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Rhode Island 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
- Researching the Laws of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Gail Winson, Roger Williams University Law Library)
- State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Survey of State Documents and Law Related Materials (Gail Winson, Roger Williams University Law Library)
Updated and revised version of Colleen McConaghy, Selective Bibliography for the State of Rhode Island: State Documents and Law-Related Materials (1993) (KFR1 .M33 1993).
Statutes & Legislation
Constitution
- State Constitution (Rhode Island General Assembly)
- Colonial charters (Yale Avalon Project)
Statutes/Code
- Print: General Laws of Rhode Island (official), KFR30 1956 .A2
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: RI-ST-ANN
- LexisNexis: RI - General Laws of Rhode Island, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
- Rhode Island General Assembly: State of Rhode Island General Laws
Legislative History
- Session Laws: HeinOnline (1900 - )
- Rhode Island General Assembly: Legislative Information
Includes journals, bills, & public laws - Westlaw
- RI-BILLS (current session)
- RI-BILLS-OLD (1996 - )
- LexisNexis
- RI Bill Tracking and Full-Text Bills (current session)
- Rhode Island Legislative Bill History (2001 - )
Legislature
Regulations & Agencies
Regulations
- Code of Rhode Island Rules
- Print: KFR35 .A24 1992 (subscription cancelled in 2008)
- Electronic:
- Westlaw:
- RI-ADC09 (current)
- Rhode Island Administrative & Executive Materials (2006-2008)
- LexisNexis: RI - Weil's Code of Rhode Island Rules
- Rhode Island Secretary of State: Final Rules and Regulations Database
- Westlaw:
- Rhode Island Government Register
- LexisNexis: RI - Rhode Island Government Register
- Rhode Island Secretary of State: Proposed Rules and Regulations Database (currently proposed rules)
Agencies
- Office of the Governor
- Rhode Island State Agencies
- Office of the Attorney General
- Attorney General Opinions
- Westlaw: RI-AG (1981 - )
- LexisNexis: RI Attorney General Opinions (August 1975 - )
Cases & Courts
Cases
- Print: Atlantic Reporter, KF135 .A7 (1st series), KF135 .A712 (2nd series)
- Electronic:
- Westlaw:
- LexisNexis:
- Internet:
- Judiciary of Rhode Island
- Supreme Court Opinions (1999 - )
- Superior Court Opinions (2000 - )
- FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions (1997 - )
- Judiciary of Rhode Island
Courts
Local Government
- Rhode Island Cities and Towns (RI Office of Library & Information Services))
- Rhode Island League of Cities & Towns
- Rhode Island Ordinances (municode.com, selected ordinances)
State Law Reviews & Bar Journals
- The Roger Williams University Law Review
- Print: K22 .O47 (1996 - )
- Electronic:
- HeinOnline (1996 - )
- LexisNexis: Roger Williams University Law Review (1996 - )
- Westlaw: RWULR (1996 - )
- Rhode Island Bar Journal
- Print: K22 .H58 (1982 - 2002; subscription cancelled)
- Microfiche: K22. H58 Micro (1979 - ) (missing v. 36: 3/7 & v. 47: 8)
- Electronic:
- LexisNexis: Rhode Island Bar Journal (1995 - )
- Westlaw: RIBJ (selected coverage, 1982 - )
- Rhode Island Bar Journal (RI Bar Association, July/Aug. 2009 - )
General
- Internet:
- Rhode Island State Law Library
- Rhode Island State Library
- Rhode Island Bar Association
- Legal Ethics
- Ethics Advisory Panel Opinions (RI Judiciary, 1987 - )
- Rules of Professional Conduct (RI Judiciary)
- FindLaw: Rhode Island
- Law Library of Congress: Rhode Island
- Legal Information Institute: Rhode Island
- Tax Forms
- Rhode Island Law Blogs
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