Sources of Regulatory Law (Federal and State)

For more information on legal citations, refer to Interpreting Legal Citations

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations
There are several ways to access this source:

Printed -- available in GPML Documents Reference

LexisNexis Congressional   (All US JHU)

• CFR via GPO access (includes historical issues from 1996 - present)
• Cornell's Interface to CFR on GPO; CFR Index by Section Headings

LexisNexis Academic New Interface  (All US JHU)

Westlaw Campus [Should use VPN ]  (All US JHU)

Federal Register
Federal Register is published daily and is the source where federal agencies announce proposed and final rules. Several sources for the FR:

• Printed -- current year
  • available in GPML Documents Reference, earlier available in microform from 1936 -
• via Internet -

HeinOnline   (All JHU (incl. International))

GPO since 1994

Community of Science since 1994
 

LexisNexis Congressional   (All US JHU)

from 1980

Westlaw Campus [Should use VPN ]  (All US JHU)

From July, 1980

Regulations.gov

On this site, you can find, review, and submit comments on Federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register, the Government’s legal newspaper.  As a member of the public, you can submit comments about these regulations, and have the Government take your views into account.

Law reviews available in

Westlaw Campus [Should use VPN ]  (All US JHU)

Homepages of the Federal Agencies

• Most of the agencies have a law and regulation section linking to the laws they enforce and the regulations they write.  This page contains links to all the Federal Agencies.

COMAR - Code of Maryland Regulations

 Ways to access:

• COMAR Online
  
• Printed -- available in GPML Documents Reference printed -- available in GPML Documents Reference

LexisNexis State Capital  (All US JHU)

Westlaw Campus [Should use VPN ]  (All US JHU)

Maryland Register (Six most current issue)
       Also available  in print in GPML Documents Reference

Regulations for other States

LexisNexis State Capital  (All US JHU)

Westlaw Campus [Should use VPN ]  (All US JHU)