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State Research (Non-Florida)
If you need to find information on cases, statutes, or regulations from another state and have no idea where to start, check out one of these sources:
- State Legislative History Research Guides (Indiana Law Library)A compilation of links to guides about conducting legislative history research; every state in the country is included.
50-State Surveys
A 50-State Survey is, at minimum, a listing of the laws on a particular topic in all states. Some surveys are only a list of the different state code sections, while others can contain detailed information on the content of the law, sometimes organized into charts that allow you to compare the laws of different states easily.
- National Conference of State LegislaturesThe Issues and Research section contains many surveys of state laws; how much information about each law is given varies widely. The NCSL website also contains bill tracking information and reports for a number of areas.
- LexisNexis: 50 State SurveysA growing collection of surveys of state laws and regulations.
- Subject Compilations of State LawsUse the links in the navigation bar, browse by topic or search for keywords. From HeinOnline.
- Westlaw: 50 State SurveysA larger collection than that in LexisNexis, but still limited compared the information available from Subject Compilations of State Laws.
- Bloomberg Law Chart BuildersBloomberg Law allows you to compare statutes from a list of cherry picked states in a decent number of legal areas.
- Bloomberg Law: State Topical SurveysBloomberg Law has a small collection of very targeted surveys on state laws.
Foreign Legal Materials
Treaties
- United Nations Treaty CollectionThe most comprehensive collection of treaties, as each U.N. member state is required to deposit its treaties with the U.N. Also contains treaties from the League of Nations.
- Guide to Treaty Research (Columbia Law Library)In addition to linking to several more general sources (including many free web indexes), Columbia's research guide also includes sections on locating treaties for specific subject areas.
- Fletcher Multilaterals ProjectA free online collection of information on multilateral treaties, including a helpful subject arrangement.
- Flare Index to TreatiesThe Flare Index provides information on multilateral treaties since 1856, focusing on the most important treaties.
- World Treaty IndexThe World Treaty Index will, when complete, include information about every known international agreement in the 20th century, including bilateral treaties, often omitted from other indices. Currently, only information about treaties from 1945 to 1999 is available.
Court Dockets
- Bloomberg LawSign in using your individual ID and password. Contains free access to federal court dockets and documents and access to many state court docket sheets. Also provides access to company information, stock prices, and EDGAR.
Research Guides
In addition to the resources listed here, there are a number of websites containing compilations of sources on various topics. Some of the most useful are listed below: