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tax law, Canadian, European Union and Commonwealth legal information, Patent
information, Martindale Hubbell Law Directory listings, law school directories
LexisNexis Congressional - No longer available via OhioLINK. Individuals
with a Cleveland Public Library card may have online access to this title. Go
to CPL databases and click
on "Government and Law".
The CIS Index and Abstracts set (1970 - 2002) and the CIS Legislative History
volumes (1984-2002) are available in print format at our Law Library, Base Level,
Microforms Area Index Shelves. Use them to identify full text of Congressional
hearings, reports, documents, committee prints, bills, and the Congressional
Record; and Public laws.
United States Code Service (via LexisNexis Academic) All laws of a general and permanent nature, as enacted by the United States Congress. Federal Rules Annotated ; The Constitution of the United States
US
Code via Casemaker: Available at the public access terminals in the
law library, or with a Casemaker username and password. Casemaker is free with
an Ohio State Bar membership. Law students can join the
Ohio State Bar Association for free. Titles 1-21, 46 are complete through
01/02/2006
Titles 12-45, 47-50 are complete through 01/03/2005, Public Laws are current
through 2007.
United States Public Laws (from the U.S. Library of Congress' Thomas website).
Thomas - Find text of federal bills going back to 1989. Each bill lists references to the Congressional Record. The Congressional Record back to 1989 and Committee Reports going back to 1995 can be accessed via Thomas.
GPO Access - Legislative - Bills, legislative history materials (reports, hearings, etc.), public and private laws, Statutes at Large, Congressional Record, U.S. Code. Current materials are available, how far back these sources go varies.
Federal Legislative History, Sources & Treasures - Cleveland Marshall College of Law Library's guide to legislative history sources, with links.
Federal Regulations (via LexisNexis Academic)
Federal Register; Code
of Federal Regulations; Federal Acquisition
Regulations; US
Attorney General Opinions
State Codes and Attorneys General Opinions
(via LexisNexis Academic)
Selected Internet Statutes and Codes Sites:
Federal:
United States Code
-- unannotated from the US Government Printing Office; Cornell's Legal Information Institute
(LII) US Code --
by section with links to updated legislation,
U.S. House of Representative U.S. Code web page, and
The Code of Federal Regulations is available at/via :
U.S. Government site; LexisNexis Academic;
HeinOnline;
FindLaw ; (Years
vary at each site.)
The Federal Register is available at/via:
U.S. Government site; LexisNexis Academic;
HeinOnline;
FindLaw ; (Years
vary at each site.)
Ohio Revised Code (via LexisNexis Academic) - Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated, Ohio Constitution, Court Rules, Advanced Legislative Service, Ohio Attorney General Opinions
Ohio
Revised Code (via Casemaker) - Unannotated. Available at the public
access terminals in the law library, or with a Casemaker username and password.
Casemaker is free with an Ohio State Bar membership. Law students can join the
Ohio State Bar Association for free.
Ohio Revised Code (Unannotated; LAWriter from Ohio State Govt. site)
Bills and Legislation - passed by the Ohio General Assembly
Gongwer News Service (via OhioLink; not a gov't site)
Ohio Capitol Connection (Law Library Access; not a gov't site)
Ohio Administrative Code (LAWriter from Ohio State Govt. site) - regulations of Ohio agencies
Register of Ohio - for proposed and new Ohio regulations
Major Ohio cities:
Akron Municipal Code
Cincinnati
Municipal Code
Cleveland Charter and
Codified Ordinances
Columbus City
Codes
Toledo Municipal Code
Northeast Ohio Cities:
Bay Village
Bedford Heights
Chagrin Falls
Euclid
Highland Heights
Lakewood
Lorain
Lyndhurst
Mayfield Heights
Mayfield Village
Medina
North Olmsted
Orange
Painesville
Pepper Pike
Rocky River
Shaker
Heights
Solon
South Euclid
Valley View
Other Ohio Cities:
Ordinances
via Cleveland Law Library Association Links
Ohio Cities and Villages on the Web via Ohio Municipal League - Links