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Social Security Disability Law

This guide lists some of the library's holdings in the area of Social Security Disability Law. Secondary sources should be consulted early in the research process.

Introduction

 

This guide is designed to help you get started in researching Social Security - Disability law at the FIU College of Law Library. Disability law is an interdisciplinary topic that will require you to search not only the usual legal resources but also materials from health, social services, employment discrimination, and other databases. This guide includes links to relevant print and online sources located in the Law Library or on databases accessible with your FIU account.

To get started, you may want to review Cornell's Legal Information Institute disability overview as well as its Social Security Library that links relevant laws, regulations, rulings, current awareness materials, and key Web sites.

Books from the Catalog

When beginning research on an unfamiliar topic, secondary resources can be helpful.  Secondary resources include encyclopedias, treatises, nutshells, and other similar materials that provide background information on a particular topic or issue.  They guide the researcher towards relevant case and statutory law.