Category: Federal Law
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Thomas
Thomas Website in the United States Bill Information Pg. 6-21 and 6-22 of the book In Legal Research, How to Find & Understand the Law, by Stephen Elias and Susan Levinkind, provide a good overview of how Thomas work and its capabilities: Much of the information available for the […]
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US Code Appendices
US Code Appendices in the United States According to the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, an appendix in the United States Code is the material that follows titles 5, 11, 18, 28, and 50 of the Code. The appendices contain Federal court rules and certain acts that relate to the subject […]
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US Code Titles
United States Code Titles From 1947, specific titles of the Code have been revised, codified and enacted into law by Congress while repealing prior law. Positive Law A comprehensive review of positive law compilation is available here. About half of the titles have been enacted into […]
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Citing Online Statutes
Citing Online Statutes in the United States Citing Electronic Sources Before the abundance of electronic legal sources, citation guidelines favored citation to one particular print code or compilation for each U.S. jurisdiction. While, often, citation manuals still remain favouring this […]
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Federal Law Citation
Citation of Federal Law in the United States Federal Law Citation introduction The citation formats differ between federal law and state law, and from state to state. See citing state statutes here. How to Cite Federal Statutes How to Cite Federal Statutes in Bluebook When the citation […]
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US Code
United States Code Introduction The U.S.C. is a consolidation, compilation and codification of general and permanent statutes of the U.S. by subject matter. It is divided among 51 title headings, not all currently used. The last one, Title 51 (see below) started on Dec. 18, 2010. The […]