Resources

• US Constitution
• US Code - laws made by the U.S. Congress.
• US Code
  • United States Code, Title 18 (Crimes and Criminal Procedure) [Cornell University]
  • United States Code, Title 18 (Crimes and Criminal Procedure) [U.S. House of Representatives, searchable form]
  • United States Code, Title 18 (Crimes and Criminal Procedure) [U.S. House of Representatives, gopher menu form]
  • Title 18 Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
  • Title 42, Chapter 72 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
  • United States Code of Federal Regulations (U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library
  • 28 C.F.R., Chapter I Department of Justice. From Cornell University.
• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - rules made by federal agencies and executive departments.
• Federal Register - official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents.

Case Law

• US Supreme Court – Opinions & Web Site
• Federal Judiciary Homepage - maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Features publications, directories, news and more.
• US Courts of Appeals – Opinions & Web Sites
  

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• US Trial Courts Web Sites
  • US District Courts
  • US Bankruptcy Courts
  • US Court of International Trade Features USCIT slip opinions since 1999.
  • US Court of Federal Claims - from the Department of Commerce. Decisions since 1997.
  • US Court of Federal Claims - from George Washington University School of Law. Decisions since 1997.
  • US Tax Court - includes Tax Court opinions since January 1, 1999, Tax Court Rules, and more.

• Federal courts and other entities outside the Judicial Branch
  • Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals - includes decisions, rules, biographies of the judges.
  • US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces - includes opinions, digest, daily journal, court rules and more.
  • Court of Veterans Appeals
  • Federal administrative agencies and boards

• Federalist Papers
• Declaration of Independence
• United States Constitution (Including A High-resolution Image of the Real Thing) [National Archives and Records Administration]
• US Constitution
  • United States Constitution (Table of Articles and Amendments)
  • 4th Amendment – Search and Seizure
  • 5th Amendment – Rights of Persons – Self Incrimination/ Due Process
  • 6th Amendment – Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions
  • 8th Amendment – Further Guarantees in Criminal Cases – Excessive Bail and Cruel and Unusual Punishments

United States Congress:

• United States Congress (Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
• United States Crime Control Bill of 1994
• United States Federal Laws (by source): U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library
• United States House of Representatives
• United States Senate
• Crime, Law Enforcement, and Prisons: Sentencing and Parole — U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library
• Crime, Law Enforcement, and Prisons: General — U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library
• Library of Congress

United State Judiciary:

• Federal Judicial Center
• United States Supreme Court Opinions: A Service of the Legal Information Institute, Cornell University
• United States Supreme Court Opinions: FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Decisions Homepage: Historic File of Supreme Court Decisions (This file consists of over 7000 Supreme Court opinions dating from 1937 through 1975, from volumes 300 through 422 of U.S. Reports.)
• United States Supreme Court Opinions: USSC+
• United States Supreme Court Opinions: Villanova Center for Information 
• Law and Policy: United States Supreme Court Opinions Flite Database Archive
• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Federal Rules of Evidence

• Federal Rules of Evidence

Crime Bill

• Contents of and Information on the Crime Bill Provided by the Vera Institute of Justice.

Federal Guideline Sentencing:

• Federal Guidelines for Searching and Seizing Computers From the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Federal Sentencing Guidelines United States Sentencing Commission.
• United States Sentencing Commission
• Special Report to the Congress– Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy . This report contains the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s recommendations on federal sentencing policy for cocaine offenses. Appended to this report is Vice Chairman Michael Gelacak’s Concurring Opinion. (.pdf) (April 29, 1997).

Federal Agencies:

• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Federal Information Center

State Law Criminal Law Resources:

• Law for All 50 States for Marijuana From Passyourdrugtest.com. Penalties for first offense possession, cultivation, sale and delivery of marijuana.
• State Criminal Codes From Cornell University.
• State Criminal Procedure Statutes From Cornell University.
• The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Updated as information becomes available. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US Dept. of Justice.
• Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 From the U.S. Department of Justice

California Codes and Statutes:

• California Constitution
• California Codes
• California StatutesCalifornia Legislative Information
  • California Bill Information
  • California Code of Regulations From the Office of Administrative Law.
  • California Law Revision Commission The Commission examines the common law and statutes, receives and considers suggestions and proposed changes in the law, and recommends changes in the law. Site includes meeting agenda, bills, tentative recommendations, staff drafts and other materials.
• California Municipal and County Codes and Ordinances

California Legal Resources:

• California Assembly
• California Board of Corrections
• California Courts Home Page
• California Department of Corrections
• California Department of Motor Vehicles
• California Government Code
• California League of Women Voters
• California Legislative Analyst
• California Legislative Information
• California Legislative Searching
• California Online Voter Guide: General Election 1996
• Ca lifornia Penal Code
• California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General
• California Department of Justice Division of Law Enforcement Criminal Justice Virtual Library, Criminal Justice Resource Directory
• California Office of Criminal Justice Planning
• California Office of the Governor
• California State Senate
• California State Senate WWW User’s Guide to Find Legislative Information and Participate in California’s Lawmaking Process
• California State Constitution
• California State Government WWW & Gopher Servers & Bulletin Boards
• California Statutes (the key to all 29 codes)
• California Supreme Court Opinions
• California Virtual Tourist
• California Welfare & Institutions Code

Periodicals:

• Los Angeles Times
• Sacramento Bee
• San Jose Mercury News
• Washington Post
• Washburn University School of Law Library
• Indiana University Libraries Research Collections
• Internet Crime Archives
• United States National Library of Medicine Databases & Electronic Information Sources
• FedLaw