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Arizona Resources

This State Guide lists the major sources of law in this state. If you are a member of the Georgetown University community, the reference librarians are happy to assist you.

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Arizona Legal Research Guide, by Kathy Shimpock-Vieweg, published by Hein, 1992. KFA 2475 .S55 1992
• From Idea...To Bill...To Law: The Legislative Process in Arizona
  82-page guide to the legislative process in Arizona, by State Senator Randall Gnant
• Arizona Legal Materials: A Research Guide
  A guide to legal publications and research in Arizona published by the reference librarians at the Arizona State University Law Library.

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Statutes/Code

• Print:
  • Arizona Revised Statutes Annotated (West, official), KFA2430 1956 .A2
  • Arizona Revised Statutes (LEXIS) (not available at GULL)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: AZ-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Arizona > Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > AZ - Arizona Revised Statutes, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
  • Internet: Arizona Revised Statutes
    Arizona State Constitution

Legislative History

• Arizona Legislative History: A Step-By-Step Research Guide
  by Jacquelyn Kasper, Reference and Government Documents Librarian, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, College of Law Library
• Bills of Arizona (1997 - present)

Legislature

• Arizona State Legislature
  • Senate
  • House of Representatives
• Bills of Arizona (1997 - present)
• Session Laws: HeinOnline 1995 -

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Arizona Administrative Code, KFA2435 1974 .A23
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: AZ-ADC
  • Lexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Arizona > Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > AZ - Arizona Administrative Code
  • Internet:
    • Arizona Administrative Code (browse by table of contents, no search capability)
    • Arizona Administrative Register (1999 to present; browse by issue, no search capability)

Agencies

• Governor's Home Page
• Governor's Office
• Agency Directory
• Attorney General
  • Attorney General Opinions (1999 to present; browse by number or date, no search capability)

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • Pacific Reporter (1st, 2nd & 3rd series), KF135 .P2 (1884-1931), KF135 .P212 (1932-1999), KF135 .P213 (2000-present)
  • Arizona Reports, KFA 2445 .A2 (1885-present)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: AZ-CS (state cases) & AZ-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Arizona > Find Cases > AZ State Cases, Combined
    & Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Arizona > Find Cases > AZ Federal & State Cases, Combined
  • Internet:
    • Supreme Court Opinions (1998-present)
    • Arizona Court of Appeals Division One (recent cases)
    • Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two (recent cases)
    • Supreme Court and Court of Appeals (from FindLaw) (1997-present)

Courts

• Arizona Judicial Branch Homepage (including links to directory of state courts, court rules, etc.)
• Supreme Court
• Court of Appeals, Division 1
• Court of Appeals, Division 2

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Arizona Cities
• Arizona Counties

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Arizona State Law Journal (Spring issue is usually on Arizona law), 3rd Floor, K1 .R53
  
  • Journal Home Page
  • Electronic Version (PDF images) through Hein Online (1969-present) (restricted to GULC community)
  • Print version in GULLiver (1975-present)
• Arizona Law Review, K1 .R5
  
  • Journal Home Page
  • Electronic Version (PDF images) through Hein Online (1959-present) (restricted to GULC community)
  • Print version in GULLiver (1959-present)
• Arizona Attorney (continues Arizona Bar Journal) (September 1988 - present) Media, K1 .R472 Micro
  • Microform version in GULLiver (1988-present

ETHICS

• State Bar: http://www.azbar.org
• Ethics Opinions (1985-present)
• Ethics Rules
• Westlaw:
  • AZETH-EO contains opinions issued by the Arizona Supreme Court Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee containing proper judicial conduct (1976-present)
  • AZETH-CS contains cases relating to the regulation of the practice of law and of bar associations and their members from Arizona state courts (1866-present)
• Lexis:
  • ETHICS Library
    • AZETOP File (1992-present)
    • ETHICS File contains case law materials from the ARizona Supreme Court and court of Appeals relate to legal ethics (coverage may vary by court)

GENERAL

• Print: Arizona Practice, KFA2480 .A74
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: Arizona Analytical Practice Library
  • Lexis: not available
• Internet:
  • Arizona State Library, Law and Research Library Division
  • Arizona Tax Forms
  • Findlaw - Arizona Links
  • Legal Information Institute: Arizona
  • State Bar of Arizona
  • University of Arizona College of Law

Updated 10/5/2007 (ss)
Links 08/2008 (MK)

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