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Law Ready Reference:
Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri KFM 7830 .A213 Comprising all statute laws of a general and permanent nature, the Constitution of the US, and the Constitution of Missouri appendices.
Law Collection:
United States Code Congressional and Administrative News KF 48 Includes Public Laws, Legislative History, Proclamations, and Executive Orders United States Code KF 62 (1988) .A2 1989 Containing the general and permanent laws of the US, in force on January 3, 1989 United States Code Annotated KF 62 (1927) .W45 & Supplement US Code with annotations from Federal and State Courts. Shepard’s Acts and Cases by Popular Names KF 80 .S5 A compilation of popular names by which Federal and State acts and cases have been referred to or cited, together with and identification of each act in terms of its constitutional or statutory references and each case in terms of the volume and page reference where the text of the decision may by found. Supreme Court Reporter KF 101 .17 Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the US. Federal Reporter KF 105 Cases argued and determined in the US Courts of Appeals. Federal Supplement KF 105 Supplement Cases argued and determined in the US District Courts, US Court of International Trade, Special Court, Regional Rail Reorganization Act and the Rulings of the Judicial Panel on Multi-jurisdictional Litigation. Vernon’s Annotated Missouri Statutes MO statues with annotations KFM 7830 .V4
Missouri Digest KFM 7847.1 .M5 Covering Missouri reports, Missouri appeals reports and Southwestern reporter as well as Missouri cases decided in the Supreme Court of the US, US Court of Appeals, and Federal Circuit and District Courts.
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Law Collection(continued):
Shepard’s Missouri Citations KFM 7859 .S5 1994 A compilation of citations to MO cases reported in the MO Supreme Court Reports, MO Appeal Reports and in the Southwestern Reporter, to the US Constitution and statutes, Revised Statutes, laws, court rules, and MO approved jury instructions.
Electronic Indexes:
Academic Search Premier – a multi-discipline database providing full text for more than 3,900 scholarly publications, including full text for nearly 3,050 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. Criminal Justice Periodicals - provides information on virtually any criminal justice topic, including corrections administration, law enforcement, social work, industrial security, drug rehabilitation, and criminal and family law. Facts on File - brings together complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 60+ years. Lexis-Nexis - provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information in a variety of formats including newspapers. Westlaw Campus Research - Search for court cases and law information.
Internet Sites:
All About Forms (http://www.allaboutforms.com/) -A service offering more than 2,000 FREE legal forms, and answers to common legal and financial questions. Internet Legal Research Group (http://www.ilrg.com/) - A categorized index of more than 4000 select web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories, as well as thousands of locally stored web pages, legal forms, and downloadable files. This site serves as a comprehensive resource of the information available on the Internet concerning law and the legal profession, with an emphasis on the United States of America. Legal Information Institute (http://www.law.cornell.edu/) - Research and electronic publishing activity of the Cornell Law School. The Institute publishes electronic versions of core materials in numerous areas of the law both online and packaged for download -- ranging from the Constitution to the Uniform Commercial Code.
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Internet Sites(continued):
Legal Services of Missouri (http://www.lsmo.org/Home/PublicWeb) - Provides free legal representation to low income and elderly clients in a number of civil legal problems. Legislative Information (http://thomas.loc.gov/) -U.S Congressional information. Missouri Bar Association (http://www.mobar.org/) - Learn about legal resources available to Missouri residents. Also locate lawyers practicing in the state. Your Missouri Courts (http://www.courts.mo.gov/) - Monthly listing of all cases set for oral argument, case records including docket entries, biographies and office information for the judges, and special rules adopted by the Southern District. Missouri State Code of Regulations (http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/csr.asp) U.S. Code (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html) - The general and permanent laws of the United States. U.S. Supreme Court (http://www.supremecourtus.gov/index.html) - Information about the Supreme Court including recent decisions, rules, opinions, and visiting the court. WASHLAW (http://www.washlaw.edu/) - Legal Research on the Web organized and provided by staff of Washburn University School of Law Library.
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Periodical Titles:
Print Journals available in Spiva: Congressional Digest Criminal Law Bulletin Human Rights Quarterly Human Rights Review International Debates The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics Judicature Supreme Court Debates
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