Contains federal legislative information from the United States government (e.g., legislation, the Congressional Record, committee reports, nominations, treaties, communications, and member profiles).

Official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress back to 1789.

Open source collection of institutional repositories from across the United States, including faculty scholarship, law review articles and conference proceedings.

Federal and state court opinions, case law, statutes, regulations, constitutions, and court rules.

Published and unpublished hearings from U.S. Congressional committee hearings proceedings.

Full-text legal periodicals and foreign, international, and primary legal materials. Includes Federal Register, U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Reports, state session laws, and more.

Articles and book reviews from legal journals published worldwide, with a coverage from 1984 to present. In-depth coverage of international, comparative, and foreign law in most languages.

Index to legal periodicals, court decisions, legislation and more from the United States and Commonwealth countries. Full text coverage for selected periodicals. Law books indexed beginning in 1993.

Legal periodicals of all areas of United States law in full text starting with the earliest volumes.

News, legal and business sources, including print and online journals; television and radio broadcasts; newswires and blogs; local, regional, national and international newspapers.

A legal research database that also includes news and business publications.

Tax and accounting research materials including the complete federal tax code, Federal Tax Coordinator, U.S. Tax Reporter, and state tax materials. All access requires a UW-Madison NetID to log in.

Previous title: Wolters Kluwer Cheetah. Federal, state, and international tax information and materials, and practice materials in securities and tax law.

Trace the Constitution’s progress through each of the thirteen states’ conventions using thousands of sources.

Entire Federal Cases 30 book series (1894-1897) of more than 20,000 cases, and the Trinity Series, which includes American Decisions, American Reports, and American State Reports.

Full text collection of current and historical United States state constitutions, along with the Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the US series.

Current constitutions for every country in the original language along with at least one English translation, with expert commentary, constitutional histories, bibliographic references, and more.

Integrated collection of records supports 19th century research; includes indexes and finding aids for books, periodicals, official publications, newspapers, archives, and reference material.

Official bilingual series Canada Supreme Court Reports published under authority of the Supreme Court Act; with background information, statutes and regulations, authors cited, analysis and decision.

Archive of primary source materials related to criminal history, law, literature, and justice in nineteenth century Europe, North America, India and the Antipodes (Australia and New Zealand).

Summaries of key concepts and latest research on environmental law; covers climate change law, biodiversity and nature protection, compliance and enforcement, and multilateral environmental treaties.

Summaries of concepts and terms of international economic law, grouped into four parts: Foundations and Architecture, Principles, Main Regulatory Areas, and Cross-cutting Challenges.

Issues at the junction of law, religion, and state are covered for each country worldwide, as well as special territories and international organizations.

A detailed description of the practice and implementation of international law in various Asian states.

Collection of page-images of the original bound reprint edition of the English Reports (containing more than 100,000 cases), together with the Indexes and Book of Charts.

European Union (EU) law (legislation, case law, treaties) and other public documents.

Reports and working papers from the European Centre for Minority Issues as well as related publications.

International law publications; includes prominent Yearbooks (worldwide), proceedings of the American Society of International Law, and decisions of the Hague Permanent Court of International Justice.

Current sources of codes and basic legislation in jurisdictions around the world.

Collection of diplomatic dispatches, correspondence, maps, summaries of events from the British Foreign Office files dealing with India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan between 1947 and 1980.

The official historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Collection includes volumes spanning presidential administrations from Lincoln to Reagan.

Hansard Online is the official report of all parliamentary debates (proceedings) of both the U.K. House of Commons and the House of Lords. It is similar to the United States' Congressional Record. ...

Resources related to the history of international law, focusing on war and peace, law of the sea, international arbitration, the Nuremberg Trials, the Hague Conference and Conventions, and more.

Primary and secondary source materials (documents and video) of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide, from 1900 to 2010.

Articles and book reviews from legal journals published worldwide, with a coverage from 1984 to present. In-depth coverage of international, comparative, and foreign law in most languages.

Archive of materials collected by U.S. diplomats on the internal and foreign affairs of India, from 1945 to 1949.

Archive of materials collected by U.S. diplomats on the internal and foreign affairs of India and Pakistan, from 1963 to 1966.

Book series published by Brill covers the development, enactment, and impact of the rule of law in Eastern Europe (2 most recent volumes not included).

Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium, and historical legal treatises, with emphasis on older materials.

Four centuries of historical legal codes, statutes, regulations, and code-related commentaries from jurisdictions around the world.

Treatises and similar monographs in foreign, comparative, and international law, including Roman law, Islamic law, Jewish law, and ancient law.

Documents from trials in the United States, Britain and other English-speaking jurisdictions, including transcripts, printed accounts, arbitrations, and books.

Peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of international law. Includes both Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law and Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law.

Reports on the highest state body and the unicameral legislative house in the People's Republic of China; includes Deputy lists, resolutions and statements, Leaders' activities, and more.

Frequently updated, authoritative research guides on topics in international law, combining aspects of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia. Includes expert commentary.

Articles on topics in European Union (EU) law, from foundational concepts to high-level analysis.

A database of annotated documents pertaining to the law of international organizations. Each document is accompanied by expert commentary on the context and impact of the document.

Archive of materials collected by U.S. diplomats on the internal and foreign affairs of Pakistan, from 1945 to 1949.

Papers and articles by noted scholars on foreign and comparative law, with an emphasis on historical materials, and includes Szladits' Bibliography on Foreign and Comparative Law.

Journals on international law as well as the Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Compendium.

Laws and regulations from China (1949-present) promulgated by the Chinese and local governments. Includes secondary legal information: white papers, law journal articles, legal news, and more.

A fully searchable collection of criminal trials held at London's central criminal court including biographical details of the men and women executed at Tyburn. Contains all surviving editions of t...

Public and private acts passed by Canadian provincial governments, with historical and revised content, and current content for differing provinces and territories.

Books, periodicals, and bibliographies on the development, history, organization, and fundamental principles of world religions; Christian Legal Society publications, Canon Law, and historical bibles.

Reports on contentious and advisory cases from the International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of International Justice.

Case law from approximately 70 foreign jurisdictions, focusing on significant issues in international law. Includes English translations.

Complete coverage of all six revisions from the official printed volumes of the Revised Statutes of Canada.

Early English manuscripts, yearbooks and more illustrating English and American legal history; includes other digests, abridgments, and modern encyclopedias that formed the foundation of English law.

Archive of government documents from Great Britain covers politics, international relations with Western Europe and the colonial world, from the 16th through the late 18th centuries.

This site provides fact sheets which summarise European Union legislation. The fact sheets are divided into 32 subject areas which are the Activities of the European Union. You will find not only s...

Database of more than 70,000 online legal documents from 15 French-speaking countries in Africa.

Full-text documents of the Tokyo Trials of Japanese war criminals in World War II. Includes transcripts of proceedings and court exhibits, along with historical photos, audio and video.

Comprehensive collection of United States Treaties and Other International Agreements set, including currently in-force, expired, or not-yet-officially published.

Papers issued by the United Kingdom House of Commons including Bills and Acts, Command Papers, House of Commons Papers, and Hansard (the official report of debates in Parliament).

Current and historical resources related to U.S. international trade including USITC Publications Archive, legislative histories, CFR & U.S. Code Title 15, Title 19, scholarly articles, and more.

Catalog of United Nations publications and documents from 1979 forward, including UN sales publications, selected periodical articles, Official Records, and documents from UN bodies and committees.

Books and government documents covering the electoral process and specific elections conducted both in the United States and around the world.

Current constitutions for every country in the original language along with at least one English translation, with expert commentary, constitutional histories, bibliographic references, and more.

Collection of treaties from around the world (1648 - present), includes Rohn's World Treaty Index, Marten's Treaties, U.S. Treaties and Agreements, United Nations Treaty Publications, and more.

Trial transcripts from some of history's most famous trials. Also includes texts that analyze and debate famous trials, as well as biographies of some of the greatest trial lawyers in history.

Government documents, legislative histories, books, and journals on legal and regulatory aspects of aviation and space.

Digitized newspapers produced by people who have been incarcerated in the United States.

Collection of more than 150 state and local Bar Journals; searchable by article title, author, description, date, or across the full text of the articles.

Video and transcripts of C-Span programming since 1987.

Contains publications from the Commission on Civil Rights, legislative histories on landmark legislation, briefs from relevant U.S. Supreme Court cases, and more.

Comprehensive coverage of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) from its inception.

Government documents, pamphlets, memoirs, and books covering criminal justice and criminology in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Summaries of key concepts and latest research on environmental law; covers climate change law, biodiversity and nature protection, compliance and enforcement, and multilateral environmental treaties.

Summaries of concepts and terms of international economic law, grouped into four parts: Foundations and Architecture, Principles, Main Regulatory Areas, and Cross-cutting Challenges.

The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.

Free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

Collection of legislative histories, books, Code of Federal Regulations Title 37, U.S. Code Titles 17 & 35, Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, and the Trademark of Manual Examining Procedure.

Case information from the U.S. Federal District Courts and U.S. Courts of Appeal. Some cases also include opinions, orders, and other filings.

Government documents, books, and articles on legal aspects of the American workplace, including labor rights movement, minimum wage, the workweek, workplace hazards, safety regulation, and equity.

Legal materials and supporting documents charting the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the United States and legal aspects of gender identity and sexual orientation.

Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium, and historical legal treatises, with emphasis on older materials.

Papers of the ACLU and its Southern Regional Office, including court documents, case files, project files, correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and more.

Multimedia collection of text, government documents, ephemera, interviews, and documentaries covering historical and contemporary themes of mass incarceration and prison infrastructure.

Government documents and other publications related to the history and administration of the United States military. Also includes some titles on English military history.

The NCJRS Virtual Library contains summaries of more than 225,000 publications on criminal justice, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles...

Provides an overall view of some of the most sought-after and controversial legal topics in the U.S., compiled by Rich Leiter. Users can compare laws state-by-state and across multiple editions.

Subject-based research guides containing in-depth, high-level articles by scholars in the field. Handbooks contain topical introductions and reviews of the key issues and major debates.

Journals on international law as well as the Philip Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Compendium.

United States Supreme Court briefs since the 1973/74 term; searchable by docket number, case name, decided date, term, or Preview subject..

Collection of U.S. federal government publications including acts (laws), bills and resolutions, committee reports and documents, hearings testimony, and selected legislative histories.

Archival materials from the African American Police League (based in Chicago) and its education and action arm, the League to Improve the Community.

Petitions on race, slavery, and free blacks submitted to state legislatures and county courthouses from 1775-1867. Also includes a record of the state laws governing American slavery from 1789-1865.

A complete collection of publications generated in the course of congressional lawmaking, useful for compiling a federal legislative history.

U.S. federal administrative law histories organized by federal statute and executive order, as well as Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations content.

Full opinions and related documents from Supreme Court argued cases as well as documents related to paid cases the Court declined to hear (certiorari denied).

Books, periodicals, and bibliographies on the development, history, organization, and fundamental principles of world religions; Christian Legal Society publications, Canon Law, and historical bibles.

Collection of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of security studies.

House and Senate Documents and Reports published by the United States Congress, as well as presidential communications, treaty materials, and official Civil War records.

Exact replicas of the official bound session laws of all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, as well as the back file of the Acts of Parliament of Canada and Acts of Parliament of Australia.

Legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. Includes all state, colony, and federal statutes on slavery and state and federal cases related to slavery.

Works, scholarly articles, and tools for legal research, including research guides, bibliographies, dictionaries, and biographies, as well as a section on legal education.

Attorney General reports and opinions for all 50 states as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; Includes the Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States and more.

Index to articles, books, government documents, loose-leaf services, court opinions and Internet sites that compare state laws on hundreds of subjects.

The complete Congressional Record bound volume set back to 1980, plus its three predecessor titles, congressional hearings, the U.S. Congressional Serial Set and more.

Judicial opinions published by each federal agency, including Decisions of the National Labor Relations Board, Federal Communications Commission Record, and Internal Revenue Cumulative Bulletin.

Collection of presidential documents, including messages and papers of the presidents, presidential public papers, documents relating to impeachment, executive orders, and more.

Complete coverage of the Statutes At Large, containing both public and private laws published in numerical order.

Books and government documents covering the electoral process and specific elections conducted both in the United States and around the world.

Focuses on state and federal legal issues surrounding access to and the delivery of water. Includes government documents, reports, legislative histories, books, and scholarly articles.

The Wisconsin Administrative Code is the publication, in a continual revision system, of the rules of executive agencies of the State of Wisconsin having rule-making authority. The Wisconsin Admini...

Briefs for Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals published and unpublished cases.

Digitized citizen petitions written to the legislatures of the Wisconsin Territory and later the State of Wisconsin, from 1836 to 1891.

The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a growing collection of documents about the activities, functions, and policies of Wisconsin State Government. The collection contains documents from 2001 to curre...

Statewide public affairs broadcasting network, providing video coverage of the Wisconsin State Legislature and Supreme Court as well as public policy video series.

The Wisconsin Historical Society Archive-It collection includes archived versions of Wisconsin state, county, and municipal government web sites, as well as archived versions of web sites from the ...

Archived editions of Wisconsin Jury Instructions (Civil, Criminal and Children). For current Wisconsin Jury Instructions, see Wisconsin Jury Instructions (Wisconsin State Law Library).

Current, up-to-date editions of all three sets of Wisconsin Jury Instructions (Civil, Criminal and Children). The Instructions can be printed or downloaded as Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF files.

Wisconsin bills, acts, statutes, administrative rules, the Wisconsin Constitution, and more, including archived documents. Bill histories and amendments are included back to 1995.

The digital collections of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau contain documents published by the legislature and legislative agencies (including the Legislative Reference Bureau, Legislativ...

Previous title: Wolters Kluwer Cheetah. Federal, state, and international tax information and materials, and practice materials in securities and tax law.

Immigration law information and guidance, including publications of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, statutes, regulations, and cases.

A compilation of historical documents and legislation related to immigration in the United States as well as current hearings, debates and recent developments in immigration law.

Connects United States immigration policies with data-driven results and trends of those policies, analytical reports, and news articles. Includes timelines, topic pages and data tools.

The American Indian Experience is a portal and full-text online library of more than 150 titles; hundreds of primary documents and images, including treaties, speeches, traditional tales, and capti...

Full-text legal materials by and about indigenous peoples of the United States, including treaties, federal statutes and regulations, federal case law, tribal codes, constitutions, and jurisprudence.

Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium, and historical legal treatises, with emphasis on older materials.

Documentation of specific claims made by tribal nations against the United States; includes docket histories, court documents, treaties, congressional publications, and maps.

Congress and the Courts, featuring William H. Manz’s Congress and the Courts: A Legislative History 1787-2010, brings together materials reflecting congressional concern with the composition and st...

Archive of the complete print series Supreme Court of the U.S. Hearings and Reports on Successful and Unsuccessful Nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The NCJRS Virtual Library contains summaries of more than 225,000 publications on criminal justice, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles...

Complete coverage of U.S. Supreme Court opinions as well as preliminary prints, slip opinions, and books and periodicals related to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Archive of primary source materials related to criminal history, law, literature, and justice in nineteenth century Europe, North America, India and the Antipodes (Australia and New Zealand).

Trace the Constitution’s progress through each of the thirteen states’ conventions using thousands of sources.

Entire Federal Cases 30 book series (1894-1897) of more than 20,000 cases, and the Trinity Series, which includes American Decisions, American Reports, and American State Reports.

Previous title: 19th Century Masterfile. Nineteenth century periodical literature, presidential papers, patents, and government publications. Includes Poole's Index to Periodical literature, Hansard's Index to Debates, and more.

Archive of the complete print series Supreme Court of the U.S. Hearings and Reports on Successful and Unsuccessful Nominations of Supreme Court Justices by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

NOTE: As of 12/23/20, collection link is being redirected to an archived version at Internet Archive while the collection is being migrated to a new interface.

Collection of full text works from some of the greatest legal minds in history, as well as rare items that are found in only a handful of libraries around the world.

Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium, and historical legal treatises, with emphasis on older materials.

Legal treatises from the 19th- and early 20th- century, covering all aspects of American and British law.

Published records of the American colonies; federal, state, territorial, and municipal codes; constitutional conventions and compilations; and other resources.

Documents from trials in the United States, Britain and other English-speaking jurisdictions, including transcripts, printed accounts, arbitrations, and books.

Records and briefs brought before the U.S. Supreme Court in over 150,000 cases between 1832 and 1978.

Digitized collection of primary source materials documenting the international and domestic traffic in slaves in Britain’s New World colonies and the United States.

Eleven archival collections covering three Supreme Court Justices, the first Black federal judge, high-profile cases, and developing ideologies and laws.

Books, periodicals, and bibliographies on the development, history, organization, and fundamental principles of world religions; Christian Legal Society publications, Canon Law, and historical bibles.

Official publications from the Stair Society including the Stair Society Main (Annual) Series and Supplementary Series discussing various aspects of Scots law.

Archive of government documents from Great Britain covers politics, international relations with Western Europe and the colonial world, from the 16th through the late 18th centuries.

Digital version of Hein's State Reports Checklist along with linking to the full text of historical state reports from all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico.

Historical superseded state statutes for all fifty states.

Collection of scholarly work that examines and clarifies the law, annotated and written by a collection of judges and lawyers; includes Restatements, model statutes, Uniform Commercial Code and more.

Open source collection of institutional repositories from across the United States, including faculty scholarship, law review articles and conference proceedings.

Issues at the junction of law, religion, and state are covered for each country worldwide, as well as special territories and international organizations.

Articles and book reviews from legal journals published worldwide, with a coverage from 1984 to present. In-depth coverage of international, comparative, and foreign law in most languages.

Index to legal periodicals, court decisions, legislation and more from the United States and Commonwealth countries. Full text coverage for selected periodicals. Law books indexed beginning in 1993.

Legal periodicals of all areas of United States law in full text starting with the earliest volumes.

Peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of international law. Includes both Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law and Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law.

Provides an overall view of some of the most sought-after and controversial legal topics in the U.S., compiled by Rich Leiter. Users can compare laws state-by-state and across multiple editions.

Full text collection of current and historical United States state constitutions, along with the Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the US series.

Congress and the Courts, featuring William H. Manz’s Congress and the Courts: A Legislative History 1787-2010, brings together materials reflecting congressional concern with the composition and st...

Contains federal legislative information from the United States government (e.g., legislation, the Congressional Record, committee reports, nominations, treaties, communications, and member profiles).

Official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress back to 1789.

Collection of publications issued by federal departments and agencies, including annual reports, general publications, serials, instructions, rules, circulars, decisions, and registers.

Full-text U.S. Federal and Canadian primary law from the Law Library Microform Consortium, and historical legal treatises, with emphasis on older materials.

Collection of U.S. federal government publications including acts (laws), bills and resolutions, committee reports and documents, hearings testimony, and selected legislative histories.

Petitions on race, slavery, and free blacks submitted to state legislatures and county courthouses from 1775-1867. Also includes a record of the state laws governing American slavery from 1789-1865.

A complete collection of publications generated in the course of congressional lawmaking, useful for compiling a federal legislative history.

U.S. federal administrative law histories organized by federal statute and executive order, as well as Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations content.

House and Senate Documents and Reports published by the United States Congress, as well as presidential communications, treaty materials, and official Civil War records.

Exact replicas of the official bound session laws of all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, as well as the back file of the Acts of Parliament of Canada and Acts of Parliament of Australia.

Legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. Includes all state, colony, and federal statutes on slavery and state and federal cases related to slavery.

This site provides fact sheets which summarise European Union legislation. The fact sheets are divided into 32 subject areas which are the Activities of the European Union. You will find not only s...

United States Code from the 1925-1926 edition through the present. With annual supplements.

The complete Congressional Record bound volume set back to 1980, plus its three predecessor titles, congressional hearings, the U.S. Congressional Serial Set and more.

Selected federal legislative histories published by the U.S. GPO and private publishers. Also includes the index, "Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories."

Complete coverage of the Statutes At Large, containing both public and private laws published in numerical order.

Tax and accounting research materials including the complete federal tax code, Federal Tax Coordinator, U.S. Tax Reporter, and state tax materials. All access requires a UW-Madison NetID to log in.

Daily state and federal tax news and analysis as well as weekly expert commentary, analysis, and special reports.

Legislative history materials and other documents on taxation, economic reform, and stimulus plans. Includes the Carlton Fox Collection of internal revenue legislation (1909-1950); Parts I and II.

Previous title: Wolters Kluwer Cheetah. Federal, state, and international tax information and materials, and practice materials in securities and tax law.