College of Law Library
THE REGULATORY WEB
Websites for Agencies, Regulations and Administrative Law
GENERAL RESOURCES
Comprehensive
websites provide access to a variety of legal resources, including law
for all levels of government. Some of the most popular sites
for administrative law and
related materials are: Justia http://law.justia.com, MegaLaw http://www.megalaw.com, and FindLaw Professionals' Page
http://lp.findlaw.com. Another useful site is The Public Library of Law http://www.plol.org/Pages/Search.aspx, which is a free database of federal and state sources of primary law.
Also, these research guides contain background information and links for your research: The Law Student Guide http://freelaw.classcaster.net, Boston University’s Federal Administrative Law guide
http://lawlibraryguides.bu.edu/admin, and LLSDC’s Legislative
Sourcebook http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook.
FEDERAL RESOURCES
Agency Directories
USA.gov: http://www.usa.gov/Agencies.shtml.
LSU’s Federal Agency Directory: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/index.html.
GovEngine.com: http://www.govengine.com.
Regulations
Federal Register and CFR:
GPO's FDsys: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys.
--e-CFR: Current CFR, updated daily.
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=%2Findex.tpl.
Cornell’s Legal Information Institute: http://www.law.cornell.edu/federal.
Proposed Rules and Agency Activity:
Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov/#!home.
OpenRegs.com: http://openregs.com.
Administrative Decisions
Some agencies post administrative decisions on their websites.
UVA’s Government Information Resources:
http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/govtinfo/fed_decisions_agency.html.
Executive Orders and Proclamations
Published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 3.
Compilation of Presidential Documents on GPO's FDsys:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CPD.
National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders.
STATE and LOCAL RESOURCES
National Association of Secretaries of State:
http://www.administrativerules.org.
American Law Sources On-line: http://www.lawsource.com/also.
Municode, Local Ordinances and Codes: http://www.municode.com/Library/Library.aspx.
LOUISIANA RESOURCES
Louisiana.gov's Agency Directory: http://www.louisiana.gov/Government/Agency_Index.
Office of State Register: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/osr.htm.
Prepared by: Etheldra G. Scoggin
Reference Librarian and Associate Professor
Spring 2012