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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873

From the Library of Congress, American Memory.

Avalon Project - The Statutes of the United States

Caselaw Access Project - United States

The Caselaw Access Project (“CAP”) expands public access to U.S. law. The goal is to make all published U.S. court decisions freely available to the public online, in a consistent format, digitized from the collection of the Harvard Law School Library.

Constitutions, Statutes, and Codes | LII / Legal Information Institute

From the Cornell Law School.

Law Library of Congress

Major United States Laws Relating to Immigration and Naturalization: 1790–2005

From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Office of the Law Revision Counsel - United States Code

State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations: Websites / Telephone Numbers

From the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.

Statutes at Large | Law Library of Congress

The United States Statutes at Large is the collection of laws passed by the United States Congress, in chronological order.

The Advancing Genealogist - Law: Special Topics

Links to publications on special topics in the law, such as marriage, divorce, property law, and others.

The Law of Real Property and Deeds (Hathi Trust)

Full text of Volumes 1-3 by Robert T. Devlin.

U.S. Colonial Laws - LibGuides at Bowling Green State University

A guide that lists sources of laws for the original thirteen colonies.

United States Statutes at Large

The United States Statutes at Large, typically referred to as the Statutes at Large, is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress. The Statutes at Large is prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) .