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Tennessee Resources

This State Guide lists the major sources of law in Tennessee. Members of the Georgetown University community can seek additional assistance at the reference desk or online.

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Tennessee Legal Research (2007), KFT 75 .M37 2007
• Tennessee Legal Research Handbook (1977), KFT75 .L37 1977

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Constitution of the State of Tennessee (From the Secretary of State)

Statutes/Code

• Print Version:
  • Tennessee Code Annotated (Official, 1955 - ), KFT30 1956 .A2
    
    
• Electronic Versions:
  • Westlaw: TN-ST-ANN (Current, annotated)
  • Lexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Tennessee > Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > TN - Tennessee Code Annotated (Current, annotated)
  • Free Web:
    • Tennessee Code (From Lexis, unannotated)

Legislative History

• Session Laws:
  • HeinOnline (1995 - )
  • Microform (1792 - 2004)
    
    
• Tennessee Legislative Materials (Research guide from University of Tennessee Library)
• Steven R. Thorpe, "Uncovering Legislative History Sources in Tennessee," 31 Tenn. B.J. 18 (1995).

Legislature

• General Assembly Home Page (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 (1997- Present, from the Tennessee Department of State)

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

 

• Official Compilation, Rules and Regulations of the State of Tennessee (1978 - 2003), KFT35 1978 .A2
  • Westlaw: TN-ADC
  • Lexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Tennessee > Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > By Administrative Materials > TN - Rules and Regulations of the State of Tennessee
• Free Web: Official Compilation - Rules and Regulations of the State of Tennessee (From the Department of State)
  
  
• Tennessee Administrative Register (Online only)
  • Lexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Tennessee > Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > By Administrative Materials > TN - Tennessee Administrative Register
  • Free Web: Administrative Register (From the Department of State)
    
    
    
• Tennessee Administrative Law Digest, research tool used to find unreported legal precedent from state agencies, from the Secretary of State).

Agencies

• Governor's Office Home Page
  • Executive Orders, (From the Secretary of STate, 1995 - )
• State Departments & Agencies
• Office of the Attorney General (Includes opinions, 2000-)

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print Sources:
  • South Western Reporter
    • 1st Series (1887 - 1928), KF135 .S7
    • 2nd Series (1928 - 1999), KF135 .S712
    • 3rd Series (1999 - ), KF135 .S713
• Online Sources:
  • Westlaw:
    • TN-CS (state cases, dates vary by court)
    • TN-CS-ALL (state and federal cases, dates vary by court)
  • Lexis:
    • Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Tennessee > Find Cases > TN State Cases, Combined (state cases, dates vary by court)
    • Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Tennessee > Find Cases > TN Federal & State Cases, Combined (state and federal cases, dates vary by court)
  • Free Web:
    • Court Opinions (From Tennessee Judiciary, 199 5- )
      Includes Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, Ethics and Worker's Compensation Panel, & Court Rules

Courts

• Administrative Office of the Tennessee Courts Home Page
• Court Rules (From the Administrative Office of the Courts)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Counties & Cities (From Tennessee.gov)
• Tennessee Municipal Codes (From the University of Tennessee)

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• University of Memphis Law Review (1994 - ), K25 .N6485
  • Microfilm (1994 - 2001)
  • HeinOnline (1970 - Current)
  • Journal Home Page
    
    
• Tennessee Law Review (1922 - ), K24 .E5
  • Microform (1922 - 2000)
  • HeinOnline (1922 - )
  • Journal Home Page
    
    
• Vanderbilt Law Review (1945 - ), K26 .A5
  • Microform (1947 - 2000)
• HeinOnline (1947 - )
• Journal Home Page

GENERAL

• Tennessee Jurisprudence: an Encyclopedia of Tennessee Law (1982 - ), KFT65 .T46 1982
  • Lexis: Legal > States Legal - U.S. > Tennessee > Search Analysis & CLE Materials > All Tennessee Treatises & Analytical Materials > Tennessee Jurisprudence (Current)
    
    
• Tennessee Practice Series Multibase
  • Westlaw: TNPRAC
    
    
• Free Web :
  • Tennessee State Library and Archives
  • Supreme Court Boards & Commissions
    Includes boards governing the practice of law in Tennessee.
    
  • Tennessee Bar Association
    Voluntary professional association.
    
  • Tennessee Resources, University of Tennessee College of Law Library
  • FindLaw: Tennessee
  • Legal Information Institute: Tennessee Legal Materials (From Cornell University Law School)
  • Guide to Law Online: Tennessee (From the Law Library of Congress)
  • Tax Forms (From the Departmnet of Revenue)
  • Ethics Opinions (From the Tennessee Judiciary)
    • Judicial ethics opinions 1997- Present
    • Board of Professional Responsibility formal ethics opinions 1995 - Present

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

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