Alaska in the United States
Alaska Legal Materials
Internet links to Alaska government agencies, municipal codes and primary legal materials (statutes, regulations, cases, etc.) are posted by the Alaska Court System, as well as Washlaw Web and FindLaw.
Supreme and appellate court cases are reported in West’s Pacific Reporter. Google Scholar has cases back to 1950. For comprehensive databases, use Lexis or Westlaw.
To check the status of pending legislation, use the search box on the Alaska Legislature’s BASIS page. For questions, call the Juneau Legislative Office at 907-465-4648.
The Alaska State Court Library posts a guide for compiling Alaska Legislative History. See also the general entry for State Legislative History.
For questions about Alaska legal materials, try calling the Alaska State Court Law Library (907-264-0585).
Note: We linked the resources to archive.org in an effort to decrease the number of broken links cited.
For more primary law resources, see …
- U.S. State Law: Constitutional
- U.S. State Cases
- U.S. State Law: Judicial Rules
- U.S. State Law: Codes
- U.S. State Law: Statutes
- U.S. State Legislative: Bills
- U.S. State Law: Executive & Administrative
- U.S. State Law: Municipal
Topics Covered by the Alaska Legal Encyclopedia
Note: More detailed information about this State is provided in the Alaska jurisdictional legal Encyclopedia, which tie together Alaska statutory and case law.
Topics include:
- Alaska Statutes
- AK Cases & Case Law
- Alaska Legal Websites
- AK State Government Info
- Alaska Counties
- Alaska Cities
- Alaska Legislation
- AK Court Reporters/Depositions
- Alaska Legal Forms
- Alaska Courts
- AK State Bar/Legal Associations
- Alaska Law Enforcement
- Alaska Media Sources
Finding the law: Alaska in the U.S. Code
A collection of general and permanent laws relating to alaska, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines alaska topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.
Alaska
In Legislation
Alaska in the U.S. Code: Title 48, Chapter 2
The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating alaska are compiled in the United States Code under Title 48, Chapter 2. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Territories (including alaska) of the United States. The reader can further narrow his/her legal research of the general topic (in this case, Alaska of the US Code, including alaska) by chapter and subchapter.
Alaska
In Legislation
Alaska in the U.S. Code: Title 43, Chapter 8A, Subchapter II
The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating alaska are compiled in the United States Code under Title 43, Chapter 8A, Subchapter II. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Public Lands (including alaska) of the United States. The reader can further narrow his/her legal research of the general topic (in this case, Land and Alaska of the US Code, including alaska) by chapter and subchapter.
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