Constitution

• Massachusetts Constitution (Massachusetts Legislature)
• Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents: Massachusetts (external link) (Yale Avalon Project) features nine documents from the 1620 Charter of New England to the 1725 Exploratory Charter of Massachusetts Bay

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Executive

• Massachusetts Governor
• Massachusetts Attorney General (external link)
• Massachusetts Elections Division (external link)
• Massachusetts Secretary of State (external link)

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Judicial

• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (external link) (Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly) 1997-
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Slip Opinions (external link) (Social Law Library) 1999-
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (external link)  (FindLaw) July 1998-
• Massachusetts Court of Appeals (external link) (Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly) 1997-
• Massachusetts Court of Appeals Slip Opinions (external link) (Social Law Library) 1999-
• Massachusetts Court of Appeals Opinions (external link) (FindLaw) February 1998-
• Massachusetts Superior Court Slip Opinions (external link) (Social Law Library) 2005-
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit (U.S. Courts)
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit (FindLaw) November 1995-
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts - includes local forms, criminal justice forms, recent opinions, and rules
• Massachusetts Judicial Branch
• Massachusetts Trial Court Libraries (external link)

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Legislative

• General Laws of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Session Laws
• Massachusetts Bills
• Massachusetts General Court - composed of the Senate and House of Representatives
• Lawmaking in Massachusetts (Massachusetts Legislature)
• Massachusetts Legislative History (Massachusetts Legislature)

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Legal Guides

• Guide: U.S. States & Territories: Legal Links (Law Library of Congress)
• Cornell Legal Information Institute: Massachusetts (external link)
• FindLaw: Massachusetts (external link)
• Georgetown University Law Library: Massachusetts (external link)
• Law Schools:
  • Boston College Law School (external link) - Library (external link) and Catalog (external link)
  • Boston University School of Law (external link) - Library (external link) and Catalog (external link)
  • Harvard Law School (external link)  - Library (external link) and Catalog (external link)
  • New England School of Law (external link) - Library (external link) and Catalog (external link)
  • Northeastern University School of Law (external link) - Library (external link) and Catalog (external link)
  • Suffolk University School of Law (external link) - Library (external link) and Catalog (external link)
  • Western New England College School of Law (external link) - Library (external link) and Catalog (external link)
• LLNE: Law Librarians of New England (external link)
• LLSDC Legislative Source Book: Massachusetts (external link)
• Massachusetts Bar Association (external link)
• Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (external link)
• Research Guides:
  • Legal Subjects (external link) (Suffolk University Law Library)
  • Legislative History Research (external link) (Harvard Law School Library)
  • Massachusetts Law About ... (external link) (Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries)
  • Massachusetts Legal Research (external link) (Boston University Law Library)
  • Massachusetts Legislative History (external link) (New England Law Library
  • Massachusetts Legal Research (external link) (Boston College Law Library) (PDF_
• Southern New England Law Librarians Association (external link)
• Yahoo Massachusetts Law (external link)

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General Sources

• Massachusetts - official site
• Massachusetts State and Local Government (Library of Congress)
• Massachusetts State Library and Catalog (external link)
• Massachusetts Libraries (external link) (LIBCAT)
• State and Local Government on the Net: Massachusetts (external link) (State Local Gov)
• Yahoo Massachusetts (external link)

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Last Updated: 07/30/2012