List of sources of law in the United States

Federal

Constitution of the United States

Statutes

List of United States federal legislation
Acts listed by popular name, via Cornell University
United States Statutes at Large
- Volumes 1 through 18, 1789–1875, via Library of Congress
Public Laws (PL)
- Current Congress only, via the U.S. Government Printing Office
- 104th Congress through current Congress, via the U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Code (USC)
- U.S. Code, via Cornell University
- U.S. Code, via the U.S. Government Printing Office
- U.S. Code, via FindLaw.com
- U.S. Code via house.gov
- U.S. Code, via USCodeSurf.com

Administrative regulations

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
List of United States federal executive orders (EO)

Court precedents

Findlaw Cases and Codes
United States Reports – Supreme Court cases
- Lists of United States Supreme Court cases
Federal Reporter – Courts of Appeals and Federal Claims cases
- List of notable United States Courts of Appeals cases
Federal Supplement – District Courts cases
Federal Appendix – "Unpublished" cases

States

State constitutions

Court precedents

List of notable United States state supreme court cases
Findlaw Cases and Codes

Statutes

Findlaw State Government page

Regulations

List of State Administrative Codes and Registers from the National Association of Secretaries of State

Local codes and ordinances

American Legal Publishing's Code Library
E-Codes from the General Code Corporation
Municipal Code Corporation's Online Library

Secondary sources

See also

United States law
List of legal abbreviations
Legal research
Legal research in the United States
For more information on official, unofficial, and authenticated online state laws and regulations, see Matthews & Baish, State-by-State Authentication of Online Legal Resources, American Association of Law Libraries, 2007.

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