List of sources of law in the United States

List of sources of law in the United States

This list contains links to various sources of law used in the United States.

Primary sources

Federal

*Constitution of the United States

tatutes

* List of United States federal legislation
* [http://assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/topn/ Acts listed by popular name] , via Cornell University
* United States Statutes at Large
** [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html Volumes 1 through 18, 1789-1875] , via Library of Congress
* Public Laws (PL)
** [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html Current Congress only] , via the U.S. Government Printing Office
** [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/browse.html 104th Congress through current Congress] , via the U.S. Government Printing Office
* United States Code (USC)
** [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/#TITLES U.S. Code] , via Cornell University
** [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/browse.html U.S. Code] , via the U.S. Government Printing Office
** [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/toc.html U.S. Code] , via FindLaw.com
** [http://uscode.house.gov U.S. Code] via house.gov
** [http://www.uscodesurf.com U.S. Code] , via USCodeSurf.com

Administrative regulations

* Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
* List of United States federal executive orders (EO)

Court precedents

* [http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/ Findlaw Cases and Codes]
*United States Reports - Supreme Court cases
**Lists of United States Supreme Court cases
*Federal Reporter - Courts of Appeals and Federal Claims cases
**List of notable United States Courts of Appeals cases
*Federal Supplement - District Courts cases
*Federal Appendix- "Unpublished" cases

tates

Generally

Court precedents

*List of notable United States state supreme court cases
* [http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/ Findlaw Cases and Codes]

tatutes

* [http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/ Findlaw State Government page]

Regulations

* [http://www.nass.org/acr/html/internet.html List of State Administrative Codes and Registers from the National Association of Secretaries of State]

Local Codes and Ordinances

* [http://www.amlegal.com/library/ American Legal Publishing's Code Library]
* [http://www.generalcode.com/webcode2.html E-Codes from the General Code Corporation]
* [http://www.ordlink.com/codes.htm LexisNexis Municipal Codes Web Library]

California

*Statutes
**California Annotated Codes (West's and Deering's)
*Administrative regulations
**California Code of Regulations
*Court precedents
**California Reports
**California Appellate Reports
**California Reporter

econdary sources

*List of Uniform Acts (United States)
*"American Jurisprudence"
*"Corpus Juris Secundum"
*Restatements of the Law
*Casebooks
*Law reviews

ee also

*United States law
*List of legal abbreviations
*Legal research
*Legal Research in the United States
*For more information on official, unofficial, and authenticated online state laws and regulations, see Matthews & Baish, [http://www.aallnet.org/aallwash/authen_rprt/AuthenFinalReport.pdf State-by-State Authentication of Online Legal Resources] ,American Association of Law Libraries, 2007.


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