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Georgia Resources

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

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Nancy P. Johnson, Elizabeth G. Adelman, & Nancy J. Adams, Georgia Legal Research, KFG 75 .J64 2007
• Nancy P. Johnson, Nancy J. Adams & Elizabeth G. Adelman, Researching Georgia Law (2006 Edition), 22 Ga. St. L. Rev. 381 (2006).
• Mercer University Law Library's Georgia Resources page

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Georgia Constitution

Statutes/Code

• Print: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (official) KFG30 1981 .A5
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: GA-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: GA;GACODE
  • Internet: Georgia Code (free online version provided by Lexis-Nexis)

Legislative History

• Session Laws: HeinOnline, 1995 -
• Georgia Peachsheets (Georgia State University College of Law)
• Georgia Legislative Search provided by the Georgia General Assembly (allows users to search legislation back to 1995)
• Georgia Legislative History Research Guide provided by the Alexander Campbell King Law Library (University of Georgia)

Legislature

• General Assembly Home Page
• Senate
• House of Representatives
• House and Senate Bills and Resolutions

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Official Compilation Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia KFG35 1972 .A23
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: GA-ADC
  • Lexis: GA;GAADMN
  • Internet:
    Administrative Rules & Regulations

Agencies

• Governor's Web Page
  • Executive Orders (2003 - )
• State Agencies
• Attorney General -
  • Attorney General Opinions

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: South Eastern Reporter (1st & 2nd series) KF135 .S612 & Georgia Reports KFG45 .A2
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: GA-CS (state cases) & GA-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: GA;GACTS (state cases) & MEGA;GAMEGA (state and federal cases)
  • Internet:
    • Supreme Court of Georgia: Full text opinions, 2006-
    • Court of Appeals of Georgia
    • Court of Appeals Opinions
    • Court of Appeals Rules

Courts

• Georgia Judicial Branch
• Georgia Courts (Fulton Co. Law Library)
• Supreme Court
• Supreme Court Rules
• Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Uniform Court Rules

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Georgia Counties, Cities and Regional Agencies
• Georgia CityScapes (for 173 cities)
• Georgia County Snapshots (for each county)
• Georgia Municipal Codes

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Emory Law Journal
  Journal Home Page
  Electronic Version (Available from Hein Online )
  Print version in GULLiver
  
  
• Georgia Law Review
  Journal Home Page
  Electronic Version (Available from Hein Online )
  Print version in GULLiver
  
  
• Georgia Bar Journal
  
  
• Georgia State University Law Review
  Journal Home Page
  Electronic Version (Available from Hein Online)
  Print version in GULLiver
  
  
• Mercer Law Review
  Journal Home Page
  Electronic version (Available on Hein Online)
  Print version in GULLiver

LEGAL ETHICS RESOURCES

• Georgia Ethics Research Guide (Mercer University)

GENERAL

• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: GA-JUR (online version of Georgia Jurisprudence)
  • Lexis: not available
• Internet:
  • Atlanta Legal Aid Society
  • Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
  • Fulton County Law Library
  • Legal Information Institute on Georgia
  • Georgia Law Resources (on KuesterLaw)
  • State Bar of Georgia
    • Ethics Opinions
  • FindLaw: Georgia
  • New Georgia Encyclopedia
  • Corporation Records
  • Georgia Statistical Abstract
  • Statistical Data on Georgia
  • Tax Forms

  Updated 7/2009 (LS)

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