PRIMARY LEGAL AUTHORITIES

1. Constitutions;
2. Basic laws;
3. Statutes (whether codified or uncodified);
4. Treaties and certain other international
law materials;
a. Antitrust Treatises
Banking Law Treatises
Bankruptcy Law Treatises
British Legal History Treatises
Civil Rights Law Treatises

5. Municipal charters and ordinances;

6. Court opinions;[1]
7. Rules of court procedure;
8. Rules of evidence;
9. Rules governing the conduct of lawyers;
10.

Administrative regulations;

11.

Executive orders.

SECONDARY LEGAL AUTHORITIES

1. Legal textbooks such as Legal Treatises and
hornbooks
2. Annotations published in statute books such as
Legal digests West American Digest System
3. American Law Reports

4. Legal encyclopedias Corpus Juris

Secundum/American Jurisprudence
5. Legal dictionaries (such as Black's Law Dictionary)
6. Law review articles, comments and notes
7. Restatements of the Law published by the American
Law Institute
8. Legal briefs and memoranda;
9. Tax forms and instructions published by
governments
10.Government publications explaining or summarizing
the laws

Constitutions;

Basic laws;

Statutes (whether codified or uncodified);

Treaties and certain other international law materials;

Municipal charters and ordinances;

Court opinions;[1]

Rules of court procedure;

Rules of evidence;

Rules governing the conduct of lawyers;

Administrative regulations;

Executive orders.

Law review articles, comments and notes (written by law professors,

practicing lawyers, law students, etc.)

Legal textbooks, such as legal treatises and hornbooks

Legal digests, such as the West American Digest System

Annotations published in statute books, codes, or other materials, such as

the annotations in the American Law Reports series

Legal encyclopedias (such as Corpus Juris Secundum and American

Jurisprudence)

Legal dictionaries (such as Black's Law Dictionary)

Restatements of the Law published by the American Law Institute

Legal briefs and memoranda;

Tax forms and instructions published by governments

Government publications explaining or summarizing the laws

Government employee manuals (such as the Internal Revenue Manual for

employees of the Internal Revenue Service)

Course materials from continuing legal education seminars

Debate in legislatures, including such commentaries published in

the Congressional Record (this may reveal legislative intent)