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Guam Resources

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

RESEARCH GUIDES

• South Pacific Islands Legal Systems (Michael A. Ntumy, ed.) INTL KVC117 .S68 1993

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Statutes/Code

• Print: Guam Code Annotated INTL KVQ1.9 1992 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated on 1997)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: GU-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: GU - Guam Code Annotated
• Internet: Guam Code

Legislative History

• Guam Legislature

Legislature

• State Legislature Homepage (includes Bills, Public Laws, Committee Reports, and Budgets)
• Session Laws:
  • Microform: INTL MEDIA (1984 - 2006. Subscription cancelled)
  • HeinOnline (1975-1996)
  • Internet: Compiler of Laws

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Administrative Rules and Regulations of the Government of Guam (current as of April 2004).
• Westlaw: Administrative Rules and Regulations of the Government of Guam - Related Regulations (GUIN-RELATED-ADC) (current)
• Lexis: Guam Administrative Rules and Regulations (most documents current through 1997)

Agencies

• Governor's Office
  • Executive Orders (1946 - )
• Attorney General's Office
  • Opinions (2007 - )
• Government of Guam Agencies

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: Guam Reports INTL KVQ2.23.A2 1955 (Last update received 1987)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: GU-CS (state cases) & GU-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: GU Federal & State Cases, Combined
• Internet:
  • Supreme Court Opinions

Courts

• Guam Judicial History (Unified Courts of Guam)
• Supreme Court of Guam
• Superior Court of Guam

 

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal:
  • Print: INTL K16 .A35 (1992 - 2010. Subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic versions (1992 - )

ETHICS

• Guam Bar Association
• Court Rules (including Rules of Professional Conduct, Rules of Procedure- Disciplinary Hearings, Supreme Court of Guam Rules for the Discipline of Attorneys, and Supreme Court of Guam Rules for the Admission to the Practice of Law)
  • Westlaw: Not available
  • Lexis: Not available

 

GENERAL

• World Legal Information Institute: Guam
• Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
• Guam Law Library
• Findlaw: Guam
• Internet Law Library: Guam
• Law Library of Congress: Guam
• University of Guam

Updated 7/2011 (ET)

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