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Pennsylvania Resources

This State Guide lists the major sources of law in Pennsylvania.

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Barbara J. Busharis & Bonny L. Tavares, Pennsylvania Legal Research (2007) KFP 75 .B87 2007
• Pennsylvania Legal Research Handbook, KFP75 .P47 2001
  
  
  

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Statutes/Code

• Print: Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (official), KFP30 1975 .A25; & Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes, Annotated (unofficial), KFP30 1930 .A4.
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PA-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: PA;PACODE
  • Internet:
    • Current Pennsylvania Code
    • Pennsylvania Constitution - current version, published by the State of Pennsylvania
    • Pennsylvania Constitution - comprehensive site of all versions of the Pennsylvania state constitutions, including amendments, prepared by Duquesne University School of Law

Legislative History

• Session Laws: HeinOnline, 2000 -
• Pennsylvania: Compiling a Legislative History, Widener University Law Library.
• Compiled Pennsylvania Legislative Histories, Jenkins Law Library. Search or browse by year. Legislative histories available for a fee.

Legislature

• Pennsylvania Bills (Includes bill text and bill histories, 1971- )
• Pennsylvania General Assembly
• House of Representatives
• Senate

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Pennsylvania Code, KFP 35 1970 .A23
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: Code: PA-ADC ; Bulletin: PA-ADR
  • Lexis: PA;PA-ADMN ; Bulletin: ADMIN;PARGST
  • Internet:
    • State Regulations
    • Pennsylvania Bulletin

Agencies

• Browse the Pennsylvania Code
• Governor's Office
  • Executive Orders (1970-)
• Attorney General
• State Agencies (Click on "PA State Agencies" on top banner)
• Attorney General Opinions archives

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: Atlantic Reporter (1st & 2nd series), KF135 .A7 through KF135 .A712; & Pennsylvania State Reports, KFP45 .A2. Note that Pennsylvania has a series of legal reporters for each county called "side reports."
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PA-CS (state cases) & PA-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: PA;PACTS (state cases) & MEGA;PAMEGA (state and federal cases)
  • Internet:
    • Pennsylvania Court Opinions (Supreme Court (11/1996- ), Superior Court (12/1997- ), Commonwealth Court (1997- )

Courts

• Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System
• Pennsylvania Local Court Rules

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Pennsylvania's Local Governments

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Legal Intelligencer -
  Microfiche (March 1987-1993)
  Lexis 2NDARY;LGLINT (1992- )
  Westlaw TLI (1998- )
  
• Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly -
  Print: K16 .E47
  Lexis LAWREV;PABAQ
  Westlaw PABAQ
  
• Pennsylvania Law Weekly
  Print: K16 .E491
  Lexis 2NDARY;PALAWJ
  Westlaw PLW

GENERAL

• Print:
  Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia, KFP65 .P4 1998;
  Summary of Pennsylvania Jurisprudence 2d, KFP65 .S86 2d;
  Pennsylvania Keystone: Lawyer's Desk Library of Practice, KFP77 .L38.
  
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PAJUR , PAPRAC
  • Lexis: 2NDARY;PLE
• Internet:
  • Guide to Law Online: Pennsylvania, Law Library of Congress
  • Duquesne University School of Law Pennsylvania Constitution Web Site - includes Attorney General's opinions, case law and historical versions of the state constitutions
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  • Rules of Professional Conduct and Ethics
  • FindLaw: Pennsylvania
  • Legal Information Institute: Pennsylvania
  • Tax Forms

Updated 04/2007 (MMK)
07/2007 (SAS)
Links 08/08 (MMK)

 

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