Books you can take with you are in this number range: 340-349
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law, lawyers, courts, judicial power, custody, divorce, landlord and tenant, copyright, wills and trusts
Helpful Reference Books
| Black's Law Dictionary | R 340.03 B |
| Connecticut General Statutes | R 347 C |
| Encyclopedia of the American Constitution | R 342.73 E |
| Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments | R 342.03 V |
| Everybody's Guide to the Law | R 349 B |
| Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law | R 349 G |
| Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory | R 923 M |
| West's Encyclopedia of American Law | R 348.03 W |
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Free Websites
Library of Congress Guide to Law Online
(www.loc.gov/law/guide)
Links to sites for reliable legal information
Findlaw
(www.findlaw.com)
Supreme Court opinions from 1937 to present; laws, cases and codes, law reviews; law schools and other legal sources
Jurist
(www.jurist.law.pitt.edu)
Law school source for legal news, information and ideas
Legal Information Institute
(www.law.cornell.edu)
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, opinions of federal and state courts, state constitutions and codes and more
Oyez: Supreme Court Multimedia
(www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage)
Full text and digital audio of Supreme Court cases, searchable with links to written opinions of the court; biographies of justices
The Avalon Project
(www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm)
Searchable database of documents in law, history and diplomacy
National Consumer Law Center
(www.consumerlaw.org)
Information laws and legislation pertaining to issues such as bankruptcy, credit counseling, immigration, mortgages and loans
THOMAS: Legislative information on the Internet
(thomas.loc.gov)
Congressional information, status of bills, committee reports and historical documents, access to Congressional Register
See Also: WHPL Internet Guide - Law
(www.westhartford.orglibrary/guide/law.htm)