| State and Local Government Although most states have their own
government sites on the Internet, those sites can be
difficult to locate and it can be cumbersome to maintain
links to them individually. There are several resources
that have complied the individual sites into one location.
These mega-sites include links to statutes and
regulations. They also include links to state government
offices, executive resources, legislative resources,
judicial resources and local resources.
- State Legislatures, State
Laws and State Regulations was created by the Law
Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. (LLDC).
This site provides an alphabetical list of state
links. When you click on the state abbreviation,
you are provided with a concise list of links to
available documents such as the legislature or
general assembly, the code or statutes, state
registers, and regulations. At the end of the
state list, LLDC has provided a list of
additional resources for state government
information or state legislative research.
- Full-text State Statutes and
Legislation on the Internet is a resource on
Prairienet. Prairienet is a community resource
maintained by the Graduate School of Library and
Information Science at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. The states are listed
alphabetically with links to state constitutions,
statutes, legislation, session laws, codes,
registers and regulations where applicable.
- State and Local Government
on the Net also provides an alphabetical list of
the states. When you click on the state name, you
will go to an intermediary page with a list of
links to the state homepage, state offices, the
legislative branch, the judicial branch, the
executive branch, boards and commissions,
regional, city and town web pages. Another
feature on the main page, underneath the list of
states, is a list of links to national
organizations.
- Constitutions, Statutes, and
Codes is a page from Legal Information Institute,
Cornell Law School. If you scroll down the page
past the federal resources to the state
resources, there is a useful feature called State
Statutes by Topic. This resource provides either
a direct link to the state's code section for
specific topics or a link to the state's code
with directions to the appropriate title. LLI
also provides an alphabetical list of the states.
Each link takes you to a page with links to state
constitutions, legislation, judicial opinions and
regulations.
- Cases and Codes at http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/ is a page from Findlaw (http://www.findlaw.com)
that provides access to federal and state laws.
When you click on US State Laws at http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/, you will access a list of
resources for each state with links to the state
constitution, bill information, state supreme
court opinions, and other court decisions.
|