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Massachusetts 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

• Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts (rev. edition) published by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2002 (with updates), Reference Collection, KFM2475 .H36

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Statutes/Code

• Print:
  • Annotated Laws of Massachusetts (LEXIS Law Publishing), KFM2430 1932 .A4
  • Massachusetts General Laws Annotated (West), KFM2430 1958 .A4
  • General Laws of Massachusetts (Official edition) (unannotated, not available in GULL)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: MA-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: MASS;MACODE
  • Internet: State Statutes

Legislative History

• Session Laws: HeinOnline, 2000 -
• Massachusett's Legislative History. session laws back to 1692 (State Library of Massachusetts, select Digitized Collection))

Legislature

• The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (State Legislature page; includes current legislation text, bill histories, and session laws)
• Bill Tracking
• The General Laws of Massachusetts

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print:
  • Weil's Code of Massachusetts Regulations, KFM2435 1995 .A22
  • Code of Massachusetts Regulations (official) (GULL no longer updates)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: MA-ADC
  • Lexis: MASS;MAADMN
  • Internet: State Regulations

Agencies

• Governor
• State Agencies (click on "State Agencies" on the top banner)
• Attorney General's Opinions

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • North Eastern Reporter (1st & 2nd series), KF135 .N612
  • Massachusetts Reports, KFM2445 .A2
  • Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports, KFM2448 .M3
  • Reports of Massachusetts Appellate Division, KFM2449 .A4
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw:
    • MA-CS (state cases)
    • MA-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis:
    • MASS;MACTS (state cases)
    • MEGA;MAMEGA (state and federal cases)
  • Internet:
    • Massachusetts Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions

Courts

• Massachusetts Court System
• Supreme Judicial Court & Appeals Courts Opinions (Unofficial)
• Superior Court Opinions (Unofficial)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Commonwealth Communities

LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Boston College Law Review
  Print: K2 .O727
  Hein Online
  
• Boston University Law Review
  Print: K2 .O75
  Hein Online
  
• Harvard Law Review
  Print: K8 .A85
  Electronic editions
  
• Massachusetts Law Review, publication of the Massachusetts Bar Association, MEDIA, K13 .A8 Micro

ETHICS

• State Bar
• Ethics Opinions (1973 - present)
• Ethics Rules
• Westlaw: Not available
• Lexis:

• MAETOP (Selected opinions from 1992 - present)

GENERAL

• Print: Massachusetts Practice, KFM2480 .M3
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: MAPRAC
  • Lexis: not available
• Internet:
  • Board of Bar Overseers/Bar Counsel
  • Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct
  • Social Law Library
  • Massachusetts Library and Information Network (opens in a new window)
  • Massachusetts Tax Forms
  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • FindLaw: Massachusetts
  • Internet Law Library: Massachusetts
  • Legal Information Institute: Massachusetts

  Updated 08/2008 (MK)

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