Substantive Law on the Internet

Contents:

Federal Law
• Federal Statutes
• Federal Codes and Regulations
• Federal Legislature
• U.S. Historical Documents
Federal Court Decisions
 Research by Subject Matter
• Antitrust
• Bankruptcy
• Family Law
• Federal Criminal Law
• Intellectual Property
  
• Taxation
  
 State Law

• Additional Sources for State Law
• Municipal Codes
  
 International Law

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Federal Law Resources

• Federal Statutes
  • U.S. Code  . . . Cornell Law School LII
  • U.S. Code . . . U.S. House Internet Law Library (Searchable)

• Federal Codes, Regulations, Rules, and Congressional Search Indexes
  • Administrative Procedures Act (Federal)
  • Code of Federal Regulations (Univ. Calf. GPO Gate)
  • Code of Federal Regulations (Current edition, GPO Access)
  • Code of Federal Regulations (1996 edition, U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library)

  • Federal Acquisition Regulations:

    • Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
    • Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS)
    • Army FAR Supplement (AFARS)

  • Federal Register . . . via GPO Access; 1995, 1996, 1997 (Vol. 60, 61, 62)
  • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
  • Federal Rules of Evidence
  • Federal Statutes and Regulations
  • Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research (searchable legal indexes including Federal Judicial Opinions, Legislation, and Federal Regulations)
  • Rules of Professional Conduct Regarding Lawyers
    
  • U.C.M.J -- Articles 1 - 9 from Gopher
  • Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
    
  • Uniform Rules of Evidence
  • U.S. Code (Cornell)
  • U.S. Code (U.S. House of Representatives)
  • U.S. Federal laws . . . arranged by agency
  • U.S. Federal laws (arranged by original published source)

• Federal Legislature
• U.S. Historical Documents
  • U.S. Constitution (Cornell)
  • Text of the U.S. Constitution
  • Web Guide to the Constitution of the United States
  • Declaration of Independence

Federal Court Decisions

Search by Subject Matter

• Advertising Law
  
• Antitrust
  • Antitrust Policy
    
  • Antitrust Law Library (by topic)
  • Antitrust Law Library (by title)
  • Antitrust Magazine
  • Antitrust Law Journal
• Banking Law
  
• Bankruptcy
  • Bankruptcy
  • Supreme Court Bankruptcy Opinions
  • Bankruptcy Online
  • Frequently Asked Bankruptcy Law Questions
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 13
  • Internal Revenue Regulations . . . pertains to bankruptcy
  • Bankruptcy Statutes
  • Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 U.S.C.)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
• Cyberspace Law-The Law and the Web
  
• Cyberspace Law Center
  
• Elder Law
  
• Entertainment Media Law
  
• Environmental Law
  
• Family Law
  • Family law
  • Uniform Family Law Acts
  • Tables Summarizing Family Law in all Fifty States . . . Find out what family laws apply to your state.
  • Marital Status: The Comprehensive On-Line Resource for Divorce and Remarriage
  • Divorce Magazine
  • Divorce Central
  • The Divorce Page
  • Family Law: An Overview
  • 42 U.S.C. 1983 - Civil Rights of Children
  • 42 U.S.C. 620 - Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
  • 42 U.S.C., Chapter 6 - The Children's Bureau
  • 42 U.S.C., Chapter 7 - Social Security Act
  • 42 U.S.C., Chapter 67 - Child Abuse Prevention and Adoption Reform Act
  • Divorce Law Materials (family)
  • Family Law - Subject and Title Index for Lawyers Worldwide
  • Divorce & Family Law Links
  • Family Medical Leave Act (P.L.103-3)
• Federal Criminal Law
  • Federal Pardon Resource Center
  • Criminal Law and Evidence Catalog
  • Criminal Law Links
  • Criminal Justice Resources - Indiana U.
• FCC Recent Court Opinions
  
• Federal Securities Act of 1933 - 33 U.S.C.
  
• Federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934 - 34 U.S.C.
  
• Immigration Law
  
• Immigration Resources
  
• Indigenous Peoples Law and Legal Issues
  
• Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property Law
  • U.S. Copyright Office
  • Copyright Law
  • Copyright Office Electronic Registration, Recordation & Deposit System
  • Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
  • Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources
  • Copyright Act from the U.S. Code
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Patent Searching from IBM and Optipat
  • U.S. Patent Database - Searchable
  • Internet Patent Search
  • Title 35 of the U.S. Code
  • Trademark searches
  • Trademark Resources
  • U.S. Trademark Act
  • Trade Secrets
• Lemon Law USA
  
• Personal Injury Law
  
• SEC Rules
  
  
• Taxation
  • Tax Law
  • IRS Revenue Rulings
  • Complete Set of IRS Forms . . . Downloadable in PDF, LaserJet, Postscript, or SGML formats.
  • IRS publications retrieval
  • IRS tax forms
  • Tax Regs in Plain English
  • U.S. Tax Code Online . . . searchable by keyword
  • Internal Revenue Code
  • State Taxation Information Page
  • TaxSites - State Tax Law in the United States
• Trusts-and-Trustees
  

State Law Resources

• Alabama
  
• Alabama Supreme Court and Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals
  
• Alabama Divorce Law
  
• Alaska Court System
  
• Arizona
  
• Arizona Real Estate Law  . . . choose "resources"
  
• Arkansas
  
• California Supreme Court . . . decisions in MS Word & PDF format
  
• California opinions (Findlaw)
  
• California Codes
  
• California Code - Gopher
  
• California statutes
  
• California statutes . . . Fully searchable case law and code database from 1934 to present.
  
• California Penal Code - FTP
  
• Colorado Supreme Court
  
• Colorado Court of Appleals
  
• Colorado Statutes
  
• Colorado Statutes with Annotations . . . Gopher
  
• Connecticut Statues
  
• Connecticut Statues (FindLaw)
  
• Florida
  
• Florida Alternate Site
  
• Florida Statutes and Constitution
  
• Florida World Wide Web Legal Research Collection
  
• Georgia Unannotated Code
  
• Official Code of Georgia
  
• Georgia
  
• Hawaii
  
• Idaho
  
• Idaho Code and current legislation
  
• Idaho Supreme Court, last 60 days
  
• Idaho Court of Appeals, last 60 days
  
• Illinois
  
• Illinois Supreme Court and Appellate Court
  
• Illinois Recent State Court Opinions
  
• Illinois Supreme Court Opinions - coming soon
  
• Indiana
  
• Indiana Constitution and Statutes
  
• Iowa Code (searchable by keyword or section)
  
• Iowa Supreme Court
  
• Iowa Supreme Court "coming soon"
  
• Iowa Court of Appeals
  
• Iowa Ag opinions
  
• Iowa Civil Rights Statute and Rules
  
• Iowa Ethics Opinions
  
• Kansas Statutes (Subscription only)
  
• Kansas
  
• Kentucky Revised Statutes . . . requires Adobe Reader.
  
• Kentucky Revised Statutes2
  
• Kentucky Law and Constitution
  
• Louisiana
  
• Louisiana Supreme Court
  
• Maine Supreme Judicial Court . . . Navigate to "Law Court Opinions."
  
• Maine Supreme Court
  
• Maine 1996 opinions
  
• Maryland
  
• Maryland Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals  . . . opinions since 1992
  
• Massachusetts
  
• Massachusetts Supreme Court and Appeals Court - Recent
  
• Michigan
  
• Michigan Statutes and Legislation
  
• Michigan Quick Index to State Laws
  
• Michigan Supreme Court
  
• Michigan Court Decisions by Law Journal Extra
  
• Michigan Court of Appeals Decisions
  
• Minnesota Supreme Court
  
• Minnesota Court of Appeals
  
• Minnesota Court of Appeals . . . Finance and Commerce Appellate Courts
  
• Minnesota Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Tax Court, Office of Administrative Hearings, Workers' Compensation Court, and Attorney General
  
• Minnesota Statutory Law
  
• Minnesota State Law Library
  
• Mississippi Code
  
• Mississippi
  
• Mississippi Supreme Court
  
• Missouri
  
• Montana Supreme Court Opinions
  
• Montana Supreme Court (recent)
  
• Montana Code
  
• Nebraska statutes
  
• Nebraska Supreme Court and Ct of Appeals
  
• Nevada Revised Statutes and Nevada Administrative Code
  
• New Hampshire
  
• New Hampshire Supreme Court
  
• New Jersey (Rutgers)
  
• New Jersey (NJLawNet)
  
• New Mexico Codes (password req., but free)
  
• New Mexico
  
• New Mexico statutes
  
• New York statutes
  
• New York statutes (gopher)
  
• New York
  
• New York Ct. of Appeals
  
• North Carolina Court of Appeals
  
• North Carolina Court of Appeals (recent)
  
• North Carolina Supreme Court
  
• North Carolina Supreme Court (recent)
  
• North Carolina Keyword Searching for Supreme Court Opinions (Gopher)
  
• North Carolina Keyword Searching for Supreme Court Advance Sheets (Gopher)
  
• North Carolina Supreme Court Opinions by Date (Gopher)
  
• North Dakota
  
• Ohio
  
• Ohio Supreme Court
  
• Ohio FTP Site
  
• Ohio's Revised Code
  
• Oklahoma's Constitution, Statutes, Decisions and other resouces (Searchable)
  
• Oklahoma Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Court of Criminal Appeals
  
• Oklahoma Supreme Court
  
• Oklahoma Opinions
  
• Oklahoma Selected Opinions
  
• Oklahoma Sup., Crm App. and Appeals
  
• Oklahoma Bar Association Recent Ct Opinions
  
• Oklahoma Criminal Appeals
  
• Oklahoma statutes and constitution
  
• Oregon
  
• Oregon slip opinions
  
• Oregon Supreme Court opinions (recent)
  
• Pennsylvania Statutes
  
• Pennsylvania 1
  
• Pennsylvania 2
  
• Pennsylvania 3
  
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinions, since November 1996
  
• Rhode Island
  
• South Carolina
  
• South Dakota
  
• Tennessee
  
• Tennessee2
  
• Tennessee3
  
• Tennessee rules of criminal procedure
  
• Tennessee rules of evidence
  
• Tennessee criminal law
  
• Texas Statutes and Codes
  
• Texas constitution and statutes
  
• Texas legal research sites
  
• Texas
  
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
  
• Utah
  
• Utah2
  
• Utah Statutes
  
• Vermont
  
• Vermont2
  
• Vermont3
  
• Virginia
  
• Virginia2
  
• Virginia statutes
  
• Code of Virginia and the Virginia Administrative Code
  
• Washington
  
• Washington Recent Opinions
  
• Washington Codes
  
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
  
• Wisconsin
  
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Opinions
  
• Wisconsin Court of Appeals Decisions
  
• Wisconsin Statutes
  
• Wyoming
  
• Wyoming2