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Web Sites for Law & Legislation

Law (General)
Law of the U.S.
Law of Minnesota
 Law of Canada

Law (General)


Center for Environmental Citizenship
Includes the Campus Green Vote site. Especially geared toward college students, this site endeavors to involve students in the political process in order to facilitate environmental protection on the college campus and in the world at large.
Code of Federal Regulations
Produced as an experimental server created by House Information Systems and Personal Library Software, Inc. Should be checked against printed copies available through the U.S. Government Printing Office.
FindLaw Constitutional Law Center
Features an easy-to-read guide that leads visitors through historical documents, biographies, and Supreme Court decisions. Users can browse through the Federalist Papers, read the Constitution, or research the lives of the Founding Fathers or past and present Supreme Court Justices.
Legal Information Institute
Links to constitutions, court decisions, statutes, administrative material, and other texts.
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
Produced by the Library of Congress, THOMAS provides an index to and the full text of bills since the 103rd Congress, the Congressional Record, digests and the legislative history of bills and amendments, the text of the Constitution, a primer on the lawmaking process, a link to the Library of Congress online catalog (LOCIS), guides to information on the executive and legislative branch and state and local government, and links to the Senate and House Gopher and WWW pages.
Thomson & Thomson
Offers information related to all areas of intellectual property, including the online version of the International Guide to Trademarks and over 300 links to reviewed sites of interest to the intellectual property community. There also is a subscriber area, in which customers can securely access the full text of U.S. trademark research reports including logos and PDF format.
U.S Supreme Court Collection
An index of most U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1990. Cases are indexed by topic, and can also be searched by key words. Cases are also indexed by year and party name. It also includes Selected Pre-1990 Decisions.
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Law of the U.S.


Public Laws (National Archives and Records Administration)
 
United States Code (United States Congress)
 
Federal Register (Online via GPO Access) 1994-present
 
Code of Federal Regulations
 
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Law of Minnesota


Minnesota House of Representatives: Research Department Publications
Includes publications relating to agriculture, economics, education, environment, government operations, health & human services, housing, the internet, judiciary civil & criminal law, public finance & taxes, regulated industries & energy and transportation & transit.
Minnesota State Law Library
Site of the oldest continuing library in the state of Minnesota. Offers access to Minnesota Legal Resources, including Minnesota Statutes and Rules, Law Library publications, and MN Supreme Court Opinions. Provides links to numerous other legal Web sites.
Minnesota Statutes, Session Laws, and Rules
 
Minnesota Rules
 
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Law of Canada


Parliamentary Internet
A guide to Canada's parliament, including texts of government publications.
Department of Justice Canada (Canadian Law)
A collection of Canadian governmental databases, including news from the department of justice, laws, bills, statutes, Canadian Supreme Court decisions, and much more.
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