Center for American Studies


Resources

Law

  • THOMAS (Library of Congress)
    United States legislative current and historical information including bills, resolutions, congressional records, etc.

  • GPO's Federal Digital System
    The Federal Digital System of the Government Printing Office provides access to government information issued by the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the Federal Government such as the budget of the U.S. government, congressional bills and documents and more.

  • The Supreme Court Database
    Provides updated information about each case decided by the Supreme Court since 1953. The Data section of the database provides current information on the most recent data sets, the Analysis section allows users to select and summarize cases and the Documentation section provides users with an online and a dowloadable version of the Code book.

  • LII | Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School
    Provides public legal information including all opinions of the Supreme Court since 1992, opinions of the New York Court of Appeals from the last ten years and the full United States Code.

  • The Oyez Project | U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument Recordings, Case Abstracts and More
    A digital archive comprising U.S. Supreme Court audio recordings.

  • The Sentencing Project
    On the website of this American organization working for a better criminal justice system, users will find publications about sentencing policy, incarceration, racial disparity, drug policy, juvenile justice, voting rights, the incarceration of women and collateral consequences of incarceration.

  • Famous Trials - UMKC School of Law - Prof. Douglas Linder
    A chronology, maps, images, essays and criticism of the most famous trials in history including several American trials from the Salem Witchcraft to the Moussaoui case in 2006.

  • Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
    Codification of general and permanent rules drawn up by federal departments and agencies. The site provides an easy access to follow the path of any rule from statute to US Code to Federal Register to the CFR. “Get the law” is a link to Federal Law, the Constitution, the U.S. Code, CFR,  Supreme Court decisions, Federal Rules,…

  • The First Amendment Center
    Links to recent pieces about free-expression issues: freedom of speech, press, religion, petition, and assembly.

  • The Avalon Project
    Documents in law, history and diplomacy.

  • Thomas Jefferson (Library of Congress)
    Legislative information on bills and resolutions, activity in Congress, congressional records, schedules and calendars, committee reports, presidential nominations, treaties and government resources.

  • US historical documents from the pre-colonial era to present.

  • GovPulse
    A Federal Register browser that gives citizens the ability to track government regulation and rule-making activity.

  • United States Code
    Downloads of the entire text set, informational materials about the US Code, and helpful finding tools.

  • CrimeSolutions.gov
    Evaluative information on 150 programs in criminal justice, crime victim services, and juvenile justice, with 8 categories: Corrections and Reentry, Courts, Crime and Crime Prevention, Drugs and Substance Abuse, Juveniles, Law Enforcement, Technology and Forensics, and Victims and Victimization.

  • CourtListener
    Open-source legal research tool comprising federal precedents, Supreme Court records, and nonprecedential opinions of the US circuit courts.

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