Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL)
New York State and Federal Legal Materials on the Web
Although the Library does not have a full law collection, the Science, Industry,
and Business Library of the New York Public Library maintains an extensive
collection of New York State, New York City, and Federal legal materials,
including statutes, case law reporters and digests, administrative codes,
and materials for legislative history. The library also has books and treatises
about many legal topics for both legal practitioners and lay people, and
a selective collection of law journals and other legal periodicals. This
collection of Internet resources is intended to complement our paper collection;
most of the materials available here we also maintain in print form at the
library. Some materials, such as recent court decisions, appear more quickly
here than in our paper collection. Some sources also offer basic key word
searching, which may sometimes be helpful. However, searches done with these
Web resources may not be as comprehensive as searches possible with resources
at the library, and some of the material here may not be sufficiently current.
The library also maintains a historic backfile of most of these materials,
so older documents are also available at the library.
New York State Legal Materials
New YorkCourts and Decisions:
New York Official Reports:
Provides links to New York Court of Appeals and Appellate Division decisions
beginning 2003. The Court of Appeals is the state’s highest court; the Appellate
Division is the intermediate appellate court.
New York Court of Appeals Decisions:
Full text of decisions from 1992 to date, searchable by topic, key word, or
name of parties. Current year arranged by date.
New York State Court of Appeals
Decisions available since 2008. The Court
of Appeals website also includes latest court news, latest case filings,
rules of court, and forms.
New York
State Appellate Division:
Court website with links to pages for the individual divisions. See New York Official
Reports above for decisions.
New York State Unified Court System
Home Page
New York Constitution, Statutory Law, and Administrative Law
Listed by title and
section, and searchable by key word.
Bills and
resolutions of the current
session searchable by number, including status, full text, and sponsor’s
memo.
Chapters (session laws) and roll call votes also
available for passed bills.
New
York Code, Rules, and Regulation (NYCRR)
New York State administrative code listed by title and section,
and searchable by key word.
New York City
New York City
Council Legislation
Offers City Council introductions, resolutions, and local laws searchable
by key word.
United States Federal Law Legal Materials
United States Supreme Court Decisions
1893-Date:
Opinion available by citation United States Reports citation,
party names, and key word search.
1990-Date:
Decisions available by topic, author, or party names.
Offers texts of decisions beginning 1995, listed by date, searchable by party
name, case number, or key word. The Second Circuit covers New York, Connecticut,
and Vermont, and Rhode Island.
Other circuits
available here.
United States Statutes and Legislation
Offers the full text of
bills,
bill
status and summary, and
Public Laws since 1973.
Roll call votes available
since 1989. Also includes the
Congressional Record and
Index, and
Committee Reports.
The United States Code
United States Administrative Law
Each title is updated at the same time as the release of the paper edition.
Viewable by title and section, or through keyword searching.
Daily issues available 1994 to date, searchable by key word. Issues appear
online the same day they are released in paper.
United States Foreign and International Law
International Trade Treaties
The North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
The General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade (GATT, Uruguay Rounds)
European Union Treaties
Lawyers
The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory on the Web allows you to search lawyers
and law firms by name, geographical location, and areas of practice.
Other Legal Web Sites
Legal Information Institute - Cornell
Law School
FindLaw
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