Case Law, Legislative Law, and Statutory Law resources
GENERAL AND CASE LAW RESOURCES
Constitution Annotated
The Constitution Annotated provides a comprehensive overview of how the Constitution has been interpreted over time in the courts.
FindLaw
FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business, is the pioneer and leader in online legal information and services for lawyers, businesses, and individuals.
Cornell Legal Information Institute
Cornell University Legal Information provides resources for people to access the law online for free, materials to understand the law, and explores new technologies to make it easier for people to find the law. Under Get the Law, explore Constitution, Supreme Court, US Code, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Federal Rules, State Laws, State Statues, Uniform Commercial Code, Uniform Laws, and World Law resources.
Justia.com
Justia "provides free access to primary legal materials, including case law, codes and regulations, court opinions/orders, and legal articles/blogs...Podcasts from law schools, news agencies, legal firms, and others sources are available." [Choice, Dec 2013].
Google Scholar allows for you to search both law journals and case law. For case law research:
Select Case Law button to search Federal or State Courts. For a list of all courts, click on Select Courts for expanded options for all State and Federal courts, including Supreme Court and Appellate court cases.
TEXAS STATUTES & CODES
Attorney General of Texas
The Office of the Attorney General serves as legal counsel to all boards and agencies of state government, issues legal opinions when requested by the Governor, heads of state agencies and other officials and agencies as provided by Texas statutes, sits as an ex-officio member of state committees and commissions, and defends challenges to state laws and suits against both state agencies and individual employees of the State.
Code of Ordinances: Houston, TX
City Charter defines powers given to City government and how Houston government is structured. The Code of Ordinances is a compilation of laws adopted by City Council. This cited is hosted for the City of Houston by Municode.
Code of Ordinances: Other cities in Texas
The Code of Ordinances link above is a compilation of laws adopted by other cities in Texas. This cited is hosted by Municode.
Guide to Law Online: U.S. Texas : Library of Congress
Information from the Law Library of Congress related to Texas.
Texas Courts Online
Texas Courts Online (TCO) is the portal to Texas Judicial pages.
Texas Register
Includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and more.
U.S. STATUTES, CODES, & LEGISLATIVE LAW
U.S. Codes
The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. Two ways to search using the US House of Representatives Office of Law Revision Counsel: uscode.house.gov or GovInfo collection of the US Code.
Congress.gov
Congress.gov offers databases to current and past legislation, congressional records from hearings and committees, as well as current and past congressional members.
Houston Area and Texas State Law Libraries
Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library
Public law Library for Harris County located in Downtown Houston that provides public access for legal research databases, books, and more for both in person and online research.
Public law library for Texas located in Austin, TX that serves the citizens of the state, government agencies, and other branches of Texas government. Offers some remote access to legal resources as well as legal research help.