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Alaska Resources

This State Guide lists the major sources of law in this state. Members of the Georgetown University community may seek additional assistance at the reference desk or online.

RESEARCH GUIDES

• State Documents Bibliography: Alaska KFA1201 .L46 2009
• Alaska Legal and Law-related Publications : A Guide for Law Librarians KFA1275 .R89

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Statutes/Code

• Print: Alaska Statutes (official) KFA1230 1962 .A4
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw AK-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: ALAS;AKCODE
  • Internet: Alaska Statutes
    Alaska Constitution

Legislative History

• Merillee Harrell, A Researcher's Guide to Legislative History in Alaska, 30 Leg. Ref. Serv. Q. 7 (2011) (K12 .E357 Print, Electronic version)
• Guide to Alaska Legislative History Materials
• Session Laws: HeinOnline, 1913 -

Legislature

• State Legislature Homepage
• Bill Tracking (1993- )
• Minutes of the Constitutional Convention, 1955-1956

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Alaska Administrative Code KFA1235 1988 .A23 (no longer updated in print)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: AK-ADC
  • Lexis: CODES;AKADMN
  • Internet: Alaska Administrative Code
    Online Public Notice System of Alaska (replaced the Alaska Administrative Journal in 2000)
    Alaska Administrative Journal (Folio Infobase - Weekly issues to 7/19/99)

Agencies

• Alaska Government /Legal Information (SLED- Statewide Libary Electronic Doorway)
• Governor's Office
• Departments
• Alaska State Administrative Orders
• Attorney General Opinions (1996 - present)

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: Pacific Reporter (1st, 2d, and 3d series) KF135 .P213
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: AK-CS (state cases) & AK-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: ALAS;AKCTS (state cases) & MEGA;AKMEGA (state and federal cases)
  • Internet:
  • Alaska Supreme Court Opinions
  • Supreme Court Slip Opinions (official site of Supreme Court; contains only recent slip opinions; opinions are removed from this site once they are printed in Pacific reporter)
  • Alaska Case Law Service ( All opinions dated from 1960 and published in West's Pacific Reporter and West's Alaska Reporter through the most recent Advance Sheets, as well as unpublished opinions from the Alaska Supeme Court and Alaska Court of Appeals)

Courts

• Alaska Court System
• Directory of Alaska Courts
• Alaska Rules of Court
• Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Alaska Communities
• Alaska Community Database Online (a comprehensive directory of cities and towns)
• Alaska Municipal Codes

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Print: Alaska Law Review K1 .L27
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: AK-JLR (Alaska Journal and Law Reviews)
  • Lexis: AKLAWR (Alaska Law Review) From June 1993 through current .
  • Hein: Alaska Law Review
  • Internet: Alaska Law Review

ETHICS

• State Bar
• Ethics Opinions (1968 - )
• Rules of Professional Conduct
• Westlaw:
  • AKETH-EO (1968 - present)
  • METH-EO (1968 - present)
• Lexis:
  • AKETOP (1992 - present)

GENERAL

• Print: There is no general legal encyclopedia for Alaska.
• Internet:
  • Alaska Government and Law
  • Alaska State Court Law Library
  • Alaska State Library
  • Legal Information Institute: Alaska Page
  • FindLaw - Alaska Links
  • Alaska Legal Resource Center
  • Alaska Natives and First Nations: Index to Resources
  • Law Library of Congress: Alaska Legal Resources
  • Tax Forms
  • Statewide Library Electronic Doorway (SLED)

Last Updated 06/11 (MK)

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