Supreme Court Resources  

In the Library

General information:

American Justice. REF KF 154 .A44 1996.  3 v. Brief articles on terms, cases, crimes, issues and concepts.  Glossary, chronology and index in v. 3.

Guide to American Law. REF KF 156 .G77 1983. 12 v.  Comprehensive coverage of law and legal topics, historical and current.  Some longer articles have bibliographical references.  V. 12 is overall index, plus there are individual indexes in each volume.  Good for major legislation and cases.  Note publication date.

Constitution:

Founders' Constitution. REF KF 4502 .F68 1987. 5 v. Source documents dealing with broad Constitutional issues (e.g., separation of powers) and with individual sections of the Constitution.  Amendments, starting with Bill of Rights, are in v. 5.

Encyclopedia of the Consitution. REF KF 4548 .E53 1986. 4 v. Articles on cases, concepts and people, most with bibliographical references.  Chronology, glossary and both subject and case indexes in v. 4.

Supreme Court:

U.S. Reports (Supreme Court decisions). 1965- . DOC Ju 6.8: Alphabetical table of cases at the beginning, and cursory index at the end, of each volume.  No overall index.

Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the U.S. REF KF 8742 .A35 O93 1992. Brief articles on people, cases and concepts.  Appendices include information on Justice nomination and succession, and both a case and topical index.

Supreme Court A to Z: a ready reference encyclopedia. REF KF 8742 .A35 1993. Brief articles on court administration and procedure, people, cases and concepts.

Supreme Court Compendium REF KF 8742 .E68 1994. Lists and statistical information on the Court and its impact.

On the World Wide Web

New in the spring of 2000 is the Supreme Court's own web page, which includes calendars, opinions, visitor information, and background information.

Decisions:

Lexis-Nexis. Most comprehensive source for decisions of all courts, plus legal and non-legal periodicals full-text.  Available on-campus only at:  <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe>

FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions (1906-present, volumes 201-present of United States Reports) one of the most comprehensive Supreme Court opinion sites.  URL: <http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/courts/US.html>

Supreme Court Decisions (1937-75) from GPO Access. URL: <http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/supcrt/>

Decisions of the US Supreme Court (1990-present) available through Cornell University URL: <http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/>

Supreme Court and Other Federal Courts available through the University of Chicago URL: <http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/LibInfo/Law/courts.html>

Federal and State Judicial Opinions links organized by Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute URL: <http://www.law.cornell.edu:80/opinions.html>

FedLaw Supreme Court links. Reference site from General Services Administration. URL: <http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal30.htm>

General:

The Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation: annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 29, 1992. (2000) Includes tables of federal, state, and local laws held unconstitutional, overruled Supreme Court decisions, and unratified proposed amendments to the Constitution. URL:  <http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/constitution/index.html >
We also have a paper copy of this work in the Documents Collection:  DOC Y 1.1/2: 14152. 

Constitutional Law Materials.Legal Information Institute (Cornell) URL: <http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/constitutional.html>

FedLaw. URL: <www.legal.gsa.gov/>

FindLaw. URL: <www.findlaw.com/>

Federal Law Sources on the Internet (from Cornell Law School).URL: <www.law.cornell.edu/library/fedlawgd.htm>

Official U.S. Courts Page. URL: <www.uscourts.gov/>

Understanding the Federal Courts. Overview of the system includes hyperlinked glossary, charts, etc. URL: <www.uscourts.gov/understand02/>

U.S. Judicial Branch Resources Library of Congress. URL: <lcweb.loc.gov/global/judiciary.html>

WWW Virtual Library--Law URL: <www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/>

Yahoo Constitutional Law. URL: <www.yahoo.com/Government/Law/Constitutional/>

General Government Sites:

GPO Access.  Government Printing Office site that is becoming a kind of all-purpose government starting point. URL: <http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/>

Thomas.  Library of Congress site that is good starting point for Congressional information. URL: <http://thomas.loc.gov/>

Academic Library Government Information Home Page.  Collection of links to sites dealing with federal, state and international government activity, as well as to user guides and other information on the Documents Collection of the Library.

How to get to this page:

<http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/supreme.htm>

I will leave this page up at this address for at least the rest of this semester (fall, 1997).

My email is kamen@stmarytx.edu, and my on-campus extension is 1312.  Please contact me if you have a question regarding government information or the Blume Library Government Information Home Page.

Kathy Amen
Documents Librarian

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