Research Guides: Law & Criminal Justice: Law Resources

Below are a selection of freely available online law resources.

Supreme Court of the United States

This is the Court's official Web site. Note that the opinions from previous years are available under "Bound Volumes" (U.S. Reports).
Landmark cases of the United States Supreme Court

This site, funded by Supreme Court Historical Society, presents overview, background and decisions of selected cases. The "For teachers" section includes information and questions providing useful context for students as well.
Oyez: Supreme Court Media

This site aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. The Project also provides authoritative information on all justices and offers a virtual reality 'tour' of portions of the Supreme Court building, including the chambers of some of the justices.
Justia.com: U.S. Supreme Court Center
CourtListener

The site has daily information regarding all precedential opinions issued by the 13 federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court of the United States. In additon, therea are also the non-precedential opinions from all of the Circuit courts except the D.C. Circuit.

How our laws are made

"This brochure is intended to provide a basic outline of the numerous steps of our federal lawmaking process from the source of an idea for a legislative proposal through its publication as a statute. The legislative process is a matter about which every person should be well informed in order to understand and appreciate the work of Congress. (from the "Introduction")
Annotated U.S. Constitution (Cornell University)

This edition is a hypertext interpretation of the CRS (Congressional Research Service) text. It links to Supreme Court opinions, the U.S. Code, and the Code of Federal Regulations.