RESEARCH GUIDES

• Terrye Conroy, Stacy Etheredge & David Lehmann, State Document Bibliography: South Carolina (2009) KFS 1801 .C66

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Constitution
• Historic versions

Statutes/Code

• Print: Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976 Annotated, KFS1830 1976 .A2
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw:
    • SC-ST-ANN (online version of Baldwin's)
  • Lexis:
    • Legal > States Legal - U.S. > South Carolina > Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > SC - Code of Laws of South Carolina Annotated, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS (online version of Page's).
• Internet:
  • State Statutes

Legislative History

• Session Laws: HeinOnline (1694 - Current)
• South Carolina Legislature Online (Includes House and Senate directory information, current and historic legislative information, the legislative manual, current events information, and links to South Carolina legal research materials)

Legislature

• South Carolina Senate
• South Carolina House of Representatives

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976 Annotated, KFS1830 1976 .A2 (regulations appear in volumes 23-27)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw:
    • SC-ADC
  • Lexis:
    • Legal > States Legal - U.S. > South Carolina > Find Statutes, Regulations, Administrative Materials & Court Rules > SC - South Carolina Code of Laws, Regulations
• Internet:
  • State Code of Regulations
  • State Register (1997-2009; Issues from 2009 to the present are available only by subscription)

Agencies

• Governor's Office
• Executive Orders (2003 - Current)
• State Agencies and Boards
• Office of the Attorney General,
  Opinions available on HeinOnline
  
• Administrative Law Judge Decisions

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • The Southeastern Reporter (1st series,1887-1939 ), KF135 .S6
  • West's South Eastern Reporter (2nd series, 1939 - Current), KF135 .S612
  • South Carolina Reports, (1984 - Current) KFS1845 .A2
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw:
    • SC-CS (state cases)
    • SC-CS-ALL (state & federal cases)
  • Lexis:
    • Legal > States Legal - U.S. > South Carolina > Find Cases > SC State Cases, Combined (state cases)
    • Legal > States Legal - U.S. > South Carolina > Find Cases > SC Federal & State Cases, Combined (state & federal cases)
• Internet:
  • Opinions of the Supreme Court of South Carolina (1997 - Current)
  • Opinions of the Court of Appeals of South Carolina (1997 - Current)

Courts

• South Carolina Judicial Department
• Supreme Court of South Carolina
• Court Register (includes rules of professional conduct)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Cities & Towns
• Counties
• Municipal Association of South Carolina
• South Carolina Association of Counties
• South Carolina Municipal Codes
  • From MuniCode

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Print: South Carolina Law Review K23 .O73 (1962 - Current)
  • Journal Home Page
• Electronic:
  • HeinOnline (1948 - Current; title varies: Vols. 1-14 (1948-1962) as South Carolina Law Quarterly)
  • Lexis (1993 - Current)
  • Westlaw: (selected coverage begins with 1983 & full coverage begins with 1993 - Current)

GENERAL

• Print:
  • South Carolina Jurisprudence, KFS1865 .S68
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: SC-JUR
  • Lexis: not available
• Internet:
  • South Carolina State Library
  • University of South Carolina. Coleman Karesh Law Library
  • South Carolina Bar
  • Ethics Opinions (1958 - Current)
  • FindLaw: South Carolina
  • Law Library of Congress: South Carolina
  • Legal Information Institute: South Carolina
  • Tax Forms
  • South Carolina Lawyers' Weekly
  • South Carolina Historical Documents
  • South Carolina Department of Archives and History

Updated 7/2012 (MK)