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Tennessee Resources

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

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Sibyl Marshall & Carol McCrehan Parker, Tennessee Legal Research, KFT 75 .M37 2007
• Tennessee Legal Research Handbook, KFT75 .L37 1977

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Statutes/Code

• Print: Tennessee Code Annotated, KFT30 1956 .A2
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: TN-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: TENN;TNCODE
  • Internet:
    • Tennessee State Statutes (Lexis)
    • Constitution of the State of Tennessee

Legislative History

• Session Laws: HeinOnline, 2000 -
• Tennessee Legislative Materials, University of Tennessee Library
• Steven R. Thorpe, "Uncovering Legislative History Sources in Tennessee," 31 Tenn. B.J. 18 (1995).

Legislature

• General Assembly (Includes full text of bills, bill histories and session laws as well as links to the Senate and House of Representatives)
• Public and Private Acts (From 1997-)

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Official Compilation, Rules and Regulations of the State of Tennessee, KFT35 1978 .A22
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: TN-ADC
  • Lexis: CODES;TNADMN
  • Internet:
    • Official Compilation - Rules and Regulations of the State of Tennessee
    • Rules and Regulations List
    • Tennessee Administrative Register
    • Tennessee Administrative Law Digest, research tool used to find unreported legal precedent from state agencies utiliziing Administrative Law Judges.

Agencies

• Governor's Office
  • Executive Orders, 1995-
• Tennessee Departments
• Office of the Attorney General (Includes opinions, 2000-)

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print: South Western Reporter (1st, 2nd & 3rd series), KF135 .S713
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: TN-CS (state cases) & TN-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis: TENN;TNCTS (state cases) & MEGA;TNMEGA (state and federal cases)
  • Internet:
    • Court Opinions (Includes Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, Ethics and Worker's Compensation Panel, 1995- & Court Rules)

Courts

• Administrative Office of the Tennessee Courts
• Court Rules, Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Tennessee Communities
• Tennessee Municipal Codes

STATE LAW REVIEWS

• University of Memphis Law Review
  • Print: K25 .N6485
  • Electronic (HeinOnline)
  • Journal Home Page
• Tennessee Law Review
  • Print: K24 .E5
  • Electronic (HeinOnline)
  • Journal Home Page
• Vanderbilt Law Review
  • Print: K26 .A5
  • Electronic (HeinOnline)
  • Journal Home Page

GENERAL

• Print: Tennessee Jurisprudence: an Encyclopedia of Tennessee Law, KFT65 .T46 1982
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: TNPRAC
  • Lexis: 2NDARY;TNJUR
• Internet:
  • Tennessee State Library and Archives
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • Tennessee Resources, University of Tennessee College of Law
  • FindLaw: Tennessee
  • Legal Information Institute: Tennessee
  • Guide to Law Online: Tennessee, Law Library of Congress
  • Tax Forms
  • Ethics Opinions (Includes Judicial Ethics opinions from 1997- & Board of Professional Responsibility Formal Ethics opinions from 1995-)

Updated 2/08 (BRM)
Links 08/08 (MK)

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