Administrative Law

Treatises and Hornbooks

• Administrative Law Treatises
• Administrative Law Hornbooks and Nutshells

Federal Register 

All federal agency regulations and proposed regulations are first issued in the Federal Register, which is published every federal business day. They are organized chronologically. The Federal Register also contains presidential proclamations and executive orders and all notices and other documents which the President determines have general applicability or which Congress requires to be published in the Federal Register.

• Print: D'Angelo Law Library, 2nd Floor Reading Room, XXKF70.A2 (keep current year and a half only)
• HeinOnline: Federal Register (from 1936)
• GPO Access: Federal Register (from 1994)
• LexisNexis: FEDREG database (from 1981)
• Westlaw: FR database (from 1981)

Code of Federal Regulations

 All federal regulations currently in effect are complied in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), which is organized by subject into 50 titles. The CFR is revised annually, with a portion of the titles issued at the beginning of each calendar quarter.

• Print: D'Angelo Law Library, 2nd Floor Reading Room, XXKF70.A2
• GPO Access: CFR (PDF of current print version)
• GPO Access: e-CFR (more current, but not available in PDF)
• LexisNexis: CFR database
• Westlaw: CFR database

Federal Agency Decisions 

• Looseleaf Services: There are a variety of looseleaf services, e.g., Standard Federal Tax Reporter, that publish administrative decisions, along with the text of regulations and expert commentary. The Bluebook provides an extensive listing of these looseleaf publications under Table 16: "Services". Once you have identified a relevant title, you should consult the library catalog to determine availability and location.
• Agency Websites: Many agencies offer online access to their administrative decisions on their websites.
  • USA.gov - provides an A-Z list of all U.S. Government Department and Agency websites.
  • The University Virginia's Government Info Virtual Reference Shelf - has an extensive list of websites where administrative decisions are available online.
• Law Databases: Some law databases, such as BNA's Intellectual Property Library, include federal agency decisions.

State Administrative Codes 

Many states publish their administrative codes online. Westlaw and LexisNexis include state administrative codes, as well. For official names (e.g., Utah Administrative Code, Code of Vermont Rules), see Table T.1 of the Bluebook.