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Cheryl Nyberg University of Washington Gallagher Law Library Introduction to Environmental Law & Process (SMA 476) October 13, 2010 F INDING THE L AW O NLINE : P RIMARY & S ECONDARY S OURCES
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P ARALLEL S YSTEMS Federal Legislative = US Congress Executive President Executive branch & independent agencies Judicial US Supreme Court US Courts of Appeals US District Courts Specialized courts State Legislative = WA State Legislature Executive Governor Executive branch & independent agencies Judicial WA Supreme Court WA Court of Appeals District, county & municipal courts
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P RIMARY & S ECONDARY A UTHORITY Primary Statement of "the law" from bodies with law- making authority Examples: laws, regulations, and court opinions Secondary Analyze, criticize, explain, interpret, and/or refer to primary law Examples: books, government reports, law review articles, and legal encyclopedias
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P RIMARY S OURCES O NLINE Government vs. commercial Updating frequency Citations to related sources Ease of use Free vs. fee
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F REE S OURCES Gallagher guide on InternetInternet Legal Resources Organization Links
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C OMMERCIAL S OURCES Off-Campus Access UW Libraries > Subject Guides > LawLaw U.S. Federal Law
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F INDING L AWS O NLINE U.S. Code Cornell Legal Information Institute (free) Cornell Legal Information Institute FDsys (free) FDsys LexisNexis Academic ($)
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F INDING R EGULATIONS O NLINE Code of Federal Regulations Cornell Legal Information Institute (free) Cornell Legal Information Institute FDsys (free) FDsys LexisNexis Academic ($)
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A GENCY W EBSITES USA.gov USA.gov Google advanced search Google advanced search Laws, regulations, policies links
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W EB 2.0 RSS feeds Regulations.gov Regulations.gov
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F INDING C OURT D ECISIONS O NLINE U.S. Supreme Court Internet Legal Resources (free) Internet Legal Resources HeinOnline ($) LexisNexis Academic ($)
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O THER C OURT O PINIONS Court websites Federal courts Federal courts State courts State courts LexisOne (free) LexisOne Last 10 years LexisNexis Academic ($)
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F INDING A RTICLES O NLINE LexisNexis Academic > US Legal > Law Reviews Search full-text articles HeinOnline > Law Journal Library Retrieve PDF images of known articles UW Libraries > Articles & Research DatabasesArticles & Research Databases UW Libraries > Subject GuidesSubject Guides
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F INDING B OOKS O NLINE WorldCat WorldCat Books, government reports, selected articles Google Books Google Books Selected previews
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R EMINDERS Use Internet Legal Resources to find free online sources of primary lawInternet Legal Resources Use LexisNexis Academic to find laws, regulations, cases, and articles Ask a Reference Librarian! 543-6794 Ask Us link on Law Library homepage Ask Us link
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