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Oregon Resources
This State Guide lists the major sources of law in this state. Members of the Georgetown University community may seek additional assistance at the reference desk or online.
RESEARCH GUIDES
- Print: Oregon Legal Research (Suzanne E. Rowe) KFO 2475 .R69 2007
- Free Online: Oregon Legal Research (Lewis & Clark Law School Library)
STATUTES & LEGISLATION
Constitution
- Print: The Oregon constitution and proceedings and debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1857 KFO2801 1857 .A28 1926
- Lexis: ORCNST
- Free Online:
- Constitution of Oregon (current; Oregon Blue Book)
- Constitution of Oregon: Original 1857 version (Oregon Blue Book)
Statutes/Code
- Print:
- Oregon Revised Statutes KFO2430 1953 .A4
- West's Oregon Revised Statutes Annotated KFO2430 1953 .A44 2003
- Electronic:
- Free Online:
- Oregon Revised Statutes (Oregon State Legislature)
- Oregon Revised Statutes (OregonLaws.org)
Legislative History
- Session Laws:
- Electronic:
- LLMC Digital (1874 - 1985) (Search by state in database)
- HeinOnline (1841 - )
- Free Online: Oregon Laws (1999 - ) (Oregon State Legislature)
- Electronic:
- Bills and Laws (Includes full text of bills and bill histories, 1995-present) (Oregon State Legislature)
- Legislative Issue Briefs (Oregon Legislature Committee Services Office)
- How to Compile an Oregon Legislative History (Lewis & Clark Law School Library)
- Researching Oregon Legislative History - About (Univ. of Oregon Law School Library)
- Researching Oregon Legislative History - Steps (Univ. of Oregon Law School Library)
- Tracking New and Pending Oregon Legislation (Univ. of Oregon Law School Library)
Legislature
- Oregon Legislature
- How an Idea Becomes a Law (Oregon State Legislature)
REGULATIONS & AGENCIES
Regulations
- Oregon Administrative Rules
- Print: KFO2435 1960 .A23 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated 2008)
- Electronic:
- Free Online : Oregon Administrative Rules (Oregon Secretary of State)
- Oregon Bulletin
- Lexis: ORRGST
- Internet: Oregon Bulletin (Oregon Secretary of State)
Agencies
- Office of the Governor
- Governor's Executive Orders (1995 - )
- Oregon State Agencies
- Attorney General Opinions:
- LLMC Digital (1904 - 1977) (Search by state in database)
- Lexis:ORAG (1920 - )
- Westlaw: OR-AG (1921 - )
- Free Online: Attorney General Opinions (1997 - )
CASES & COURTS
Cases
- Print:
- Pacific Reporter. 1st Series KF135 .P2 (1884 - 1931)
- Pacific reporter. Second series KF135 .P212 (1931 - 1988)
- West's Pacific reporter. Second series KF135 .P212 (1988-2000)
- West's Pacific reporter. Third series KF135 .P213 (2000 - )
- Reports of cases decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon KFO2445 .A2 (1853 - )
- Reports of cases decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon KFO2445 .A22 (1969 - )
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: OR-CS (state cases) & OR-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
- Lexis: OR State Cases, Combined & OR Federal and State Cases, Combined
- Free Online:
- Google Scholar (published appellate and supreme court opinions, 1950 - )
- Supreme Court Slip Opinions (1998 - ,Oregon Judicial Department)
- Court of Appeals Slip Opinions (1998 - ,Oregon Judicial Department)
- Tax Court Magistrate Division Slip Opinions (select opinions 1999 - ,Oregon Judicial Department)
- Tax Court Regular Division Slip Opinions (select opinions July 1997 - ,Oregon Judicial Department)
Courts
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Oregon Cities (Oregon Blue Book)
- League of Oregon Cities
- Oregon Counties (Oregon Blue Book)
- Association of Oregon Counties
- Municipal Codes
- Portland (City of Portland)
- Eugene (City of Eugene)
- Municode: Oregon (select)
- LexisNexis: Oregon Municipal Codes (select)
STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS
- Oregon Law Review
- Print: K15 .R3 (1921-1975, 1977 - 2010, subscription cancelled)
- Electronic (1921 - )
- Free Online: Oregon Law Review (1999 - )
- Willamette Law Review
- Print: K27 .I3 (1978-2010, subscription cancelled) (formerly titled Williamette Law Journal, K27 .I2, 1959-1970, 1972-1978)
- Electronic (1959 - )
- Oregon State Bar Bulletin
- Print: K15 .R4 (1941-1972, 1974-April 2009, subscription cancelled)
- Electronic (1941 - )
- Free Online: Oregon State Bar Bulletin (June 2000 - )
ETHICS
- Oregon State Bar
- Ethics Opinions:
- Westlaw: ORETH-EO (July 1991 - )
- LexisNexis: National Reporter on Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility - OR Opinions (select opinions, 1992 - April 2004)
- Free Online: Ethics Opinions (2005 - )
- Disciplinary Board Reporter (1984 - ) (Oregon State Bar)
- Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct (Oregon State Bar)
GENERAL
- Legal Encyclopedia: There is no general legal encyclopedia for Oregon.
- Practice Materials:
- Karen S. Beck, Oregon Practice Materials: A Selective Annotated Bibliography, 88 Law Libr. J. 288 (1996).
- Westlaw: Oregon Law and Practice
- Other Sources:
- Oregon State Library
- Oregon State Law Library
- University of Oregon Law School Library
- Lewis and Clark Law School Library
- FindLaw: Oregon
- Law Library of Congress Guide to Law Online: Oregon
- Legal Information Institute: Oregon
- Tax Forms
- Oregon Statistics (University of Oregon Libraries)
- The Oregon Encyclopedia
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