RESEARCH GUIDES

• Print:
  • Pennsylvania Legal Research (Barbara J. Busharis, Bonny L. Tavares) KFP 75 .B87 2007
  • Pennsylvania Legal Research Handbook (2d ed.) (Frank Y. Liu, Joel Fishman) KF241 .C64 L58 2008 Electronic
    
  • Pennsylvania State Documents: A Bibliography of Legal and Law-Related Material (Joel Fishman)
  • • Print: KFP75 .F5 2011
    • Online: HeinOnline
      
• Internet: Pennsylvania Legal Research (University of Pittsburgh Law Library)
  

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Lexis: PACNST
• Internet:
  • Pennsylvania Constitution (Pennsylvania General Assembly)
  • Pennsylvania Constitution Web Page (Duquesne University School of Law)

Statutes/Code

• Print:
  • Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (official, 1975 - ) KFP30 1975 .A25
  • Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes, Annotated (unofficial, 1930 - ) KFP30 1930 .A4
    
• Electronic:
• • Westlaw: PA-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: PA- Pennsylvania Code, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
  • Internet: Unofficial Purdon's Pennsylvania Statues from West

Legislative History

• Session Laws:
  • HeinOnline (1700 - )
  • Rutgers School of Law (1682 - 1999)
  • LLMC Digital (1848 - 2005) (Search by state in database)
  • Westlaw: PA-LEGIS (Current) & PA-LEGIS-OLD (1988 - 2008)
  • Lexis: Pensylvania Legislative Archive (1991 - )
    
• Pennsylvania: Compiling a Legislative History (Widener University Law Library)

Legislature

• Pennsylvania Bill Information (Pennsylvania General Assembly, includes bill text and bill histories, 1971 - )
• Pennsylvania General Assembly Home Page
  • House of Representatives Home Page
  • Senate Home Page

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Pennsylvania Administrative Code:
  • Print: KFP 35 1970 .A23 (1970 - 2008. Subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic:
    • Westlaw: PA-ADC
    • Lexis: PA - Pennsylvania Administrative Code
      
  • Internet: Pennsylvania code
• Pennsylvania Bulletin:
  • Westlaw: PA-ADR-OLD (2002 - 2010)
  • Lexis:  PA - Pennsylvania Bulletin (1994 - )
  • Internet: Pennsylvania Bulletin (1996 - )

Agencies

• Governor's Home Page
  • Executive Orders (1970- )
• Attorney General Opinions:
  • LLMC Digital (1887 - 1976) (Search by state in database)
  • Lexis:  PA- Attorney General Opinions (1971 - )
• State Agencies

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • Atlantic Reporter (1st Series) KF135 .A7 (1886 - 1938)
  • Atlantic reporter. Second series KF135 .A712 (1938 - 1988)
  • West's Atlantic reporter. Second series KF135 .A712 (1939 - 2010)
  • West's Atlantic reporter. Third series KF135. A712 (2010 - 2012; Library cancelled subscription)
    
  • Pennsylvania state reports, KFP45 .A2 (1845 - )
    Note that Pennsylvania has a series of legal reporters for each county called "side reports."
    
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: PA-CS (state cases) & PA-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
    
  • Lexis: PA - State Cases, Combined (state cases) & PA - Federal & State Cases, Combined (state and federal cases)
• Internet: Pennsylvania Court Opinions (Supreme Court, 11/1996 - ; Superior Court, 12/1997 - ; Commonwealth Court, 1997- )

Courts

• Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System
• Pennsylvania Court Rules (Jenkins Law Library)
• Pennsylvania Local Court Rules
• Short History of Pennsylvania's Courts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Pennsylvania Local Government
• Municipal codes (selected):
  • E-code: Pennsylvania
  • Municode: Pennsylvania
  • Municipal Codes (Widener Law Library)

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Legal Intelligencer
  • Microformat: KFP52.P48 P48 Micro (1987-1993)
    
    
• Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly
  • Print: K16 .E47 (1929 - 2003. Subscription cancelled).
  • Microformat: K16 .E47 Micro (1929 - )
  • Westlaw: PABAQ (Selected articles, 1986 - )
  • Lexis: PABAQ (1994 - )
    
• Pennsylvania Law Weekly
  • Print: K16 .E491 (1994 - 2008. Subscription cancelled)
  • Microformat: K16 .E486 Micro (1992-1994)

ETHICS

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Institute (continuing legal education arm of the Pennsylvania Bar Association)
• Rules of Professional Conduct and Ethics
• Westlaw: PAETH-CS (Pennsylvania Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility Cases) & PAETH-EO ( Pennsylvania Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility - Ethics Opinions, full coverage 1990 - December 2007)
• Lexis: PACTS (Ethics cases) & PAETH ( Pennsylvania State Case Law and Ethics Opinions)

GENERAL

• Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia
  • Print: KFP65 .P4 1998 (2nd ed., 1998 - 2010. Subscription cancelled)
  • Lexis: PLE
    
• Summary of Pennsylvania Jurisprudence 2d
  • Print: KFP65 .S86 2d
  • Westlaw: PAJUR
    
• Print: Pennsylvania Keystone: Lawyer's Desk Library of Practice (1964 - ), KFP77 .L38
  
• Westlaw: West's Pennsylvania Practice Series TM PAPRAC
  
• Internet:
  • PA Legal Materials (Villanova University Law Library)
  • Pennsylvania Law (University of Pittsburgh Law Library)
  • Pennsylvania Resources (Widener University Law Library)
  • FindLaw: Pennsylvania
  • Law Library of Congress: Pennsylvania
  • Legal Information Institute: Pennsylvania
  • Tax Forms (From the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue)