Research Guides
Listed below are links to research guides and pathfinders authored by Washington University Law School reference librarians. Many of these guides were prepared for a particular seminar class and may also be found on the course MyLaw site.
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Basic Legal Research & Library Skills
- Government Documents (Federal)
- Government Documents (Missouri)
- Hornbooks and Nutshells - Bibliography
- LC Law Classifications Subject Guide
- Legal Research on the Web
- Legislative History: Online Research
- Legislative History Research Guide
- Library of Congress Classification
- Missouri Practice Materials - Bibliography
- Superintendent of Documents Classification System
- U.S. Supreme Court: A Guide to Locating Opinions, Orders and Information
Subject-Specific Research Guides
- Advanced Corporate Law (Spring '09)
- Biomedical Research (Fall '06)
- Biotechnology Law (updated Spring '01)
- Black Studies Resources
- Civil Procedure (Spring '01) & Advanced Civil Procedure (updated Spring '01)
- Eminent Domain (Fall '06)
- Environmental and Land Use Litigation (updated Fall '06)
- Genetics Ethics Law & Policy (updated 9/2009)
- Illinois Legislative History
- Immigrants Rights' (updated Dec '05)
- Impeachment - A Guide to Selected Print and Digital Resources
- Legal Ethics (updated Fall '02)
- Prisons and Prison Reform (Fall '04)
- Racial Profiling (Fall '05)
- Reproductive Control (Fall '02)
- Right of Publicity (Fall '05)
- Social Responsibility and Corporate Behavior (Spring '07)
- Tax Policy (PowerPoint) (Spring '02)
- Taxation (Federal) (Spring '99)
- Voting Rights and Election Law (Spring '02)
- Wetlands & Zoning (Fall '05)
- Women and the Law (Spring '01)
- Women's Studies Resources
Foreign and International
- Comparative Constitutional Law (Spring '01 )
- Comparative Legal Ethics (Spring '03) & PowerPoint
- European Union (updated August '00)
- International and Comparative Competition Law (Spring '05)
- International Legal Process: Crime of Terrorism Seminar (updated Fall '05)
- International Legal Process: War Crimes Tribunals (Spring '09)
- International Investment Law (updated Spring '05)
- Laws of the People's Republic of China (updated Spring '09)
- Researching International Legal Issues - PDF or PowerPoint (Fall 2009)
- Researching the Law of a Foreign Country - PDF or PowerPoint (Fall 2009)
- Treaties and International Agreements
- Socialist Law in Transition (Spring 2007)
Guides for Student Publications
- Quick Guide to Cite Checking
- Chinese, Japanese & Korean Law for Research & Cite Checking (pdf)
- Researching International Legal Issues - PDF or PowerPoint (Fall 2009)
- Researching the Law of a Foreign Country - PDF or PowerPoint (Fall 2009)
- PowerPoint presentations
