Primary authorities or sources are regulations, statutes, and cases. These primary sources are binding on courts, the government, and individuals.
Primary authorities or sources are regulations, statutes, and cases. These primary sources are binding on courts, the government, and individuals.
Freely available government information useful for research and more.
Secondary sources explain and give background information on a particular area of the law. They also have citations to law and related articles that will further help you in your research.
USCCAN will help you locate legislative history on the federal statute(s) you are researching.
You can also use THOMAS, a site maintained by the Library of Congress, to research legislative history, for free, from anywhere.
Use this resource to find public laws. It is organized chronologically according to congressional sittings. The Statutes at Large contain the laws as they were passed by Congress before they are codified in the United States Code. (Click here to access through Westlaw)
Model forms are samples of standard legal documents used often by lawyers in practice. There are basically two types of forms, instruments that are used to complete transactions between private parties, and pleadings which are filed in court.