Search a specific database for articles.
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Westlaw Campus ResearchAs of Spring 2016 this replaces Lexis as the go to for case law, both US and state.
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HeinOnlineAccess law journals, treaties, legal classics and trials from the United States.
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Black's Law DictionaryThe standard, classic law dictionary. Library main floor, REF KF156 .B53.
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The Blue Book: a Uniform System of CitationStandard format for legal citation work. Library, main floor, REF KF245 .B58.
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West's Encyclopedia of American LawMany entries on social work related topics - adoption, foster care etc.
If you're looking for books containing laws, check the Federal (U.S.) and New York State tabs.
Statutes are the laws as they were originally passed at the federal or state level. At the Federal (U.S.) level the original law is called Public Law # - #. The first number is the Congress it was made in, the second number is the order it came in during that session.
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Congress.govThis site gives the text of bills etc. in the current congress, and full text of public law going back to 1993. (Abbreviated records for public laws are given back to 1973. See link below for pre 1993 public law text.)
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Legal Information Institute at CornellThe "LSI," from Cornell Law School, will give you the last 10-20 years of most court's decisions, as well as some historic cases, in a much more user friendly format than Lexis. The LSI also has the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and Regulation.
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Pre 1993 Public LawsThe full text of public laws from the 112th Congress (2011) back to the 82nd Congress (1951.)
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U.S. CodeThis is the code, the federal law as it currently stands.
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NY Session Laws OnlineNY Session Laws online 1995-now. Check the text box under the search to show the full text.
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NYS Session Laws PrintThese are the NY equivalent of the federal public laws, the law as passed originally in the legislature. These are in print to 2008. For more recent see the online version.
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Municipal Codes OnlineListed alphabetically by name. Not all villages and towns for NYS are available.
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Decisions of the Commissioner of Educationthis NY state source lists the decisions of the state education commissioner on a wide range of legal issues concerning K-12 schools in NY, 1991-date.
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Appellate Court Law Library
In addition to our resources, a great regional resource for legal research is the Appellate Court Law Library in Rochester. This is a law library open to the public, and staffed by trained law librarians.
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Notable Books
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Legal Guide to United States Business Organizations by ISBN: 9783642379079Publication Date: 2013-01-01 -
Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations by Call Number: REF KF246 .B46 2001ISBN: 9781575884080Publication Date: 2001 -
Education Law by Call Number: KF4119 .I46 2010ISBN: 0203868595Publication Date: 2009 -
Concepts of Law: Comparative, Jurisprudential, and Social Science Perspectives byISBN: 1409455270Publication Date: 2014
Last Updated: Apr 10, 2020 1:26 PM
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URL: https://library.brockport.edu/law