Primary Source in the United States

Primary Source in the Context of Law Research

The Thurgood Marshall School of Law Library defined briefly Primary Source as: Any legal document or publication which is produced by some branch of the government in the course of its lawmaking functions. Opinions, bills, committee reports, statutes, regulations, and executive orders are all examples of primary sources.Legal research resources, including Primary Source, help to identify the law that governs an activity and to find materials that explain that law.