Law Collection

The Law Collection is the primary legal resource for the Legislature, courts and Arizona state agencies with historical collections of Arizona's legislative bills, journals, session laws, statutes, codes, judicial rules and Attorney General opinions.   A major strength of this collection is the gathering of statutes and decisions from all states of the United States.  Law titles and subjects may be located in the Library and Archives' online catalog.   For more information about the collection, the location of specific sets and other legal resources available, please select one of the following or contact us:

• Collections:
• Arizona Law
• Other States
• Federal Legal
• Foreign
• Legal Periodicals
• Databases
  Workstations in the library provide access to premium databases such as:
• Westlaw® Patron Access limited to ONE user at a time
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• Hein Online
• LexisNexis® Congressional
• LexisNexis® State Capital
• See also:   Legal and Regulatory Resources on the Web
• Digests:
• Decennial digests
• Federal Practice Digest
• United States Supreme Court Digest
• West's Arizona Digest
• Documents Leading to Statehood
• Encyclopedias:
• American Jurisprudence (AmJur)
• Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS)
• Guide to Arizona Legislative History at Arizona's Capitol
• Guide to Patents
• Reference materials:
• American Law Reports (ALR)
• Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Reporters:
• Atlantic 2d, 3d Series
• Federal Reporter 2d, 3d Series
• Federal Supplement
• Northeastern 2d, 3d Series
• Northwestern 2d, 3d Series
• Pacific 2d, 3d Series
• Southeastern 2d, 3d Series
• Southern 2d, 3d Series
• Southwestern 2d, 3d Series
• United States Reports
• Treatises/texts including:
• National Consumer Law Center series
• Nutshell series
• Restatements

Arizona
The collection includes current and historical annotated codes, official statutes, regulations and bills as well as session laws, attorney general's opinions, court cases and treatises.   This collection is located on the 3nd Floor.

Other States
This collection includes statutes and official court cases.

• Alabama - New Hampshire:   2nd Floor
• New Jersey - Wyoming:   2nd Floor - Mezzanine
• regional reporters:    3rd Floor - Mezzanine
• Atlantic 2d, 3d Series
• Northeastern 2d, 3d Series
• Northwestern 2d, 3d Series
• Pacific 2d, 3d Series
• Southeastern 2d, 3d Series
• Southern 2d, 3d Series
• Southwestern 2d, 3d Series

Federal Legal
This collection includes statutes, regulations, court cases and digests.   These materials are located on the 2nd Floor, the 2nd Floor Mezzanine and on the 3rd Floor.   Select one of following to determine the location of a specific resource:

• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
• Congressional Record (CR)
• Court of Claims Decisions
• Federal Agency Decisions
• Federal Practice Digest
• Federal Register (FR)   See also:   Federal Register (1994-2008)
• Federal Reporter 2d, 3d Series
• Federal Rules Decisions
• Federal Supplement
• Supreme Court Decisions-Lawyers Edition
• Supreme Court Reporter
• United States Code (USC)
• United States Reports
• United States Supreme Court Digest
• United States Statutes at Large   See also:   Statutes at Large (2003-2006)

Legal Periodicals
This collection of legal periodicals includes general law reviews published by law schools in the state and throughout the country.   Most titles are journals available in print, but some are on microfiche.   The Current Law Index and Index to Legal Periodocals & Books can be found on the 2nd floor.   Legal periodicals in print are located on the 3rd Floor - Mezzanine.   Legal periodicals on microfiche must be retrieved from closed stacks.   Please ask at the Law Reference Desk.  Also check Hein Online for full-text articles.

Contact Information
The Law Collection is located in the Law and Research Library in the 1938 Addition to Arizona's Capitol and is available during the Library's business hours.   The Reference Desk is located on the third floor in Suite 300.   The mailing address is:

Law Collection
Law and Research Library Division
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
1700 W. Washington
Phoenix, AZ  85007-2812

Phone:  (602) 926-3948
or (800) 228-4710 (Arizona only-Ask for the Law Reference Desk)
E-mail:  sll@lib.az.us

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Updated:  10/02/2009