see also Constitution, Legal Resources, Courts, Foreign, and International

How our laws are made - {from Thomas}

Constitutions and other important legal documents:

Check the TIGER catalog for various editions of and comentatires on the U.S. and Colorado Constitutions

• Core documents of U.S. democracy for many early Federal legal documents like the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
• U.S. Constitution
• Facsimilies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States
• Listen to them at Americana Phonic (Declartion of Independence, Constitution, and Aritcles of Confederation) and U.S. Historical Documents (Constitution and Amendments to the Constitution of the U.S., Aritcles of Confederation, and the Declartion of Independence)

General

• Internet Law Library - laws at all levels of government (Federal, State, Foreign, etc.) and codes on left of page

• Offical Hearing on Secret Laws - laws that citizens and even Congress do not know about or are forbidden from seeing; a recent Senate hearing examines how these "laws" become law and why they are 'repugnant' and 'an abomination;' hearing with links to written testimony and a video of hearing, April 30, 2008. A brief overview of the hearing entitled Secret Law Debated in Senate Hearing by Steven Aftergood with links his and others' to testimony, Secrecy News, April 30, 2008.

• Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet

Federal Laws and Statutes

Statutes at Large (a compilation of all Public Laws) Docs Stacks AE 2.111:

GPO Access includes database for

• Public Laws, 1995+ - laws signed by the President
• Congressional Bills, 1993+ - all published versions of bills for the current congress

CC users use the A-z database list for Congressional Universe for laws and bills as well as hearings regarding those laws/bills, legislative histories, bill tracking, Public Laws and Statutes at Large

Federal Regulations

• U.S. Code Docs Stacks shelved with the AEs
• U.S. Code (GPO Access) and * U.S. Code (House of Representatives)

• Code of Federal Regulations Docs Stacks shelved with the AEs
• Code of Federal Regulations

• Federal Register (GPO Access) -The Federal Register is published every day of the week, excluding weekends and holidays. The Register contains an assortment of notices, proposed rules, final rules, requests for information and presidential documents.
• Federal Register 2.0 - very user friendly but NOT the official site; see current edition or search by topics  

• Federal Register at http://govpulse.us/ - current day's entries listed first by agency, see maps for mentioned locations; or navigate to any date by clicking on the calendar or enter date in box for recent months

• CC users use the A-z database list for Academic Universe Lexis-Nexis Legal Research for Federal regulations, agency opinions & US Attorney General Opinions

• Regulations.gov - is the one stop for federal regulations

State

Colorado Directories

• Colorado Legislative Director - state senators, representatives and committees
• Quick Guide to Co. Legislative Info. - current and past bills in Colorado

Sate Laws and Statutes

• State Constitutions - also state web sites
• Colorado General Assembly - current bill information, session laws, ballot issues and capitol building tour
• Laws Passed at the Session of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado 1st Floor North-Reference FC1825.A226
• Session Laws of Colorado - 1993+

State Regulations

• Colorado Revised Statutes 1st Floor North-Reference KFC1830 2002 .A2
• Colorado Revised Statutes
• FindLaw - state and municiple codes