Legal Studies Research Guide
State Government Documents

The state government documents used most frequently by legal studies students are listed below.

State Law

Judicial | Legislative | Administrative | Municipal

Judicial

State Court Cases

(Electronic Resources)

LexisNexis Academic
Select Legal Research (from the Academic Search Form), State Case Law and the appropirate state.

Social Law Library
Includes Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Massachusetts Appeals Court, Massachusetts Superior Court Opinions (selected), and other Massachusetts administrative court opinions.

Westlaw Campus Research
Click on the Law tab at the top of the page. Under Select One or More Areas to Search and Cases, click on the radio buttons next to All State Cases or State Cases. 

(Print Resources)

Massachusetts Reports
KFM 2445 A22
Opinions from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports
KFM 2445 A23
Opinions from the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

State Legislation

(Electronic Resources)

LexisNexis Academic
Select Legal Research (from the Academic Search Form), State Codes and the appropriate state.

Westlaw Campus Research
Click on the Law tab at the top of the page. Under Select One or More Areas to Search and Statutes and Regulations, click on the radio buttons next to All State Statutes or State Statutes.

State Legal Sources on the Web
Excellent webpage includes state session laws and legislative codes for most states hosted by University of Michigan Documents Center.

General Laws of Massachusetts
Laws currently in effect in Massachusetts.

(Print Resources)

Massachusetts General Laws Annotated
KFM 2430 1958 W4
Laws currently in effect in Massachusetts including citations to cases that construe the statutes as well as references to the administrative regulations.

State Administrative Regulations

(Electronic Resources)

Code of Massachusetts Regulations
Administrative regulations issued by Massachusetts administrative agencies included in the Social Law Library.

State Legal Sources on the Web
Excellent webpage includes state administrative regulations for most states hosted by University of Michigan Documents Center.

(Print Resources)

Code of Massachusetts Regulations
KFM 2435 1987 A2

Municipal Codes

(Electronic Resources)

LexisNexis Municipal Codes
Selected municipal codes from 36 states.

Municipal Codes
Mostly Western and Midwestern state municipalities are covered by Sterling Codifiers Inc..

Municipal Codes
Large Ohio representation but includes other selected searchable codes maintained by American Legal Publishing. Company.

Seattle Public Library Municipal Codes Online

Washington State City and County Codes
Also includes some California and a few other out-of-state codes.

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