Statutory Law - Administrative Law - Case Law - The Lawmakers - Government Resources at Roesch Library

Statutory Law: created by a legislative body, such as Congress

GPO Access: contains the full text of Congressional bills, documents, and reports, including the Congressional Record, Public Laws,and the U.S. Code. If this site is busy, try the mirror site at the University of California.

Hint: The Congressional Record is a daily publication of the proceedings & debates of Congress and the U.S. Code is the collection of public laws passed by Congress.

Thomas -- Federal Legislative Service: another site with links to legislative materials, including roll call votes, committee reports, the Congressional Record, and public laws. Provided by the House of Representatives.

CapWeb: the internet guide to the U.S. Congress. Includes legislative and executive branch links in an easy-to-follow manner.

US Congressional Documents and Debates: 1774-1873: Online, searchable collection of published congressional records of the USA, including records of the Continental Congress, Constitutional Convention, and the first 42 federal congresses.

Administrative Law: official rules of an administrative agency.

GPO Access: allows for full-text searching of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations.

Hint: The Federal Register is a daily publication of proposed regulations of administrative agencies, executive orders, and other executive documents. Many of the regulations that are adopted by the agencies are later printed in the Code of Federal Regulations.

Guide to Federal Regulations: from Mansfield University. Check here for an explanation of what federal regulations are all about.

Case Law: explanation by a court of why it reached a certain decision.

Supreme Court decisions: the following databases provide full texts of decisions. Dates vary.  The US Supreme Court website contains slip opinions beginning the 1999 term.

Findlaw database: 1893 to the present

FedWorld/FLITE database: Vols. 300-422, 1937-1975.

Hermes Archive (Cornell Univ.): 1990 to present, along with selected historic decisions.

For texts of decisions made by lower courts, such as U.S. 6th Circuit (includes Ohio), see Emory University's Federal Courts Finder.

See also the Federal Web Locator: : a comprehensive site for locating federal or state court information.

The Lawmakers

President & Executive Agencies

House of Representatives: visit 3rd District Representative, Mike Turner.

Senate: Ohio Senators Mike DeWine and and George Voinovich

Federal Judiciary Homepage