LexisNexis® Academic Legal Research
Legal Research
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- Law review articles from over 500 publications
- Legal news from more than 300 legal newspapers, magazines and newsletters
- U.S. Supreme Court decisions from January 1790 to present, searchable by majority opinion, minority opinion, concurring opinion, counsel or headnotes
- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decisions
- U.S. District Court decisions from 1789 to present
- Decisions from Bankruptcy Courts; U.S. Court of International Trade; Tax Courts; Courts of Customs and Patent Appeals; and Veterans, Commerce, and Military Courts
- State court decisions at all court levels for all 50 states and territories
- All federal laws from 1988 to the present
- Federal regulations: Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Attorney General Opinions, and Federal Acquisition Regulations and Supplements
- Codes for all 50 states and territories, plus constitutions, court rules and Attorneys General opinions
- Legal reference materials such as American Jurisprudence, Second Edition; Ballentine's Law Dictionary; and Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations
- The IRS Bulletin, IRS regulations, ABA Tax Lawyer, AICPA Tax Adviser, and more
- Patents from 1971 forward, searchable by keyword, patent number, classification number, lawyer, assignee, inventor or summary
- Canadian law journals, court cases from 1876, and legislation from 1988
- European Union law from the CELEX database and international case law from a number of other countries
- Law school directories, including the Martindale-Hubbell® Law School Directory and NALP National Directory of Law Schools
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