Law and Legal Materials

OUTLINE OF U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM (pdf - 5.35MB)
This Outline covers the history and organization of the federal and state judicial systems; the criminal and civil court processes; the background, qualifications, and selection of federal judges; the role of other participants (lawyers, defendants, interest groups) in the judicial process; and the implementation and impact of judicial policies.

Federal Law

• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
  Bills and Laws in Full Text Since 1989.
• United States Code
  General And Permanent Laws Organized By Subject.
• Legislative Branch Publications
  Public Laws, Bills, Congressional Hearings, Congressional Record And Other Publications.
• GPO Gate 
  Federal Government Publications. 
• Glossary of Congressional and Legislative Terms
  The Capitol.Net

Regulations

• Code of Federal Regulations
  Collection of Executive-Agency Regulations by Subject
• Federal Register
  Official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal Agencies and Organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential documents.

State Law

• Washlaw - State Government And Legislative Information
• State Legislative Internet Links

Municipal Law

• Municipal Codes Online
• Municipal Codes Web Library

Jurisprudence

• Supreme Court Opinions
  Decisions Since 1893.
• Supreme Court Collection
  (Cornell Law School. Legal Information Institute)
  Supreme Court Decisions Since 1990, and a Collection of the Most Important Decisions.

Treaties

• Treaties in Force
  (Department of State)

Legal Indexes and Search Engines

• Fedlaw 
  Links to Federal Laws and Regulations, organized by Subject
• Lawcrawler
• Findlaw

Other Sources of Legal Information

• Legal Encyclopedia
  Plain-English articles on Legal Topics.
• Legal Glossary
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
  Information resources about Criminal and Juvenile Law, Crime Prevention, Statistics etc.