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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
- Print:
- Massachusetts Legal Research (E. Joan Blum) KFM2475 .B58 2010
- Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts (3rd edition) KFM2475 .H36 2009
- Internet:
- Massachusetts Materials (Boston College Law Library)
- Massachusetts Resources ( New England School of Law Library)
- Massachusetts Laws by Subject (Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries)
- Massachusetts Primary Law (Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries)
- Guide to Massachusetts Administrative Law (Suffolk University Law Library)
- Massachusetts Case Finding Guide (Suffolk University Law Library)
STATUTES & LEGISLATION
Constitution
Statutes/Code
- Print:
- Annotated Laws of Massachusetts KFM2430 1932 .A4
- Massachusetts General Laws Annotated KFM2430 1958 .A4
- General Laws of Massachusetts (Official, unannotated, not available in GULL)
- Electronic:
- Internet: The General Laws of Massachusetts
Legislative History
- Session Laws:
- HeinOnline (1775 - )
- LLMC Digital (1901 - 2000)
- Massachusetts Acts and Resolves (1629 to 2008)
Legislature
- Session Laws (1997 - ,General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
- Bill Tracking
- Massachusetts Legislative History (State Library of Massachusetts)
REGULATIONS & AGENCIES
Regulations
- Print:
- Weil's Code of Massachusetts Regulations KFM 2435 1995 .A22 (Subscription cancelled in 2008)
- Code of Massachusetts Regulations (official) KFM2435 1987 .A2 (Subscription cancelled)
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: MA-ADC
- Lexis: MA - Code of Massachusetts Regulations
- Internet: Code of Massachusetts Regulations
Agencies
- Governor
- Massachusetts Executive Orders
- State Agencies (click on "State Agencies" on the top banner)
- Attorney General Opinions:
- LLMC Digital (1893 - 1975)
- Westlaw: MA-AG
- Lexis: MA Attorney General Opinions
- Internet: Attorney General's Opinions
CASES & COURTS
Cases
- Print:
- Northeastern reporter (1st series, 1885-1936) KF135 .N6
- North eastern reporter. Second series (1936-1988) KF135 .N612
- West's north eastern reporter. Second series (1988 - ) KF135 .N612
- Massachusetts reports KFM2445 .A2
- Massachusetts Appeals Court reports KFM2448 .M3
- Reports of Massachusetts appellate division KFM2449 .A4
- Electronic:
- Westlaw:
- Lexis:
- MA State Cases, Combined (state cases)
- MA Federal & State Cases, Combined (state and federal cases)
Courts
- Massachusetts Court System
- Office of Reporter of Decisions of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court (Unofficial)
- Superior Court Opinions (Unofficial)
- Massachusetts Appeals Court: A Pathfinder (Western New England College of Law Library)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Commonwealth Communities
- Municipal codes (select): E-codes: Massachusetts & Municode: Massachusetts
LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS
- Boston College Law Review
- Print: K2 .O727 (v. 19 1977-2010. Subscription cancelled)
- Electronic versions (1959 - )
- Boston University Law Review
- Print: K2 .O75 (1921 - )
- Electronic versions (1921 - )
- Harvard Law Review
- Print: K8 .A85 (1887 - )
- Electronic versions (1887 - )
- Massachusetts Law Review (Massachusetts Bar Association)
- Print:: K13 .A8 (v. 63 1978 - 2009. Subscription cancelled)
ETHICS
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Ethics Opinions (1973 - present)
- Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct
- Westlaw: Not available
- Lexis: Massachusetts State Case Law & Ethics Opinions (Selected opinions from 1992 - present)
GENERAL
- Print: Massachusetts Practice KFM2480 .M3
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: MAPRAC
- Lexis: Not available
- Internet:
- Massachusetts Practice Materials: A Selected Bibliography (Western New England College of Law Library)
- Board of Bar Overseers/Bar Counsel
- Social Law Library
- Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries
- Massachusetts Tax Forms
- FindLaw: Massachusetts
- Internet Law Library: Massachusetts
- Legal Information Institute: Massachusetts Legal Materials
- Law Library of Congress: Massachusetts
Updated 08/2008 (MK)
Updated 07/2010 (ET)
Updated 06/2011 (ET)
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