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Delaware Resources

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

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Delaware Legal Resources
  A guide to legal publications and research in published by the Widener University School of Law.
• Delaware Legal Information: A Research Guide (University of Delaware)
• Selective Annotated Bibliography of Delaware State Documents and other Resources Used in Delaware Legal Research, KFD1 .E38 2008

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• State Constitution
• 1776 State Constitution (from Yale's Avalon project)
• 1701 Charter of Delaware

Statutes/Code

• Print: Delaware Code Annotated (official) KFD30 1953 .A24
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: DE-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: DEL;DECODE
  • Internet: Delaware Code

Legislative History

• Session Laws: HeinOnline, 1941-
• Compiling a Delaware Legislative History (from Widener University School of Law)

Legislature

• State Legislature Homepage
• Legislative Information System

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Code of Delaware Regulations KFD35 .A2 1996 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated in 2008)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: DE-ADC (this publication is not available to academic subscribers )
  • Lexis: DEL;DEADTC (online version of the Code of Delaware Regulations table of contents)
  • Internet:
    • Delaware"s Administrative Code
    • Register of Regulations, July 1997

Agencies

• Governor's Office
  • Executive Orders
• Attorney General's Office
  • Attorney General's Opinions (1995-present)
• State Agencies

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: Atlantic Reporter (1st & 2nd series) KF135 .A712
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: DE-CS (state cases) & DE-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: DEL;DECTS (state cases) & MEGA;DEMEGA (state and federal cases)
  • Internet:
    • Delaware Supreme Court Opinions (2000 - present)
    • Delaware Supreme Court Opinions, October 1998 - (from FindLaw)

    Note that Delaware does not have its own state digest; to find cases using printed materials, you must use the Atlantic Digest .

Courts

• Delaware Courts (opinions from the Supreme Court, Court of Chancery, Superior Court & Court of Common Pleas)
• Delaware Court System Overview
• Court Rules and Forms

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Local Governments
• Delaware Counties

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Widener Law Review
  
  • Journal Home Page
  • Electronic Version (Available from Hein Online )
  • Print version in GULLiver

ETHICS

• State Bar
• Ethics Opinions (1978 - present)
• Ethics Rules
• Westlaw: Not available
• Lexis:
  • DEJETH (1985 - present)

GENERAL

• Internet:
  • Delaware State Bar Association
  • Tax Forms
  • Delaware Facts
  • Del-AWARE: The Digital Library of the First State
  • Internet Law Library: Delaware
  • Findlaw: Delaware
  • Law Library of Congress - Delaware

Last Updated 06/11 (MK)

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