lawyea@hofstra.edu Mary Godfrey-Rickards - Hofstra Law
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Location, Location, Location: Where to Find<br />
Statutes and Regulations<br />
Yasmin Alexander: <strong>lawyea@hofstra</strong>.<strong>edu</strong><br />
<strong>Mary</strong> <strong>Godfrey</strong>-<strong>Rickards</strong>: lawmyg@hofstra.<strong>edu</strong><br />
Spring 2010
Federal Statutes<br />
New York Statutes<br />
Federal Regulations<br />
Where to find….<br />
New York Regulations
Public <strong>Law</strong>s<br />
Statutes at Large<br />
Federal Statutes<br />
– Find them in print in the reading room, online<br />
on Westlaw, Lexis or GPO access
United States Code<br />
•USC, USCA or USCS?<br />
•Find it:<br />
•In print, in the reading room<br />
•On Westlaw or Lexis<br />
•Online at GPO Access
Session <strong>Law</strong>s<br />
Statutory <strong>Law</strong>-New York<br />
Consolidated <strong>Law</strong>s
Session <strong>Law</strong>s<br />
What are session laws?<br />
Chronological compilation of laws passed each<br />
annual legislative session.<br />
Where to find session laws?<br />
Print Sources<br />
McKinneys Session <strong>Law</strong>s of New York<br />
The Colonial <strong>Law</strong>s of New York<br />
Online Sources<br />
Westlaw<br />
HeinOnline
Print:<br />
McKinney’s Session <strong>Law</strong>s<br />
Find McKinney’s session laws (1951-present) in<br />
the reading room.<br />
Find them in the Reading<br />
Room
For older Session laws look to …..<br />
The Colonial <strong>Law</strong>s of New York (1664-1775)<br />
and The <strong>Law</strong>s of the State of New York<br />
(1770-1950)<br />
……located in the classified section<br />
(downstairs)
Online:<br />
New York Session <strong>Law</strong>s on Westlaw<br />
(database NY-LEGIS)<br />
Note:<br />
Database covers 2007-<br />
Present. For older session<br />
laws use database “NY-<br />
LEGIS-OLD”
Online:<br />
A Session law in Westlaw
Online:<br />
New York Session <strong>Law</strong>s in HeinOnline<br />
pdf!
Find HeinOnline on the Library’s Website
Consolidated <strong>Law</strong>s<br />
What are the consolidated laws?<br />
The codification by subject matter of the<br />
laws of New York
Sources of Consolidated <strong>Law</strong>s<br />
Print Sources<br />
- McKinney’s Consolidated <strong>Law</strong>s of New<br />
York Annotated<br />
- Consolidated <strong>Law</strong>s Service<br />
Online Sources<br />
- NY State Assembly <strong>Law</strong>s of New York<br />
- Lexis New York State Consolidated<br />
Services<br />
- Westlaw: NY-ST-ANN
Print Sources<br />
-McKinney’s Consolidated <strong>Law</strong>s Service<br />
-More annotations than CLS<br />
-Contains practice commentaries<br />
-New York Consolidated <strong>Law</strong>s Service<br />
-Includes forms for use with court acts<br />
-Includes more references to New York Codes, Rules and<br />
Regulations
Online:<br />
New York State Assembly Website
Online:<br />
Statute in NY State Assembly Website
Online:<br />
Lexis (New York Consolidated <strong>Law</strong>s<br />
Service)<br />
Search<br />
Browse
Online:<br />
Westlaw (McKinney’s Consolidated <strong>Law</strong>s<br />
Service)<br />
Browse
Online:<br />
Westlaw (McKinney’s Consolidated <strong>Law</strong>s of<br />
New York Annotated)<br />
Can also browse:<br />
Table of Contents<br />
Statutes Index<br />
Popular Name Table<br />
Search
Statutes Index in Westlaw
Federal Register<br />
Federal<br />
Code of Federal Regulations
Federal Register<br />
What is the Federal Register?<br />
Official daily publication for rules, proposed rules<br />
and notices of federal agencies and<br />
organizations.
Sources for the Federal Register<br />
Print Sources:<br />
- Federal Register<br />
Online Sources:<br />
- HeinOnline<br />
- GPO Access<br />
- Westlaw (FR-ALL)<br />
- Lexis: Federal Register
Print:<br />
Federal Register<br />
Find the Federal Register in the Reading Room
Online:<br />
Federal Register on HeinOnline
Online: Federal Register on GPO Access
Online:<br />
Federal Register on Westlaw<br />
(database FR-ALL)
Online:<br />
Federal Register on Lexis
Code of Federal Regulations<br />
What is the Code of Federal Regulations?<br />
The Codification, by subject, of the rules and<br />
regulations of the Federal Register.
Sources for the Code of Federal Regulaitons<br />
Print Sources:<br />
-Code of Federal Regulations<br />
Online Sources:<br />
- HeinOnline<br />
- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations<br />
- Westlaw<br />
- Lexis
Print:<br />
Code of Federal Regulations<br />
Find it in the reading room…
Online:<br />
CFR on HeinOnline
Online:<br />
CFR on GPOAccess
Online:<br />
CFR in Westlaw<br />
CFR resides in<br />
several<br />
databases
Online:<br />
CFR in Lexis
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