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

Constitution

• Constitution of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Manual) in PDF files, by article
• Constitution of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania)
• Historic Documents (Yale Avalon Project) eight documents; including:
  • Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania, 1681
  • Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, 1682
  • Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn, 1701
  • Constitution of Pennsylvania, 177

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Executive

• Pennsylvania Administrative Code - browse and search 
• Pennsylvania Bulletin - browse and search; Vol. 26, no. 1 January 6, 1996-
• Pennsylvania Executive Orders 1973 to present
• Pennsylvania Governor
• Pennsylvania Attorney General
• Pennsylvania Election Information
• Pennsylvania Secretary of State

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Judicial

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Opinions (Pennsylvania Courts) November 1996-
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Opinions (FindLaw) 1997-
• Pennsylvania Superior Court Opinions (Pennsylvania Courts)
• Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Opinions (Pennsylvania Courts)
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 3d Circuit Opinions (U.S. Courts) current only
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 3d Circuit Opinions (Villanova Law School) May 1994-
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 3d Circuit Opinions (FindLaw) May 1994-
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania - Opinions (U.S. Courts)
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania - Opinions (U.S. Courts)
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania (U.S. Courts)
• Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System - includes forms
• Pennsylvania Rules (Pennsylvania Courts)

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Legislative

• Unofficial Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes from West
• Pennsylvania Session Laws
• Pennsylvania Statutes at Large (Pennsylvania Legislative Service Bureau) 1683-1809
• Pennsylvania Bills
• Pennsylvania General Assembly - composed of the Senate and House of Representatives

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Legal Guides

• Public Services (Pennsylvania Bar)
• Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association
• Law Schools:
  • Dickinson School of Law - Library and Catalog
  • Duquesne University School of Law - Library and Catalog
  • Temple University School of Law - Library and Catalog
  • University of Pennsylvania Law School - Library and Catalog
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Law - Library and Catalog
  • Villanova University School of Law - Library and Catalog
  • Widener University School of Law - Library and Catalog
• LLSDC Legislative Source Book: Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Bar
• Pennsylvania Documents Checklist
• Research Guides
  • Library Pathfinders and Research Guides (Villanova University Law Library)
  • Pennsylvania Legal Research (University of Pittsburgh Law Library)
  • Pennsylvania Legal Research Web Sites (Dittakavi Rao, Duquesne University Law Library)
  • Research Guides (Widener University Law Library)
• WWW PORTALS / DIRECTORIES:
  • Guide: U.S. States & Territories: Legal Links (Law Library of Congress)
  • AllLaw.com Pennsylvania Resources
  • Cornell Legal Information Institute: Pennsylvania
  • FindLaw: Pennsylvania
  • Georgetown University Law Library: Arkansas
  • Google Pennsylvania Law
  • Law.com: Pennsylvania
  • LexisOne: Pennsylvania
  • Yahoo Pennsylvania Law

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General Sources

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

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Last Updated: 08/22/2008