BerkeleyLaw Library

Detailed analyses of laws and rules that govern the practice of law, including state-by-state rulings.

Federal, state, and international coverage of competition and deceptive trade practices law.

Provides regular, in-depth coverage of developments in state and federal bankruptcy law.

Wide collection of publications and alert services that includes both primary legal sources, analytical materials, business and government information and analysis. Specialty areas include corporate law & business; employee benefits; employment & labor law; environment, health & safety; health care; human resources; intellectual property; litigation; and tax & accounting.less

Two databases, one for initiatives and one for propositions - include full text of the measures, accompanying material contained in the ballot pamphlets, related legal and legislative history, and digital images of the ballot pamphlets.less

Includes information for California Ballot Propositions from 1884 to present. Updates follow every California election involving ballot measures. The Description includes the bolded number of the proposition, the title(s) for the ballot measures as printed as the heading in the voter pamphlet and any additional popular or alternative names of acts are listed in parenthesis. Finally, the statutes and bill numbers are included for ballot measures created by legislative effort.less

Search each two-year session by bill number, keyword or author. Includes full text of all version of bills, resolutions and constitutional amendments. Also included are status, history, vote analyses and veto messages.less

The Commissions responsibility is the continuing substantive review of California statutory and decisional law. The Commission studies the law in order to discover defects and anachronisms and recommends legislation to make needed reforms.less

Via IGS web site. The IGS Library maintains a large depository collection of local ordinance codes and charters issued by California cities and counties and this page provides a list of currently available codes and charters issued in loose-leaf format. Links are provided to electronic versions of these documents, when available.less

The Senate Office of Research develops public policy initiatives for the California Senate.

Official website of the California State Assembly.

Official website of the California State Senate.

California State Assembly archive of California statutes (session laws) in pdf format. Also includes Final Histories, Legislative Index and Table of Sections Affected 1881 - 2001 and Assembly Journals 1849 - 1998. Selecting the volume from the drop-down list on the left produces a table of contents in the main frame. Despite their appearance, table of contents entries are live links. File sizes can be quite large, and the page may appear to freeze as the PDF downloads. If accessing from the Library's public access terminals, use a PC on LL2 (not Macs).less

Via IntelliConnect. Provides access to U.S. Federal, state, and international tax information including laws, regulations, cases, treatises, and current awareness and practice tools. Click on "Practice Areas" at the top, right hand side of the screen.  Unclick all boxes except "Tax and Accounting" and then click "OK."  Click on browse function on the left hand side of the page.  Browsing will be limited to titles related to tax and accounting.less

Profiles of state legislators (Senate and Assembly), constitutional officers, state Supreme Court and appellate court justices, and representatives to the U.S. Congress. Overviews and essays on major players and events influencing the state's branches of government, including lobbyists and the media. Also includes: information on the state budget; maps of assembly, Board of Equalization, and Congressional and Senate districts; tables of state data, including gubernatorial elections, economics, and the history office holders.less

Reports on developments, trends, and emerging patterns in criminal law.

Natural disasters and other catastrophic events lay bare the weaknesses in the legal system's ability to respond to events of this scale. Our society must put into practice innovative policies to recover effectively and equitably from past disasters and to prepare for future catastrophes. This Disasters & the Law database maintained by the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Library has been designed to assist this effort, by facilitating an exchange of information and ideas from fields as diverse as urban planning, bankruptcy law, and wetlands banking. The database contains links to information gathered from a variety of sources. Most are freely available on the web, although a small number require subscription access.less

Content previously contained in Communications Regulation from Pike & Fischer has been incorporated in this revised database along with additional analysis, news, case law, pleadings, statutes and regulations.less

Comprehensive coverage of judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in the area of equal employment opportunity, the Report spans all areas of EEO policy and practice.less

Coverage of legislative, regulatory, legal, and policy news concerning the environment. Includes proposed, new, and amended federal and state laws, rules, standards, and other significant documents.less

Provides analysis and reporting on every aspect of environmental law. Includes current news, articles, cases, administrative documents, environmental statutes, international treaties and federal and state regulations. If the page does not load within 20 seconds, click the reload button (on Firefox) or select View > Refresh (on Internet Explorer); on the second try, the ELR page should load immediately.less

Weekly newsletter covering important new federal and state cases, legislation, and trends on a variety of topics related to Family Law.

Latest legal developments that influence the health care industry, including new cases, federal and state legislation, rules from federal regulators, and enforcement trends.less

Via IntelliConnect.  Detailed, current coverage of federal and state laws, regulations, cases, and compliance issues. Topics covered include management of human resources; payroll; benefits; pensions; labor and employment law; safety/OSHA; environmental compliance; health care reimbursement; health care compliance; and food, drugs and devices. Includes historical archives of laws and cases.  Click on "Practice Areas" at the top, right hand side of the screen.  Unclick "Financial Services," "Legal Professionals," and "Tax and Accounting" and then click "OK."  Click on browse function on the left hand side of the page.  Browsing will be limited to titles related to human resources. less

Pike & Fischer's Internet Law & Regulation has been incorporated into BNA's Internet Law Resource Center which contains an archive of full-text case law, pleadings, statutes, regulations, news and analysis.less

A comprehensive resource for cases, guidance, and news in all major areas of labor and employment: fair employment practices, individual employment rights, Americans with disabilities, wages and hours, labor-management relations, collective bargaining, and labor arbitration.less

Includes access to LexisNexis Academic for news, business and legal information. LexisNexis formerly also offered LN Congressional and LN Legislative Insight, LN Statistical Insight and LN Statistical Datasets, and LN Government Periodicals Index; these services were bought by ProQuest and are listed in this index under P.less

A U.S. law database with cases, statutes, administrative regulations, court rules, e-books and bar journals, including selected Aspen publications.less

Online, searchable access to over 100 practice guides and action guides by a leading publisher of California legal commentary and analysis. Includes links to cited California statutes and cases.less

Covers new laws and rules in this emerging new practice area, with the latest privacy and security legal developments - from online marketing to employee screening to patient privacy.less

Track legislative and regulatory proposals and actions affecting securities laws, futures regulation, accounting issues, and related matters. Comprehensive, up-to-date information on SEC and CFTC regulations and FASB actions.less

Via HeinOnline. Lists surveys of state laws published since 1979 in articles, books, websites and other sources. Works are listed by topic, with a brief annotation describing coverage, depth and other details. You can browse the subject headings or search for keywords in annotations. Based on Cheryl Rae Nyberg's annual bibliographies of the same title (KF240 .F67 [Reference Desk]).less

The Tax and Accounting Center offers a comprehensive array of analysis, news, primary sources, and practice tools covering federal, international, and state tax issues and financial accounting.less

A comprehensive array of analysis, news, primary sources, and practice tools covering state tax issues and financial accounting.

This weekly report provides state-by-state analysis of state code and regulations, state administrative and judicial court decisions, and state administrative pronouncements. It covers income and franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes, miscellaneous taxes (including gross receipts taxes, excise taxes, and others), and other developments.less

Reports on the most significant cases, regulations and legislative developments across the United States.

The California Secretary of State maintains an archive of Ballot Pamphlets and Voter Information Guides from March 1996 to the present.

Covers legal developments affecting the prosecution and defense of fraud and other white collar crimes.

A continuously updated, complimentary, multi-media Web resource with news and information from around the world on climate change issues. legislative and regulatory developments, court and administrative decisions, compliance news, state and federal government policies, international developments, emissions trading, and market information.less