Buffalo: Hein. McKinney, R. Federal legislative history research: A practitioner's guide to compiling the documents and sifting for legislative intent. Washington, D. R4 M35 Reams, B. Federal legislative histories: an annotated bibliography and index to officially published sources.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. F42 Legislative History Resources Federal Legislative History Resources Source Description ProQuest Congressional Indexes and abstracts congressional publications including House and Senate Reports, hearings, committee prints publications that include topics related to legislative or research activities , and public laws. Includes legislative histories section of U. HeinOnline Contains a federal legislative histories database, historical volumes of the United States Statutes at Large , and the Congressional Record.
United States Code, Congressional and Administrative News Includes selective legislative history resources beginning in United States Statutes at Large Includes selected legislative history citations for public laws beginning with For volume 89 though the end of set, legislative history references are included following each public law.
Included are citations to floor activities and congressional documents and reports. Also provides full text of bills beginning with the rd Congress, the Congressional Record - present , select House and Senate hearings beginning with the 99th Congress, select documents beginning with the 94th Congress, and select reports beginning with the th Congress.
Federal Legislative Histories by Bernard D. Reams Call Number: KF Call Number: KF FDsys allows users to search for official documents and publications. Contains information on senators and committees, pending bills and legislation, and other resources concerning the U. House of Representatives. Contains information on current and past legislation, a directory of representatives, information about committees, and other resources concerning the House of Representatives.
Federal Legislative History Guide : Produced by the Library of Congress, this guide provides a basic outline of resources to consult when searching federal legislative history. How Laws Are Made : Located at congress.
Legislation and Regulation in a Nutshell by Steven Huefner Describes the functioning of legislatures and administrative agencies, including not only their essential mechanics but also theories of democratic representation. Also discusses the principal theories and doctrines of statutory and regulatory interpretation. H84 Cross; Frank Cross This book provides new insights into the theory and practice of statutory interpretation by courts.
C76 Texas Slip Laws: Slip laws are newly enacted laws. They are printed after an Act is passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor. Texas Session Laws: Are official compilations of enacted slip laws which are bound in chronological order. Texas Codified Law: Arrangement of the laws by subject. T45 Public laws in full text with legislative history — arranged chronologically. Online access -- present available at the Texas Legislaure Online Online access -- present available at the Legislative Reference Library of Texas Finding aids : cumulative subject index, acts amended or repealed, Bills and Resolutions Approved, Bills and Resolutions Vetoed after Adjournment.
Each code also contains an index. Popular Name Table: Lists common act names. Derivation Table: This table indicates where current code section were in the Civil Statutes. Legislative History Legislative history encompasses each of the legislative progresses of a bill goes through during its journey to becoming a statute. Legislative histories typically include analyzing the following: Various versions of the bill see below Committee votes Conference committee reports Bill analysis documents for the House and Senate Reports of actions memorialized in House and Senate journals Legislative reports Committee hearing and floor debate materials, Fiscal notes Session summaries T exas Legislative Council documents and all accompanying documents connected to companion bills.
Provides information on legislation, committees, Texas House of Representatives, and the Texas Senate. Texas Senate : Official website of the Texas Senate. Contains information on senators and committees, pending bills and legislation, and other resources concerning the Texas Senate. Contains a directory of Representatives, information about committees, pending bills and legislation, and other resources concerning the Texas House of Representatives. How a Texas Bill Becomes a Law : Created by Government Documents Librarian Tami Melancon, this guide discusses how a bill is created, approved or denied in Texas including links to films on the legislative process, and gubernatorial information.
Statutory Law in Other States 1. Go to Westlaw and select the State Materials tab. Report a problem. Subjects: Criminal Justice , Law. ProQuest Congressional. Indexes and abstracts congressional publications including House and Senate Reports, hearings, committee prints publications that include topics related to legislative or research activities , and public laws.
Contains a federal legislative histories database, historical volumes of the United States Statutes at Large , and the Congressional Record.
Includes selective legislative history resources beginning in United States Statutes at Large. Precedent looks back at previous court rulings—whether they be federal, state, or local—and determines a decision about current cases in the light of historical judicial rulings.
In an effort to promote stability, the precedents set by higher courts are legally binding on lower courts. But if a lower court feels the precedent is outdated or not related closely enough to the case at hand, they can choose to deviate or modify the precedent. Common law is also known as case law , which entails all the documented collections of previous case precedent. Unlike common law, statutory law is codified and encompasses compiled legislation that has been passed on a local, state or federal level.
It is strict in its application, which means it is not subject to the same interpretation as common law—i. A statute is a law passed by a legislature; and statutory law is the body of law resulting from statutes. A statute—or the statutory law—may also be referred to as legislation. This is an example of statutory law. For instance, in there was no reason to write laws prohibiting people from operating motor vehicles while intoxicated, because there were no motor vehicles yet—people still rode horses.
Instead, the Constitution made provisions for law to evolve as society evolved. In , U. Case law is developed by judges, courts, and similar tribunals, and, over time, the decisions in individual cases establish precedents for future cases.
Precedent means that the decisions judges have made in earlier cases guide how future cases are decided. In common law systems, this principle is called stare decisis , and it has a binding effect on judges and courts: Stare decisis holds that cases should be decided according to consistent principled rules so that similar facts will yield similar results.
If the court finds that the current dispute is fundamentally distinct from previous cases, judges have the authority and duty to make law by creating precedent.
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