Law Links

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List Revised and Updated January 2005

Here are some links to Law-Related web sites that you may find useful. These links include Rhode Island State Law sources, Federal Law sources, and Government Agencies Websites. All links are set to come up in a new window on your browser (which you can enlarge and then close) so that this website is always active in its original window. For some of these sites, you will need Adobe Reader which you can download free from www.adobe.com If you want a list of all the website links used on this page, just print this page from your browser and select the option on the print screen to print a table of the links.

Rhode Island State Law Sources
Federal Law Sources
Government Agencies Websites
Miscellaneous Law-related Websites

RHODE ISLAND STATE LAW SOURCES

	Rhode Island General Laws On-Line This is part of the RI General Assembly Website. It contains an on-line version of the statutes of the state (General Laws of Rhode Island), which can be searched by title (subject area) and word search. The statutes in this database are unannotated. There are no notes to court descisions, no cross-references, and no history section. This database just gives us the statutes themselves.
	Rhode Island Public Laws 2004 This part of the RI General Assembly Website contains the Public Law for the 2004 legislative session starting in January 2004. These laws may add to, delete from, or amend sections of the General Laws of Rhode Island.
	Rhode Island Public Laws 2003 This part of the RI General Assembly Website contains the Public Law for the 2003 legislative session starting in January 2003. These laws may add to, delete from, or amend sections of the General Laws of Rhode Island.
	Rhode Island Public Laws 2002 This part of the RI General Assembly Website contains the Public Laws for the 2002 legislative session.
	Rhode Island Constitution. This is also part of the RI General Assembly Website.
	Rhode Island Judiciary Web Site This website has information on each of the courts in Rhode Island such as jurisdiction, addresses and phone numbers, court filing fees, etc.
	Rhode Island Supreme Court Decisions This is part of the RI Judiciary Website. This page contains R.I. Supreme Court decisions for the court terms from 1999 to the present. The opinions are grouped by the annual court term which begins in October of each year. You will find links to court opinions for the 1999-2000 term, the 2000-2001 term, the 2001-2002 term, the 2002-2003 term, the term of 2003-2004 and the current term of 2004-2005. Adobe Reader is needed for this website.
	Rhode Island Superior Court Decisions The R.I. Superior Court is a general state trial court. In some cases, but not all, the judge in a case issued a written opinion. Starting in 2000, the court has been placing these written decisions on the RI Judiciary Website. Adobe Reader is needed for this website.
	Rhode Island Administrative Agencies Rules and Regulations The R.I. Secretary of State's Office has placed all current administrative agency regulations on-line as of March 21, 2002. Adobe Reader is needed for this website.
	Executive Orders from R.I. Governor's Office This website contains a list of Executive Orders issued by Rhode Island Governors from 1973 to the present. The Executive Orders themselves are not available on-line, but a reference number and topic are provided for each order and copies are available from the State Library.

FEDERAL LAW SOURCES

	United States Constitution This is part of Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute (LII)
	United States Code This is also part of the Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute (LII) and allows you to search federal statues that are part of the United States Code.
	United States Supreme Court Decisions This is part of Findlaw.com service and contains Supreme Court decisions back to 1893.
	First Circuit Court of Appeals Cases This database from Emory Law School contains federal court of appeals cases from the First Circuit (Boston) from 1995 to the present.
	Code of Federal Regulations This is also part of Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute and contains the compilation of federal administrative agency regulations.
	U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island The U.S. District Court is a general federal trial court for both civil and criminal matters. There is only one U.S. District Court in Rhode Island. This website for the court contains general information plus opinions of the judges, rules of procedure, and some downloadable forms.
	U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Rhode Island This court website has access to bankruptcy rules, forms, opinions and information about bankruptcy cases. Most of the website is freely accessible, but bankruptcy information involves registration and a fee for access.
	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure This is also part of Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute, but it is somewhat hard to find on the LII website menus.
	Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Again part of the Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute, and it is very difficult to find on their website.
	Federal Rules of Evidence The Federal Rules of Evidence were the model for the R.I. Rules of Evidence adopted in 1987, but there are a number of differences in the sets of rules.

,GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WEBSITES

	Rhode Island General Assembly This web site contains various information about the legislature and its activities, including the RI General Laws, RI Public Laws and proposed legislation.
	Rhode Island Secretary of State This web site contains state information and links to other web sites
	Rhode Island Corporations Online Database The R.I. Secretary of State's Office has an online database of information regarding corporations and other business entities registered with that office. Check on business names and find out information (such as the registered agent) at this searchable website.
	Rhode Island Corporation Forms Download forms from the Corporations Division of the R.I. Secretary of State's Office. Adobe Acrobat required.
	Rhode Island Probate Court Forms Probate Court forms are available in Adobe Acrobat format through the Secretary of State's website.

	Rhode Island Division of Taxation This site gives citizens access to information and forms regarding state taxation
	Rhode Island Attorney General's Office Web Site This web site contains information about the divisions and functions of the state's Attorney General's Office. It also contains Attorney General Advisory Opinions back to 1995.
	Internal Revenue Service On-Line This web site gives citizens access to most IRS publications and forms which can be downloaded for use.

Federal Legislative Information
This a service of the Library of Congress on new federal laws and Congressional activities.

MISCELLANEOUS LAW-RELATED WEBSITES

	Findlaw Legal Dictionary This website is part of Findlaw.com and allows you to search through the Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law (1996)
	Martindale Hubbell Lawyer Locator This is a service of the well known Martinadale Hubbell Law Directory and allows you to locate lawyers by name, firm, location, and practice areas.