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Source Collection for Law Reviews and Journals

Places to find reliable, cite-able PDF and print sources for law review and law journal source collection

Introduction

This page primarily covers federal legislation and documents from the U.S. Congress.

U.S.C. - United States Code

The 2012 edition is the latest edition of the official United States Code.

As of July 14, 2016, the U.S. Code is current through January 5, 2015 for Titles 1 to 52. The latest supplement was Supplement II, volume III (covering 1/3/2013 to 1/5/2015). For laws added or amended or repealed since January 5,, 2015, you'll need to cite to West's United States Code Annotated (KF 62 1927 .W45 Law Stacks) or Lexis's United States Code Service (KF 62 1972 .L38 Law Stacks). (Neither unofficial code is available in PDF format.)

Stat. - United States Statutes at Large

United States Statutes at Large (cited as "Stat." by the Bluebook) is the official chronological compilation of laws enacted by Congress. They are "legal evidence of laws, concurrent resolutions, treaties, international agreements other than treaties, proclamations by the President, and proposed or ratified amendments to the Constitution of the United States therein contained, in all the courts of the United States, the several States, and the Territories and insular possessions of the United States." 1 U.S.C. § 112 (2006)

Other Federal Legislative Documents

Law review articles site to a wide variety of federal legislative documents. This section covers some of the best places to look for reliable, PDF versions. For more on federal legislative history and documents, see the Zief Library's Federal Legislative History research guide.

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