researching regulations
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Introduction and OverviewRhode Island RegulationsMassachusetts RegulationsFederal Regulations
Introduction & Overview
What is a regulation?An official rule or order, having legal force, usu.
issued by an administrative agency. Black’s Law Dictionary, 10th Edition (2014)
What is the basis for agency regulation?Statute
Court case
Executive order
Rhode Island Regulatory Publications
Rhode Island Government Register Print
Lexis
Internet: Proposed Rules (http://sos.ri.gov/ProposedRules)
Code of Rhode Island Rules Print
BloombergLaw
Lexis
Westlaw
Internet: Final Rules (http://sos.ri.gov/rules/)
Rhode Island Secondary Sources
Rhode Island Government Owner’s Manual (annual)KFR421.A152 R46
Rhode Island Top Agencies (http://www.ri.gov/guide/)
Massachusetts Regulatory Publications
Massachusetts Register Print
Lexis
Code of Massachusetts Regulations Print
Lexis
Westlaw
Social Law Library
Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries (http://www.mass.gov/courts/case-legal-res/law-lib/laws-by-source/cmr/)
Finding Aid: Index to the CMR
Massachusetts Secondary Sources
Handbook of Legal Research in Mass., Ch. 6 Sources for specific topics
covered in chapter 11
Cella, Administrative Law & Practice (Massachusetts Practice)
Manual for the Use of the General CourtKFM5221.A152 M36
Congress Passes a Law (or President issues an order, etc.)
Agency issues a Regulation
Regulation published in the Federal Register
Regulation codified in the Code of Federal Regulations
LATER: Tested in agency decisions and judicial review.
Federal Regulatory Process: In Brief
Compare: Federal Register & Code of Federal Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations
By Subject
Revised annually each calendar year and issued on a quarterly basis approximately as follows: Title 1 to Title 16.....as of January 1
Title 17 to Title 27......as of April 1
Title 28 to Title 41.....as of July 1
Title 42 to Title 50.....as of October 1
Federal Register Chronological
Published daily, except weekends and federal holidays
Contents: Federal Register & Code of Federal Regulations
Federal Register Notices
Meetings
Rulings
Requests for Comments
Proposals
Proposed Regulations/Rules
Final Regulations/Rules
Executive Documents
Code of Federal Regulations Final Regulations/Rules
Executive Documents
Federal Regulatory Publications: Availability
Federal Register Print
Bloomberg Law
Lexis
Westlaw
HeinOnline
Internet: FDSys
Internet: FederalRegister.gov *
Code of Federal Regulations Print
Bloomberg Law
Lexis
Westlaw
HeinOnline
Internet: FDSys
Internet: Cornell LII
Internet: eCFR.gov *
Finding Aids: CFR Index & Finding Aids; West’s Index to the CFR
Federal Secondary Sources
Research Guides Georgetown Law Library
Specialized Legal Research
Agency Information U.S. Government Manual
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2410
Federal Regulatory Directory
Federal Yellow Book
Agency Websites
By Subject: Using an Index
Search the IndexLocate and read relevant regulation(s)
Note the source, authority, related regulations
Update the CFR LSA: List of CFR Sections Affected CFR Parts Affected (within Federal Register) Online
Review updated regulations Federal Register
Find cases citing CFR sections
In Summary: Federal Regulatory Research Online
Bloomberg Law
Lexis Westlaw
HeinOnline
FDSys
Cornell
Index West Index CFR Index
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