LSC-North Harris Library Research Guides: Legal Research: Finding Cases, Legislation, and other Legal Material: Legislation

United States

Code of Federal Regulations
Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government
Federal Register
The Daily journal of the United States Government
Public and Private Laws (Slip Laws)
"Public and private laws are also known as slip laws. A slip law is an official publication of the law and is competent evidence admissible in all state and Federal courts and tribunals of the United States. Public laws affect society as a whole, while private laws affect an individual, family, or small group. After the President signs a bill into law, it is delivered to the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) where it is assigned a law number, legal statutory citation (public laws only), and prepared for publication as a slip law. Private laws receive their legal statutory citations when they are published in the United States Statutes at Large."

United States Code
The consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. Free access online to the non-annotated version.
United States Codes Annotated
Call Number: online via Westlaw
Annotated version of US Code. Available electronically via Westlaw. 2016 Teaching Copy available in print.
United States Statutes at Large
The United States Statutes at Large, typically referred to as the Statutes at Large, is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress.

Texas

PLEASE NOTE: The print series available in the Library is no longer being updated and is for Teaching Purposes Only. For the latest information, see Westlaw.

Vernon's Texas Statutes and Codes Annotated
Call Number: Legal Reference KFT 1555 .A295
Main source for Texas laws in print form. Entries include brief historical notes, constitutional provisions, notes of decisions, cross references to other Vernon's and references to West Digest System, Corpus Juris Secundum, and encyclopedias. Available in print and electronically via Westlaw.

Texas Constitution and Statutes
Texas Legislature website with free access to un-annotated statutes and legislation.

Finding Legislation in Westlaw: Step by Step

Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated is available full-text in Westlaw.

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To find Texas Statutes and Codes:

On the Westlaw homepage, under "Browse" and "All Content," click on Statutes & Court Rules in the first column.

Choose Texas from the State list.

Select a Code from the section list for Texas Statutes & Court Rules.

The search box at the top should now be limited to the section that you chose. You can either continue browsing to the section for your topic, or search for your topic using the search box at the top of the page.

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