Alabama Resources
This State Guide lists the major sources of law in this state.
RESEARCH GUIDES
- Print:
- Legal Research in Alabama : How to Find and Understand the Law in Alabama (Gary Orlando Lewis) KFA75 .L51 2001
- Alabama Law Bibliography (George D. Schrader) KFA75 .S35 1989
STATUTES & LEGISLATION
Constitution
- Lexis: AL - Alabama Constitution
- Internet:
- The Constitution of the State of Alabama
- Historical Constitutions (1819, 1861, 1865, 1868, 1875, 1901)
Statutes & Code
- Print: Code of Alabama (official) KFA30 1975 .A24 (Print subscription cancelled in 2011).
- Electronic:
- Internet: Code of Alabama (Alabama Legislature)
Legislative History
- Session Laws:
- LLMC Digital (1888 - 2008)
- HeinOnline (1818 - , including the Territory of Alabama)
- Lexis: Alabama Legislative Bill History (2006 - )
- Alabama Legislative Information System (index of legislation and enrolled acts, 2000 to present; also includes links to committee schedules and some committee reports, and audio from floor debates)
Legislature
- Alabama State Legislature:
- History of the Constitutional Convention of 1901 (including proceedings, enabling instrument, etc.)
- Legislative Process (Alabama State Legislature)
- Alabama Legislative History (Alabama State Legislature)
REGULATIONS & AGENCIES
Regulations
- Print: Alabama Administrative Code KFA35 1984 .A2 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated in 2008)
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: AL-ADC
- Lexis: Alabama Administrative Code
- Internet:
- Alabama Administrative Code (unofficial)
- Alabama Administrative Monthly ( 2007 - )
Agencies
- Governor's Office :
- Executive Orders (current governor)
- Archived Executive Orders (1943 - 2009)
- Alabama State Agencies
- Attorney General Opinions:
- LLMC Digital (1906 - 1955)
- HeinOnline (1980 - most recently published volume)
- Lexis: AL Attorney General Opinions (1952 - )
- Internet (1979 - )
CASES & COURTS
Cases
- Print:
- Southern reporter (1st series, 1887 - 1941) KF135 .S8
- Southern reporter. Second series (1941 - 1988) KF135 .S812
- West's Southern reporter. Second series (1988 - 2009) KF135 .S812
- West's Southern reporter. Third series (2009 - ) KF135 .S814 (Print subscription cancelled in 2012).
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: AL-CS (state cases) & AL-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
- Lexis: AL State Cases, Combined (state cases) & AL Federal & State Cases, Combined (state and federal cases)
- LLMC Digital Supreme Court Reports (1840 - 1924)
- LLMC Digital Appellate Court Reports (1910 - 1917)
- Internet: Findlaw (unofficial, January 1997- )
Courts
- Judicial System :
- Alabama's Legal Information Center (Alalinc) (Subscription based service for Appellate Court Opinions; not available through GU Law Library)
- Alabama Rules of Court
- Alabama Rules Changes
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Alabama City Web Sites
- Alabama County Web Sites
- Municipal codes (select): Municode: Alabama
STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS
- Alabama Law Review
- Print: K1 .L23 (Subscription: 1948 - 2010)
- Electronic versions (1948 - )
- Internet: Archived issues (1996 - )
- Alabama Lawyer:
- Electronic versions (1940 - )
- Internet: Previous issues (2006 - )
ETHICS
- Alabama State Bar
- Ethics Opinions (1981 - )
GENERAL
- Print: There is no general legal encyclopedia available for Alabama.
- Internet:
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