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This page compiles links for legal research online with emphasis on primary sources and authorities.

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Teach Political Analysis

Theory & Concepts:
The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6th Edition. Classic introductory text, clear writing, helps students learn, great ancillaries. More info.

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How to Group, Ungroup, and Remove PivotTable Rows
Useful for making comparisons with interval-level independent variable (3:23).

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Excel Pivot Tables Explained
Leila Gharani uses PivotTables to summarize sales data by other variables, like sales by product (13:21).

10th Cir. Opinions: Search and read opinions 1995 to present. .
11th Cir. Opinions: Published opinions online. .
1st Cir. Published Opinions: From court web, searchable. .

5th Cir. Opinions: Federal Appeals Court, covers 1992 to present. .

7th Cir. Opinions and Oral Arguments: Search Federal Appeals Court records. .

8th Cir. Opinions Search: Federal Appeals Court. .

9th Cir. Opinions: Federal Appeals Court. .

BlawgSearch.com: Directory of law-oriented blogs, search subjects, schools, states, popularity. .

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): From FindLaw. .
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): From Cornell LII. .

D.C. Cir. Opinions: Federal Appeals Court. .
Decisions by 2nd Cir.: Recent Fed. Appellate Court opinions and orders. .
Directory of All FindLaw Topics: .

Federal Court Locator: Find all court sites, probation, pretrial services offices based on your address. .
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: From Cornell LII. .

Find Cases and Codes: From FindLaw. .

FindLaw 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Blog: Opinion Summaries Blog. .

FindLaw Case Summaries Search and Directory: Searchable, topical archive of published opinions issued since 2000 by the U.S. Supreme Court, all thirteen U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, and select state supreme and appellate courts. .

FindLaw U.S. Supreme Court Blog: Opinion Summaries Blog. .

Georgia Bar Journal: From State Bar of Georgia. .

Georgia Legal Ethics Materials: From Cornell LII. .

Georgia Legislative Search: From the Georgia General Assembly. .

georgia.gov: Online access to Georgia government. .

Guide to Law Online: From the Law Library of Congress. .

Justia: Law & Legal Information for Lawyers, Students, Business and the Public. .

Law by source: U.S. States: From Cornell LII. .

Law Library of Congress: From the U.S. Library of Congress. .

Law News from ABA Journal: .

LawGuru.com: Free Legal Advice: Legal Questions, Answers and Research on LawGuru.com .

Learn About the Law: Starting place for legal information from FindLaw. .

Legal Articles By Subject Area: From HG.org. .

Legal Blogs Directory from Justia: Expansive directory, many academic blogs listed. .

Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School: Legal information organized by topic and source from Cornell Law School. .

Legal Resources by Subject: Compiled by Washburn Law School .

Library of Congress (Thomas), The: Source for federal legislative information., provides several options for finding legis. info. from 1973 to the present. .

LII: Supreme Court Collection: Full text archive from Cornell LII. .

National Archives and Records Administration: Main page. .

Oyez Project, The: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia. .

Rules of Court of Appeals of Georgia: .

SCOTUSblog: Maintained by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Supreme Court Practice Group. .

Search 3d Cir. Opinions Archive: Federal Appeals Court. .

SSRN Social Sciences Network: An open-access online preprint community providing valuable services to leading academic schools and government institutions. .

State Bar of Georgia Web Site: .

State Court Materials by Jurisdiction: From Cornell LII. .

State Laws Listed by State: From Cornell LII. .

State Legal Resources for the United States: Compiled by Washburn Law School .

Supreme Court Database, The: Definitive database for those interested in the U.S. Supreme Court. .

Supreme Court of Georgia: .

U.S. Code: Indexed, searchable USC from Cornell Legal Information Institute. .

U.S. Code: From the Law Revision Counsel. .

U.S. Constitution: From Cornell LII. .

U.S. Supreme Court Opinions: From FindLaw. .

Wex: Collaboratively built, freely available legal dictionary and encyclopedia from Cornell LII. .

10th Cir. Opinions: Search and read opinions 1995 to present. .
11th Cir. Opinions: Published opinions online. .
1st Cir. Published Opinions: From court web, searchable. .

5th Cir. Opinions: Federal Appeals Court, covers 1992 to present. .

7th Cir. Opinions and Oral Arguments: Search Federal Appeals Court records. .

8th Cir. Opinions Search: Federal Appeals Court. .

9th Cir. Opinions: Federal Appeals Court. .

BlawgSearch.com: Directory of law-oriented blogs, search subjects, schools, states, popularity. .

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): From FindLaw. .
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): From Cornell LII. .

D.C. Cir. Opinions: Federal Appeals Court. .
Decisions by 2nd Cir.: Recent Fed. Appellate Court opinions and orders. .
Directory of All FindLaw Topics: .

Federal Court Locator: Find all court sites, probation, pretrial services offices based on your address. .
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: From Cornell LII. .
Find Cases and Codes: From FindLaw. .
FindLaw 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Blog: Opinion Summaries Blog. .
FindLaw Case Summaries Search and Directory: Searchable, topical archive of published opinions issued since 2000 by the U.S. Supreme Court, all thirteen U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, and select state supreme and appellate courts. .
FindLaw U.S. Supreme Court Blog: Opinion Summaries Blog. .

Georgia Bar Journal: From State Bar of Georgia. .
Georgia Legal Ethics Materials: From Cornell LII. .
Georgia Legislative Search: From the Georgia General Assembly. .
georgia.gov: Online access to Georgia government. .
Guide to Law Online: From the Law Library of Congress. .

Justia: Law & Legal Information for Lawyers, Students, Business and the Public. .

Law by source: U.S. States: From Cornell LII. .

Law Library of Congress: From the U.S. Library of Congress. .

Law News from ABA Journal: .

LawGuru.com: Free Legal Advice: Legal Questions, Answers and Research on LawGuru.com .

Learn About the Law: Starting place for legal information from FindLaw. .

Legal Articles By Subject Area: From HG.org. .

Legal Blogs Directory from Justia: Expansive directory, many academic blogs listed. .

Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School: Legal information organized by topic and source from Cornell Law School. .

Legal Resources by Subject: Compiled by Washburn Law School .

Library of Congress (Thomas), The: Source for federal legislative information., provides several options for finding legis. info. from 1973 to the present. .

LII: Supreme Court Collection: Full text archive from Cornell LII. .

National Archives and Records Administration: Main page. .

Oyez Project, The: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia. .

Rules of Court of Appeals of Georgia: .

SCOTUSblog: Maintained by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Supreme Court Practice Group. .

Search 3d Cir. Opinions Archive: Federal Appeals Court. .

SSRN Social Sciences Network: An open-access online preprint community providing valuable services to leading academic schools and government institutions. .

State Bar of Georgia Web Site: .

State Court Materials by Jurisdiction: From Cornell LII. .

State Laws Listed by State: From Cornell LII. .

State Legal Resources for the United States: Compiled by Washburn Law School .

Supreme Court Database, The: Definitive database for those interested in the U.S. Supreme Court. .

Supreme Court of Georgia: .

U.S. Code: Indexed, searchable USC from Cornell Legal Information Institute. .

U.S. Code: From the Law Revision Counsel. .

U.S. Constitution: From Cornell LII. .

U.S. Supreme Court Opinions: From FindLaw. .

Wex: Collaboratively built, freely available legal dictionary and encyclopedia from Cornell LII. .

10th Cir. Opinions: Search and read opinions 1995 to present. .

11th Cir. Opinions: Published opinions online. .

1st Cir. Published Opinions: From court web, searchable. .

5th Cir. Opinions: Federal Appeals Court, covers 1992 to present. .

7th Cir. Opinions and Oral Arguments: Search Federal Appeals Court records. .

8th Cir. Opinions Search: Federal Appeals Court. .

9th Cir. Opinions: Federal Appeals Court. .

BlawgSearch.com: Directory of law-oriented blogs, search subjects, schools, states, popularity. .

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): From FindLaw. .

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): From Cornell LII. .

D.C. Cir. Opinions: Federal Appeals Court. .

Decisions by 2nd Cir.: Recent Fed. Appellate Court opinions and orders. .

Directory of All FindLaw Topics: .

Federal Court Locator: Find all court sites, probation, pretrial services offices based on your address. .

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: From Cornell LII. .

Find Cases and Codes: From FindLaw. .

FindLaw 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Blog: Opinion Summaries Blog. .

FindLaw U.S. Supreme Court Blog: Opinion Summaries Blog. .

Georgia Bar Journal: From State Bar of Georgia. .

Georgia Legal Ethics Materials: From Cornell LII. .

Georgia Legislative Search: From the Georgia General Assembly. .

georgia.gov: Online access to Georgia government. .

Guide to Law Online: From the Law Library of Congress. .

Justia: Law & Legal Information for Lawyers, Students, Business and the Public. .

Law by source: U.S. States: From Cornell LII. .

Law Library of Congress: From the U.S. Library of Congress. .

Law News from ABA Journal: .

LawGuru.com: Free Legal Advice: Legal Questions, Answers and Research on LawGuru.com .

Learn About the Law: Starting place for legal information from FindLaw. .

Legal Articles By Subject Area: From HG.org. .

Legal Blogs Directory from Justia: Expansive directory, many academic blogs listed. .

Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School: Legal information organized by topic and source from Cornell Law School. .

Legal Resources by Subject: Compiled by Washburn Law School .

Library of Congress (Thomas), The: Source for federal legislative information., provides several options for finding legis. info. from 1973 to the present. .

LII: Supreme Court Collection: Full text archive from Cornell LII. .

National Archives and Records Administration: Main page. .

Oyez Project, The: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia. .

Rules of Court of Appeals of Georgia: .

SCOTUSblog: Maintained by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Supreme Court Practice Group. .

Search 3d Cir. Opinions Archive: Federal Appeals Court. .

SSRN Social Sciences Network: An open-access online preprint community providing valuable services to leading academic schools and government institutions. .

State Bar of Georgia Web Site: .

State Court Materials by Jurisdiction: From Cornell LII. .

State Laws Listed by State: From Cornell LII. .

State Legal Resources for the United States: Compiled by Washburn Law School .

Supreme Court Database, The: Definitive database for those interested in the U.S. Supreme Court. .

Supreme Court of Georgia: .

U.S. Code: Indexed, searchable USC from Cornell Legal Information Institute. .

U.S. Code: From the Law Revision Counsel. .

U.S. Constitution: From Cornell LII. .

U.S. Supreme Court Opinions: From FindLaw. .

Wex: Collaboratively built, freely available legal dictionary and encyclopedia from Cornell LII. .