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LAW AND LEGAL MATERIALS

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. 

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 LEGISLATURES INTERNET LINKS

FULL-TEXT STATE STATUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE INTERNET

Municipal Law

MUNICIPAL CODES ONLINE 

MUNICIPAL CODES WEB LIBRARY

Jurisprudence

SUPREME COURT OPINIONS 
Opinions since 2000.

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
(U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE)

Legal Indexes and Search Engines

THE WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY - LAW

FEDLAW 
Links to federal laws and regulatios, organized by subject. 

LAWCRAWLER

FINDLAW

Other Sources of Legal Information

LEGAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 
Plain-english articles on legal topics.

NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFERENCE SERVICE
Information resources about criminal and juvenile law, crime prevention, statistics etc.