Research Links for Constitutional Law
Last updated 1 July 2003

 You may find the following links useful in searching for primary and some secondary legal research materials. Examine them carefully, and be sure you have a good idea of what you are looking for when you start selecting items that are available at any of these. You will need to type in each URL or cut and paste it.  They are NOT linked from this web page.

http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/toc.html

http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe  http://www.findlaw.com/ There are a variety of subsites within this one that are more specialized and therefore they may be more useful for specific searches.

 http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/

http://lawcrawler.com/

http://www.findlaw.com/lawreviews/

http://legalnews.findlaw.com/

http://www.legalminds.org/
 


The following are a variety of additional sites that students might find useful. These should b explored during the course.  This subsite from Cornell provides a direct link to the United States Code. If you know the title and section of the federal law you can find it immediately. Otherwise, you can search the code for key phrases or particular subjects. If you have the name of the statute, you can also find it at this site. http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

This is the Supreme Court's website.  It is quite useable for a variety of purposes relating to past and present Court work -- cases, justices,  court structure, rules, procedures, and opinions.

http://www.uscourts.gov/

 This is a web page for the federal courts. It provides a wide variety of general information about the organization and operation of the federal courts. It is good, general background.

http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

This site provides a link to a number of interesting and useful aspects of the U.S. Supreme Court, including the current docket, recent Court decisions, and  recorded and transcripted oral argument of cases presented to the Supreme Court for decision.

http://www.lib.purdue.edu/govd/subjguides.html

The HSSE Library at Purdue provides this link which you might find useful and interesting.  It contains extensive, subject matter connections to many different government documents and sources of information and data.  Most of them are not related to Constitutional Law, but some connect to sources on environmental policy and law.