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Louisiana 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

• Louisiana Legal Research (2d ed. 1990) by Win-Shin S. Chaing

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Statutes/Code

• Print: West's Louisiana Statutes Annotated , Children's Code , Civil Code , Code of Civil Procedure , Code of Criminal Procedure , Code of Evidence .
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: LA-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: LA;LACODE
  • Internet: Louisiana Revised Statutes

Legislative History

• Session Laws: HeinOnline, 2000-
• Louisiana Legislative History (Louisiana State Legislature)
• Louisiana Legislative History (Law Library of Louisiana)

Legislature

• Louisiana State Legislature (Includes full text of bills and bill status)
• Senate
• House of Representatives

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Louisiana Administrative Code
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: LA-ADC
  • Lexis: LA;LAADMN
  • Internet: Louisiana Administrative Code
    Louisiana Register

Executive Agencies

• Governor's Office
• State Departments
• Executive Orders
• Attorney General's Opinions

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: Southern Reporter (1st & 2nd series)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: LA-CS (state cases) & LA-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: LA;LACTS (state cases) & MEGA;LAMEGA (state and federal cases)
  • Internet:
    • Supreme Court of Louisiana (Includes opinions, 1996 - )

Courts

• Louisiana Judicial Information

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Local Government Web Sites
• Louisiana Parish Directory

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

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

ETHICS

• State Bar
• Ethics Advisory Opinions (2005-07)
• Code of Professionalism
• Westlaw: Not available
• Lexis: Not available

GENERAL

• Print: Louisiana Practice
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: LA-PRAC
  • Lexis: Not available
• Internet:

  • State Library of Louisiana
  • Law Library of Louisiana
  • Internet Law Library: Louisiana
  • Tax Forms
  • FindLaw: Louisiana
  • Law Library of Congress: Louisiana

Updated 08/08 (MK))

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