The Legal Beagle’s favorite book and that of dog lovers everywhere is Every Dog’s Legal Guide: A Must Have Book for Your Owner by Mary Randolph (KF390.5 .D6 R36 2005). His favorite movie is about the crime fighting pooch, Underdog! His current hero is Uno, the beagle who won Best in Show at the...
The William S. Hein & Co., Inc. was an early leader in microfilming official federal government publications from their inception. These publications consisted of primary legal authority such as cases, statutes and agency regulations. Fortunately for the researcher, many of these publications are now easily accessible via HeinOnline.
If you are looking for a statute passed by Congress, you can find it as it was enacted during the Congressional session in the U.S. Statutes at Large library. There are options to browse by the statute’s popular name or its Public Law number. You can also find the statute as codified in the U.S. Code library. There is complete coverage of the U.S. Code dating back to 1925 – 1926. To locate debate in the House or Senate about a statute, check out the U.S. Congressional Documents library to find floor debate published in the Congressional Record or one of its three predecessor titles. Coverage of floor debate dates back to 1798!
In the U.S. Supreme Court Library are U.S. Supreme Court cases published in the official U.S. Reports as well as books and periodicals related to the Supreme Court.
If you are researching a federal agency’s rules or even its proposed ones, the Federal Register Library offers access to the daily Federal Register issues and the annual Code of Federal Regulations (also in its own separate HeinOnline library). If you need to locate an agency’s decision that is unavailable online, try searching the U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals library.
The U.S. Presidential Library is a treasure trove of Presidential signing statements, Executive Orders, State of the Union and Inaugural addresses, and speeches. If you like Presidential history, there are numerous publications to satisfy!