Research Tools: Federal Laws & Regulations

Federal Laws & Regulations

Constitution United States Code Administrative Regulations Court Opinions

United States Constitution & Historical Documents

• United States Constitution (from Emory Law School)
• United States Constitution (with annotations, from Findlaw)
• The Founders Constitution (links to primary source documents)
• The American Constitution: A Documentary Record (from Avalon Project)
• Primary Documents in American History: United States Constitution (from Library of Congress)
• Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention (from Library of Congress American Memory Collection)
• Federalist Papers
• James Madison's Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
• Elliot's Debates
• Articles of Confederation
• Northwest Ordinance of 1787
• Declaration of Independence

United States Code & Statutory Resources

• United States Code (1994-2000 editions with supplements, searchable)
• United States Code (with links to annotations, from Legal Information Institute)
• United States Code (browse by title, from Government Printing Office)
• United States Code (search from US House of Representatives)
• Find Code Section by Citation
• US Code Popular Name Table
• US Code Classification Table
• Public Laws (starts with 93rd Congress)
• Statutes at Large (v.1-18)
• How Our Laws Are Made

Code of Federal Regulations & Federal Register

• Code of Federal Regulations (from National Archives and Records Administration)
• Code of Federal Regulations (from 1996 through current, searchable)
• Code of Federal Regulations (1997 through current, browse by title)
• Find CFR Section by Citation
• List of Sections Affected
• Federal Register (1994 through current, searchable)
• Federal Register, Current Issue
• Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules

Court Opinions

• United State Supreme Court Recent Decisions
• US Supreme Court Reports (beginning with vol. 502)
• Legal Information Institute Supreme Court Collection
• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions (from Findlaw, searchable)
• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions (arranged by author)
• Other Federal Courts