Law and Legal Studies

Welcome to UMass Amherst Libraries Law and Legal Studies Research Guide.

This guide is intended to assist you in understanding the legal system, and in finding resources relevant to your research. It includes information and links for primary sources (constitutions, legislation, and regulations; court and tribunal decisions), secondary sources (encyclopedias and dictionaries; law review and journal articles; treatises, monographs, and dissertations; web sites and blogs) and tertiary sources (databases and bibliographies) in the law.

Additional assistance is available from your Law and Public Policy Librarian (Lisa Di Valentino, ldivalentino@umass.edu) or at the reference desk.