Legal Reference Sources Subject Guide
Statutory Law, United States
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Statutory Law includes those "laws passed by local, state, and federal legislators to regulate the conduct of individuals, businesses, etc." (www.cnr.edu/home/Honors/wmnlaw/lawnotes.html)
Statutory law is codified both in print and online. Three basic online sources for statutory law at WMU are Westlaw Campus Research, LexisNexis, and HeinOnline. Â Another excellent resource for full text is FindLaw, an open Internet resource that is directly accessible through the link below as well as any search engine.
An extensive research database of legal sources, including the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, United States Code Annotated (USCA), Federal and State court cases, American Law Reports (ALR), and American Jurisprudence 2d, Black's Law Dictionary, Legal Guides, and more. Also includes more than 700 law reviews and journals.
Indexes thousands of domestic and foreign newspapers, as well as journals, and other publications in News, Business company reports and articles, Legal Research, Medical and Reference. The legal research category includes law reviews, law news, federal and state laws and cases. Mostly full text. Includes Hoover's full text. Coverage dates vary.
HeinOnline: The Modern Link to Legal History
HeinOnline consists of major full text legal collections including: the Law Journal Library, the Federal Register Library, the Treaties and Agreements Library, U.S. Code, and the U.S. Supreme Court Library. These collections are image-based and fully-searchable, with comprehensive coverage of each title, some going back to the 18th century. Click on "Subscribers please click here to enter."
An extensive source for case law (state and federal), administrative law, constitutional law, consumer law, directories, legal news, and other law related references. Useful for legal professionals, students, the general public, and corporate counsels.
The United States Code in contains the general and permanent laws of the United States. These are searchable and browsable. 1994 through 2000 plus Supplements.
United States Code Annotated
(U.S.C.A.)
KF 62 .W4x (Ref)
Kept up to date with cumulative pocket parts. West Publishing Company's annotation of the U.S. Code.
United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
KF 48 (Ref)
Actually deals with administrative law as well as statutory law, but it is such a good place to find acts (P.L.s) that it is listed here.
United States Code Service
(U.S.C.S.)
KF 62 1972 .L38 (Ref)
Kept up to date with cumulative pocket parts. Lawyers Co-Operative Inc.'s annotation of the U.S. Code.
United States Law Week
K 25 .N531x (Ref)
A loose-leaf service, updated weekly, consisting of two major volumes: (1) a U.S. Supreme Court volume, including proceedings and opinions of the Supreme Court, cases docketed and a summary of cases recently filed, a calendar of hearings scheduled, and special articles on the work of the court. Not all U.S. Supreme Court opinions occur here, but for the ones included, this is the first place we receive them; (2) a General Law volume with a strong emphasis on U.S. statutory law.
United States. Statutes at Large
(Stat. or Stat. at L.)
KF 50 .A2x (Ref)