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Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources

Constitution

• Massachusetts Constitution (Massachusetts Legislature)
• Historical Documents (Yale Avalon Project) features nine documents from the 1620 Charter of New England to the 1725 Exploratory Charter of Massachusetts Bay

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Executive

• Massachusetts Governor
• Massachusetts Attorney General
• Massachusetts Elections Division
• Massachusetts Secretary of State

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Judicial

• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly) 1997-
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Slip Opinions (Social Law Library) 1999-
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court  (FindLaw) July 1998-
• Massachusetts Court of Appeals (Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly) 1997-
• Massachusetts Court of Appeals Slip Opinions (Social Law Library) 1999-
• Massachusetts Court of Appeals Opinions (FindLaw) February 1998-
• Massachusetts Superior Court Slip Opinions (Social Law Library) 2005-
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit (U.S. Courts)
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit (Emory Law School) November 1995-
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit (FindLaw) November 1995-
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts - includes local forms, criminal justice forms, recent opinions, and rules
• Massachusetts Judicial Branch
• Massachusetts Trial Court Libraries

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Legislative

• General Laws of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Session Laws
• Massachusetts Bills
• Massachusetts General Court - composed of the Senate and House of Representatives
• Lawmaking in Massachusetts (Massachusetts Legislature)
• Massachusetts Legislative History (Massachusetts Legislature)

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Legal Guides

• Law Schools:
  • Boston College Law School - Library and Catalog
  • Boston University School of Law - Library and Catalog
  • Harvard Law School  - Library and Catalog
  • New England School of Law - Library and Catalog
  • Northeastern University School of Law - Library and Catalog
  • Suffolk University School of Law - Library and Catalog
  • Western New England College School of Law - Library and Catalog
• LLNE: Law Librarians of New England
• LLSDC Legislative Source Book: Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
• Research Guides:
  • Legal Subjects (Suffolk University Law Library)
  • Legislative History Research (Harvard Law School Library)
  • Massachusetts Law About ... (Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries)
  • Massachusetts Legal Research (Boston University Law Library)
  • Massachusetts Legislative History (New England Law Library
  • Massachusetts Legal Research (Boston College Law Library) PDF
• Southern New England Law Librarians Association
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS
  • Guide: U.S. States & Territories: Legal Links (Law Library of Congress)
  • AllLaw.com Massachusetts Resources
  • Cornell Legal Information Institute: Massachusetts
  • FindLaw: Massachusetts
  • Georgetown University Law Library: Massachusetts
  • Google Massachusetts Law
  • LexisOne: Massachusetts
  • Yahoo Massachusetts Law

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General Sources

• Massachusetts - official site
• Massachusetts State and Local Government (Library of Congress)
• Massachusetts State Library and Catalog
• Massachusetts Libraries (LIBCAT)
• Google Massachusetts
• State and Local Government on the Net: Massachusetts (State Local Gov)
• Yahoo Massachusetts

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Last Updated: 08/22/2008