States Supreme Court has provided transcripts of the oral arguments on the day of the argument. These transcripts are considered "official" but subject to final review. Opinions from bound volumes since 1991 are available in PDF. The Court's website includes calendars of oral arguments, court rules, bar admission forms, and information about cases on the Court's docket. The Supreme Court hotline for opinion announcements is available at 202-479-3360.

Oral Argument Transcripts - Oyez Project - The OYEZ Project contains taped oral arguments in Real Audio or MP3 files of all recorded arguments since 1995. Before 1995, the audio collection is selective. Presented by Northwestern University.

Oral Argument Transcripts from 2000 - U.S. Supreme Court website.

Preview - BNA's U.S. Law Week contains a link to Surpeme Court Today, a searchable database with daily updates, allowing users to view the status of and search summaries of certiorari petitions filed since the 1995 October Term. The database also contains the full text of Supreme Court opinions, oral argument schedules, selected oral argument summaries, annual reviews of the Court's decisions, and more.

Preview - "On the Docket" from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism provides previews of upcoming Supreme Court cases, a story on each case, additional feature stories on selected cases, links to Web sites relevant to the cases, information provided by attorneys and parties in the cases, the dates for scheduled oral arguments, and the questions presented to the Court. Coverage from 1998-99 - present.

Preview - Supreme Court Preview from the American Bar Association includes an analysis of the issues, arguments, background and significance of every case slated for oral argument in the Supreme Court. Also includes briefs for the current term. NOTE: There is a subscription fee to get all of the cases.

Preview - In 2004, the Cornell LII added a preview service which explores cases currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. See also the Cornell Chronicle article on the new project.

SCOTUSblog - published by Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, this blog provides commentary on cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court as well as recent decisions. This site also provides links to briefs, transcripts, opinions and dockets. RSS feeds, automatically alerting you to new posts, are available; also includes and Annual Report of Supreme Court Statistics.

SCOTUSwiki - a companion site to SCOTUSblog, this includes a case index and category index, a compilation of statistics dating back to the October 1995 term, and a Watchlist that allows registered users to track new developments for a specific case.

Solicitor General Briefs - Briefs submitted to the Supreme Court by the Solicitor General from 1998-present, as well as selected historical briefs from 1982-present.

Supreme Court Briefs from 1870 - Westlaw (password required) - Selected briefs and Petition for Writs back to 1870. Amicus Briefs from 1995 forward and Merit Briefs from 1990 forward are in SCT-BRIEF. Selected coverage for granted petitions from 1990 and denied petitions from 1995 are in SCT-PETITION. Note: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs are available on microfiche on third floor library from 1940 forward. Supreme Court Practice by Robert L. Stern, KF9056.S84, is a detailed account of the current rules and procedures, including courtroom etiquette, to be followed when practicing before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Briefs from 1999 - Findlaw - Briefs (both Merit and Amicus) with links to Docket Sheets and full text of opinions. Includes petitioner, respondent, reply and amicus briefs in multiple formats. The briefs are organized by first-party case name.

Supreme Court Decisions by Email - This service of the Cornell Legal Information Institute provides summaries of new Supreme Court opinions by e-mail, within hours of their issuance.

Supreme Court Decisions from 1893 - Findlaw - Full text of all decisions from 1893 (starting with 150 U.S. Reports) to the present. Browse by volume or year, retrieve by citation, or search for party names or key words.

U.S. Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals Decisions - This page from the Cornell Legal Information Institute provides links to databases of available opinions from all federal circuit courts of appeal. Not all federal appellate level opinions are available on the Internet. Scroll to "Court Opinions > Law by source or jurisdiction" in left frame.

U.S. Courts - Federal Judiciary Home Page - Official news and information about United States federal courts. Directories of local court web pages, employment opportunities, official publications, and additional links. Presented by the Federal Administrative Office of the United States Co

U.S. Courts - Understanding the Federal Courts - Guide to the federal court system, presented by the Federal Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

U.S. Courts - Map & Directory - Clickable map provides links, arranged by circuit, to all official federal court home pages. Presented by the Federal Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts

FreeCourtDockets - FreeCourtDockets is a new, free service which allows anyone to retrieve federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy court dockets. The site is the product of Courtport LLC, but is ad-sponsored. No PACER account is required to view the dockets, but if you wish to view the filings for a case, a PACER account is needed. To retrieve all court dockets except U.S. Supreme cases, you must first obtain an invitation code. To request a free code, you'll need to complete a form on the FreeCourtDockets website.

Justia Federal District Court Filings and Dockets - Free public access to recently filed U.S. District Court civil cases from Justia.com. Search by party name, jurisdiction, type of lawsuit, and date range. There is a link to the docket via paid PACER subscription. Links to blog, news, and web searches for each party name are also available. RSS feeds are also available for search results i.e., if you want to monitor all federal district court cases litigated on IP law since a particular date, you can subscribe to that feed.

PACER - Most recent federal court documents are available via the PACER system. Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information from Federal Appellate, District and Bankruptcy courts. However, users must pay a fee to access PACER - much to the consternation of those who believe that government information should be free. Free public access to PACER is currently provided in Federal courthouses (see the clerk of courts).

RECAP - While RECAP isn't technically a tool for locating court documents, it is a useful PACER add-on for Firefox users. Essentially what RECAP does is archive the documents that you view in PACER and then make them available to other RECAP users at no charge. For a glimpse of RECAP in action, watch the short video available on their website. See the features page for more information

U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts - Scroll to "Court Opinions" and "Law by source or jurisdiction" in left frame. Presented by Cornell Legal Information Institute.

U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts - Scroll to "Court Opinions" and "Law by source or jurisdiction" in left frame. Presented by Cornell Legal Information Institute.

U.S. District Courts - Presented by the Federal Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

U.S. District Courts - Presented by the Federal Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

Federal Court Rules

Current Rules from the GPO's House Committee on the Judiciary

Current Rules from the House Judiciary Committee

Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure - Presented by the Cornell Legal Information Institute.

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Presented by the Cornell Legal Information Institute.

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure - Presented by the Cornell Legal Information Institute.

Federal Rules of Evidence - Presented by the Cornell Legal Information Institute.

United States Supreme Court Rules - Easily accessible court rules in HTML format presented by the Cornell Legal Information Institute. The U.S Supreme Court website contains the rules in pdf format.

Georgia Federal Court Rules on the Web

Court Rules, Forms & Dockets - This site from LLRX.com includes links to over 1,400 sources for state and federal court rules, forms and dockets.

Other Federal Local Rules - Links to many federal district courts with on-line local rules.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Georgia - Local Bankruptcy Rules

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Georgia - Local Bankruptcy Rules

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia - Local Rules

Executive Orders & Presidential Documents

Compilation of Presidential Documents on FDsys (Federal Digital System by GPO) - The Compilation of Presidential Documents collection consists of the "Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents" and the "Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents" which are the official publications of materials released by the White House Press Secretary. Suggested Citation Form: Daily Comp. Pres. Docs., 2009 DCPD No. 00001, p.3. The citation is to material published in the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents in the year 2009, in the first document, on page three.

Public Papers of the Presidents - From "The American Presidency Project." Coverage begins with Herbert Hoover, 1929 forward. "Messages and Papers of the Presidents from 1789-1913.

Public Papers of the Presidents - Available on HeinOnline in the "U.S. Presidential Library." Coverage begins with George Washington.

Public Papers of the Presidents on Lexis - Contains the full text of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents and the annually produced Public Papers of the Presidents. Password restricted.

Title 3, The President, of the Code of Federal Regulations - Title 3, The President, of the Code of Federal Regulations is an official publication of executive orders and presidential proclamations. Scroll down to Title 3. Available on GPO Access.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Document on HeinOnline - HeinOnline contains the "Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents" from 1965 forward in the Federal Register Library. Available only to Mercer Law School Community.

U.S. Attorney General Opinions

U.S. Attorney General Memoranda and Opinions - Coverage is from 1992 forward. Presented by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel.

U.S. Attorney General Opinions - Retrospective coverage from HeinOnline. Includes opinions from 1791-1982 and from 1977-1996 and for the year 1877. Available to only the Mercer Law School Community.

Additional Federal Resources

Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation - expanding collection of digitized historical U.S. Congressional documents from the Library of Congress.

Federal Judicial Center - The FJC is the education and research organization for the federal courts. This site contains the results of Center research on federal court operations and procedures and court history, as well as selected educational materials produced for judges and court employees.

Federal Sentencing Guideline Manual 2006 - effective November 1, 2006 from the U.S. Sentencing Commission website. The guideline is available in different formats: HTML, PDF, and PDA. It is also available in print in the USCS, Appendix to Title 18, and in the USCA, last volume of Title 18.

Library of Congress: Guides - Includes guides to understanding United States law and links to substantive materials.

The Federal Judges Biographical Database - The Federal Judges Biographical Database contains the service record of all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789.

U.S. Department of Justice - Legal Briefs.

50 State Surveys

50 State Regulation Survey - Westlaw provides comparative surveys of state regulations covering controversial topics of law. In addition to the REGSURVEYS database, the survey are accessible from the 50 State Surveys tab. The 50 State Regulatory Surveys are also linked from specific regulations that are cited in a survey. Password restricted. Subject Compilation of State Laws: An Annotated Bibliography by Cheryl Rae Nyberg, Reference KF1.F67 - this print source is divided into various legal topics and provides citations to legal publications where multi-state information can be found. National Survey of State Laws, edited by Richard Leiter, KF386.N38 - Published every three years, this print source summarizes the law on various topics for each of the fifty states, including citations to the state's code.

50 State Statute Survey - The National Conference of State Legislatures provides a topical, alphabetical survey of state statutes on biotechnology, criminal justice legislation, eminent domain, health, environmental protection, labor and employment laws, and much more.

50 State Statute Survey - Westlaw provides comparative surveys of state statutes covering numerous topics. Password restricted.

Additional websites for finding state laws

Law Library of Congress: Guides - Scroll to "U.S. States & Territories.

Cornell Legal Information Institute - State statutes organized by topic.

Cornell Legal Information Institute - Scroll to "Court Opinions > Other States: Opinions" in left frame.

FindLaw - Contains state cases, codes, statutes and regulations.

Municipal Codes - From Municipal Code Corporation. Includes city and county codes where available.

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Laws

National Conference of State Legislatures

State Court Statistics - from the NCSC.

State Court Structure Charts - map of each state court structure from the NCSC - click on a state to view its court system).

State Court Websites - from the National Center for State Courts (NCSC).

WashLaw: Legal Research on the Web - Provides a comprehensive listing of state courts and other helpful state-related links. Presented by Washburn University Law School.