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Arkansas Resources

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

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Arkansas Legal Research KFA 3675 .B37 2007 (2007)
  
  
• Kathryn C. Fitzhugh, "Arkansas Practice Materials II: A Selective Annotated Bibliography," 21 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 363 (1999).

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Constitution of the State of Arkansas (From the Arkansas General Assembly)

Statutes/Code

• Print Versions:
  • Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated KFA3630 1987 .A2 (1987 - )
    
    
• Electronic Versions:
  • Westlaw: AR-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Arkansas > Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > AR - Arkansas Code Annotated, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
  • Arkansas Code (from the Arkansas General Assembly)

Legislative History

• Arkansas Session Laws:
  • HeinOnline (1941 - current)
  • Microform (1818 - 2005)
    
    
• Arkansas Legislative History Research Guide (Southwestern Association of Law Libraries)

Legislature

• Arkansas General Assembly Home Page
  • Research Resources
    
    
• Tracking Current Bills & Resolutions
  
  
• House of Representatives Home Page
  
  
• Senate Home Page

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print Versions:
  • Code of Arkansas Rules KFA3635 2000 .A42 (2000 - 2008)
    
    
• Electronic Versions:
  • Westlaw:
  • AR-ADC (current Administrative Code)
  • AR-REG-NET (tracking of proposed and recently enacted regulations, updated daily)
  • Lexis:
  • Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Arkansas > Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > By Statutes & Regulations > AR - Code of Arkansas Rules & Regs. and Arkansas Government Register (current, updated monthly)
    
  • Administrative Rules (from the Secretary of State):
  • Arkansas Register (from the Secretary of State):

Agencies

• Governor's Office Home Page
• Agencies: Departments, Boards, Commissions, Committees and Councils (alphabetical list with links)
• Attorney General Home Page
  • Attorney General Opinions
    • Attorney General Web Site (1991 - present, INCOMPLETE COVERAGE)
    • Lexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Arkansas > Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > AR Attorney General Opinions (1970 - )
    • Westlaw: AR-AG (1977 - )

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print Versions:
  • South Western Reporter (1st, 2nd & 3rd series), KF135 .S7 through KF135 .S713 3d
  • Arkansas Reports (Supreme Court: 1837 - Present, Court of Appeals: 1979 - Present), KFA3645 .A2.
    
    
• Electronic Versions:
  • Westlaw:
    • AR-CS (state cases) (Supreme Court: 1837 - Present, Court of Appeals: 1979 - Present)
    • AR-CS-ALL (state and federal cases) (coverage varies by court)
  • Lexis:
    • Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Arkansas > Find Cases > AR State Cases, Combined (state cases)(Supreme Court: 1837 - Present, Court of Appeals: 1979 - Present)
    • Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Arkansas > Find Cases > AR Federal & State Cases, Combined (state and federal cases)(coverage varies by court)
  • Free Web (from the Arkansas Judiciary):
    • Supreme Court (1996 - )
    • Courts of Appeal (1996 - )

Courts

• The Arkansas Judiciary Home Page
  • Supreme Court
  • Court of Appeals
  • Rules of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals and Administrative Orders
  • Administrative Office of the Courts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• County & City Information (from Arkansas.gov)
• Arkansas Municipal Codes (selective, from a private publisher)

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• ARLI: Arkansas Legal Index
  Database lists articles from seven Arkansas legal periodicals. A project of the Arkansas Supreme Court Library and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Library.
  
  
• Arkansas Lawyer K1 .R63 (1982 - 2002)
  Official bar journal of the Arkansas Bar Association. Contains articles, reports, advisory ethics opinions, summaries of judicial advisory opinions, etc.
  • Microfiche (1980 - Present)
  • Westlaw: ARLAW (Selective coverage, 1990 - )
    
    
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review K25 .N3824 (1998 - 2010; print subscription cancelled)
  Publishes an "Annual Survey of [Arkansas] Caselaw" in its summer issue, and a "Survey of [Arkansas] Legislation" in the winter issue in even-numbered years.
  • Hein Online: (1978 - )
  • Westlaw: UARLRLR (Selective coverage from 1983-1993, full coverage from 1994 - )
  • Lexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Arkansas > Search Law Reviews & Journals > University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review (1993/1994 - )

GENERAL

• Arkansas Civil Practice and Procedure
  • Westlaw: ARCPP
    
    
• Trial Handbook for Arkansas Lawyers
  • Westlaw: ARTRHB
    
    
• Free Web Resources:
  • Arkansas Bar Association Home Page
    • Legal Information for the Public
  • Arkansas Rules of Professional Conduct (from the Arkansas Judiciary)
  • Guide to Law Online: Arkansas (Law Library of Congress)
  • Legal Information Institute: Arkansas (from Cornell Law School)
  • Findlaw - Arkansas Links
  • State Tax Forms (from Arkansas.gov)

   

Updated 8/2008 (MK)
Updated 6/2010 (TV)
Updated 6/2011 (JZ)

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