LibGuides: Hist 395: Indian Citizenship Act: Federal Judicial Branch

Federal Legal Resources

State Agencies

State Government Information (Library of Congress)
Links for the 50 states, Most will have a link or tab or whatever directing you to state agencies, but you may find just searching the main state website will give you what you need (best, of course, to do both but then you have to know what specific agencies to search;-)

This is actually the same source as above somehere...

Locating State Laws and Judicial Activity

BillTrack50
"We provide a simple search tool for state and federal legislation and regulations and assemble your results into a spreadsheet-style grid for you to view and enjoy." Also has a regulation tracking tool,
Free with account registration.
LegiScan
Registration with free account provides basic access. Tracks one state and Congress.
National Conference of State Legislatures
A bipartisan organization providing states & territories with support and information. Good for comparative info on particular laws/issues. Has databases for state laws/legislation on relevant topics. Really worth a search!
Note - Policing and State-Tribal are probably your nest bets. There is an archived (no longer updated) human trafficking legislation database that covers 2015-2020; this may be helpful in searching for more recent legislation.
Guide to Law Online: US States and Territories (Law Library of Congress)
Links to resources for states and territories. Categories are: Intro, Constitution, Executive, Judicial, Legislative, Legal Guides, and General Sources. Statutes and bills are under Legislative but the other categories will be very useful as well.
What's available will vary between states/territories.
How to Read a Legal Opinion (Orin Kerr)
"This essay is designed to help new law students prepare for the first few weeks of class. It explains what judicial opinions are,
how they are structured, and what law students should look for when reading them. "

Understanding Legal Citation (for statutes, legal codes, and more)

Any law, court case, rule or regulation has a legal citation. Legal citations has a specific format and it is different from the citation format used in other academic disciplines. To do legal research you need to be able to understand a legal citation. This is how to read a legal citation:

Law Name: Civil Rights Act of 1964
Legal Citation: 78 Stat 241

78 is the volume number; Stat is the abbreviation for United States Statutes at Large, the publication; and 241 is the page number. IThis is a terrible example and I will try to update it!)

This format - volume number, abbreviation for the publication, and page number - remains basically the same for all legal materials (including state law reporters) and it is used to cite law review articles as well as other legal sources.

Libraries

Hist 395: Indian Citizenship Act

Federal Legal Resources

State Agencies

Locating State Laws and Judicial Activity