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Primary Sources: Federal Constitution, Statutes, Core Documents of US Democracy

Primary Sources:
Cases (US and Foreign)

Primary Sources: Administrative & Executive Materials

• Federal Constitution with the Declaration of Independence (S. Doc 105-11), (text, free, from GPO Access)
• Statutes at Large Library (Hein Online) (includes session laws)
• Current Public Laws, on Westlaw (US-PL) (session laws)
• Public Laws on Westlaw, 1973-2004 (session laws)
• Statutes at Large on Westlaw, through 1972 (includes session laws)
• Public Laws on Lexis (session laws, both state and federal)
• US Code Annotated on Westlaw, (popular name table) (general index)
• US Code Service, on Lexis (popular name table)
  
• US Code on GPO Access (free)
• Documents from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention (American Memory Project, Library of Congress) (free)
• Federalist Papers (free)
• 100 Milestone Documents in American History (Ourdocuments.gov) (free)
  
  

• Supreme Court web site (free)
• Supreme Court Library (Hein Online)
• US Supreme Court Cases, Lawyer's Edition,
  on Lexis
• All Supreme Court Cases, on Westlaw (SCT)
• All Court of Appeals Cases, Reported, on Westlaw (CTAR)
• US Court of Appeals Cases, Combined, on Lexis
• Reported District Court Cases, Reported, on Westlaw (DCTR)
• District Court Cases, Combined on Lexis
• Federal Court Cases, Combined, on Lexis
• All Federal Cases, on Westlaw (ALLCASES)
• International Law in Domestic Courts
  (BU Law only)
• International Court of Justice
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
  (click on "cases" in left frame)
• Special Court for Sierra Leone
• International Criminal Court
• International Courts and Tribunals Project (WorldLII)

• GPO Access Presidential Materials (free)
  
• Presidential Library (Hein Online) (includes Title 3 of CFR, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents and Public Papers of the President)
  
• Presidential Documents (including Exec. Orders), on Westlaw (PRES)
• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, on Westlaw (WCPD)
• Daily Presidential Documents, on Westlaw (PRES-DAILY)
• Executive Orders (of the current President), through WhiteHouse.gov (free)
• Presidential Directives (through Federation of American Scientists) (free)
• Federal Register Library (Hein Online)
• Federal Register, on GPO Access (free)
• Federal Register, on Westlaw (FR)
• Federal Register, on Lexis
• Code of Federal Regulations, on GPO Access (free)
• Code of Federal Regulations, on Westlaw (CFR)
• Code of Federal Regulations, on Lexis
• Office of the National Security Council (free)
  

Primary Sources: Legislative History

Secondary Sources: Indexes

Secondary Sources: Law Reviews, Journals and other Non-Law Periodicals (full text)

• Thomas (free)
• Lexis Nexis Congressional (BU only)
• Committee Hearings, on Westlaw (USTESTIMONY)
• Committee Transcripts and Documents, on Westlaw (CONGTMY)
• House, Senate and Conference Reports, on Westlaw (LH)
• Congressional Record, on Westlaw (CR)
• Congressional Record, on GPO Access (free)
• Bill Tracking, on Westlaw (US-BILLTRK) (federal bills)
• Bill Tracking, on Lexis (federal bills) (current Congressional session only)
• Bills Tracking, All States, Summaries and Full Text, on Westlaw
• State Bill Tracking, on Lexis
• Senate Committee web sites (prepared statements and/or transcripts of hearings) (free)
  • Armed Services Committee
  • Committee on Foreign Relations
• House Committee web sites (prepared statements and/or transcripts of hearings) (free)
  • Armed Services Committee
  • Committee on Foreign Relations
• Federation of American Scientists - Congressional Materials related to Intelligence (1989 - present)

• LegalTrac (BU Law only)
• Index to Legal Periodicals (BU Law only)
• Index to Legal Periodicals Retro (BU Law only)
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) (BU only)
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (BU only)
• Dissertation Abstracts (BU only) (also called Dissertations and Theses)

• Journals and Law Reviews, on Westlaw (JLR)
• US Law Reviews and Journals, Combined (Lexis)
• All Law Reviews, on Westlaw (ALLREV)
• Texts and Periodicals, on Westlaw ((TP)
• Law Journal Library (Hein Online)
• Political Science: A Sage Full-Text Collection (BU only)
• Social Science Full Text (BU only)
• Foreign Affairs (BU only)

Secondary Sources: Treatises

Secondary Sources: Encyclopedias and News Sources

• Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure, Third Edition, on Westlaw (CONLAW)
• Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation (2002 ed. and 2004 supplements), through GPO Access (free)
• Presidential Executive Orders, Lord, Clifford L. (Editor), from 1862-1938
  (HeinOnline Presidential Library) (BU only)
• List and Index of Presidential Executive Orders (1789-1941) (HeinOnline Presidential Library) (BU only)
• Making of Modern Law (BU only)
  

• American Jurisprudence 2nd, on Westlaw (AMJUR)
• American Jurisprudence, 2nd on Lexis
• Corpus Juris Secundum, on Westlaw (CJS)
• Diplomacy Monitor (from St. Thomas University School of Law) (free)
• World News Connection (BU only)
• Internet Public Library portal to newspapers around the world (free)

• Congressional Research Services Reports (CRS) related to the topic of Intelligence (through Federation of American Scientists)
• CRS Report on Covert Action (2006)
• CRS Report, "Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress?"
• CRS Report, "Anti-Terrorism Authority under the Laws of the United Kingdom and the United States"
• CRS Report, "Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade: Key Issues for the 110th Congress"
• National Security Archive (through GW University) (free)
• Digital National Security Archive (free)
• ACLU Torture FOIA lawsuit
• LLMC-Digital (BU Law only)
• Google Government Search (formerly google.com/unclesam)
• USA.Gov (government search engine, formerly FirstGov.gov)

Treaty Databases and Resources

• United Nations Treaty Database (BU only) (request password)
• TIARA Researcher (BU Law only, access through IP address)
• Combined Treaties (Westlaw)
• United States Treaties In Force (US State Department)

 

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• Foreign Affairs and the US Constitution class research guide