1. From Abbeville to Zebulon: Resources for the Georgia Legal Researcher Anne Burnett, J.D., M.L.I.S. Alexander Campbell King Law Library University of Georgia School of Law

2. Statutes & Legislative Materials Current code Historic codes Legislation Bill tracking Legislative history

3. Current Code Google “Georgia code” Lexis Free, Searchable Unannotated, Caveats

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7. Historic Georgia Digests and Codes

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9. Historic Legislative Documents (session laws) “Georgia Government Publications” o 2000 – present o PDF “Georgia Legislative Documents” o 1799-1999 o Searchable o HTML

10. Bill Tracking General Assembly Georgia Legislative Navigator Open States (multi- state)

11. Legislative History Georgia General Assembly site o Bill text, status, votes, videos Georgia State University Law Review’s Peach Sheets GPB Lawmakers, 2009 – present House & Senate Journals, 1986 - present

15. Case Law Georgia Supreme Court Georgia Court of Appeals Other free or low cost online tools

16. GA Supreme Court Moving window for opinions: current and prior years only “Summaries of Noteworthy Opinions” Forthcoming opinions Oral argument videos: current term only

17. Ga Ct of Appeals Opinions from 2007-present searchable: Docket/Case Inquiry System o Ct of Appeals Docket # o Trial Court # o Name o Date range Docket info 1999 – present

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23. Bad Law Bot

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30. Proposed Regulations Georgia Register? O.C.G.A. 50-25-6 Monthly Bulletin subscription Agency sites

33. Historic Regulations Agency Replaced pages Westlaw 2014, 2013, 2012 Lexis back to 2004 Come to Athens

34. AG Opinions

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