WGS 10: Statutes & Legal Information

Students can use LexisNexis Academic to access primary source material such as case law, statutes and regulations or secondary source materials such as legal news or law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic. Legal research sources include:

Law review articles from over 500 publications

• U.S. Supreme Court decisions from January 1790 to present, searchable by majority opinion, minority opinion, concurring opinion, counsel, or head notes
• U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decisions
• U.S. District Court decisions from 1789 to present
• State court decisions at all court levels for all 50 states and territories
• All Federal laws from 1988 to the present
• Federal regulations: Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Attorney General Opinions, and Federal Acquisition Regulations and Supplements
• Codes for all 50 states and territories, plus constitutions, court rules, and Attorneys General opinions