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U.S.
Law:
A Research Guide
Find:
I.
Reference Sources
Guides and Bibliographies:
American
Jurisprudence.
Second Edition. Rochester, N.Y.: Lawyers Cooperative
Publishing, 1962-
[Ref. KF154 .A2] [Am. Jur. 2d.]
Black's
Law Dictionary. 7th ed. St. Paul, Mn.: West
Publishing Co., 1999. [Ref. KF156 .B53 1999]
Federal
Regulatory Directory. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press,
2003. [Ref. KF5406. A15. F4 2003]
Legal
Research in a Nutshell. Morris L. Cohen and
Kent C. Olson. St. Paul, Mn.: West Publishing Co.,
2000.
[Ref. KF240.C54 2000]
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias:
A.
Federal Case Law
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution.
Leonard W. Levy and Kenneth L. Karst, eds. New York:
Macmillan Reference USA, 2000. 6 v.
[Ref. KF4548 +E53 2000]
Finkelman, Paul and Urofsky, Melvin I. Landmark
Decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2003.
[Ref. KF4549 +F56 2003]
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe Online. Contains Federal
District Courts (1789-), Federal Courts of Appeals
(1972-) documents as well as U.S. Supreme Court
cases from 1790 on.
Supreme
Court Reporter. St. Paul, MN.: West Pub., 1939-1957.
(S.Ct.) [KF101.1.S6].
Replaced
by:
United
States Supreme Court Reports. Lawyers
Edition. Rochester, NY: Lawyers Cooperative Publishing,
1956-1997. (L Ed 2d) [KF101.A313]
Replaced
by: United States Reports. Washington:
GPO.(US) Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. 1790-.
Historic
U.S. Court Cases, 1690-1990: An Encyclopedia.John
W. Johnson. NY: Garland, 1992.
[Ref. F385 .A4 .J64 1992]
B.
Federal Statutory Law
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe Contains:
United States Code Service - current.
United
States Code Service. Lawyers Edition. Rochester,
N.Y.: Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, -1997. (USCS)
[KF62.1972.L38]
Replaced
by: United States Code Annotated. St.
Paul, Mn.: West Pub., 1994-present.Contains all
federal laws arranged in accordance with the section
numbering of the United States Code. Use the "Popular
Names Table" in TABLE volume to locate citations
to acts. (See Civil Rights Act of 1964, for instance.)
Legislative Updates:
CQ
Electronic Library - CQ Weekly and
CQ Researcher
C.
Massachusetts Statutory Law
Annotated
Laws of Massachusetts. Rochester, NY: Lawyers
Cooperative Publishing, -1997. [KFM2430.1932. A2]
Replaced
by: Massachusetts General Laws Annotated (M.G.L.A.)
St. Paul, Mn.: West
Pub., 1994-. [CD-ROM KFM2430 1997 A42]. Contains
all laws of Massachusetts, completely annotated,
including case notes, related pertinent legal citations
and law review references.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe
Contains Massachusetts Advance Legislative
Service - current and Massachusetts, Annotated Laws
of - current.
Legislative
Updates: Massachusetts General Court - Session Laws
D.
Massachusetts Case Law
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe. Contains Massachusetts
Appeals Court (1972-),and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial
Court (1899-) documents as well as equivalent court
documents for all other states.
E.
State Law - Case and Statutory.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe Contains appellate &
superior court as well as statutory documents for
all other states, searchable by state. Dates of coverage
vary.
II.
Indexes and Abstracts:
To
obtain citations to periodical articles, use one or
more of the specialized indexes listed below:
CQ
Weekly and CQ
Researcher
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe
III.
Internet Resources:
LawCrawler
- Legal Web and Databases Search
Massachusetts
- Official Commonwealth Site:
Sourcebook
of Criminal Justice Statistics:
THOMAS
- Legislative Information
U.S.
Supreme Court Decisions: (Cornell)
Online
Encyclopedia for Legal Researchers
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