Recommended Internet Sources: Law and Government

Primary Sources U.S. Census Bureau site that provides statistics for population, housing, industry, and business.

Primary Sources Publications of the U.S. Congress. The Congressional Record, bills, public and private laws, roll call votes, and schedules of both houses.

Primary Sources PDF files of recent (2004-present) cases, opinions, orders, etc. PDF files of the Journal from 1993 to present. Also biographies of current justices.

Up to date country profiles with geography, people, government, communications, transportation, military economy, transnational issues, maps, and flags.

Resources and links for both state and federal laws including resources pertaining to constitutions, statutes, codes and cases

Constitutions, U.S. code, Supreme and State court opinions, law events in the news. Special section called “Law About” that indexes content into a subject tree – very useful for paper topic help.

Primary Sources An immense resource. Maps, documents, statistics, laws, current events, archives. Listings of New York missions of the member states. Information on peace and security, climate change, sustainability, development, human rights, international law, economics and business

18 volumes George Washington to Woodrow Wilson downloadable in e-book formats.

Primary Sources Digital files on people and events, including but not limited to Anti-War Protests, Civil Rights, Organized Crime, Political Events and Figures, Popular Culture, Public Corruption, Supreme Court, and World War II

Use the large statistical categories found at the top of the page (people, business, geography, data)to start searching for specific data sets.