Federal Government Resources: Law & Courts

Supports innovative programs that strengthen the Nation’s criminal justice system by assisting state and local governments in combating violent crime and drug abuse.

Collection of statistics about U.S. crime, victims, law enforcement, criminals, corrections, courts, police, jails, and prisons.

The education and research agency for the federal court system.

Legal/regulatory resources guide.

Provides summaries of criminal justice literature: government reports, journal articles, books, and more.

Is the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials.

Public and private laws are also known as slip laws. A slip law is an official publication of the law and is competent evidence admissible in all state and Federal courts and tribunals of the United States. Public laws affect society as a whole, while private laws affect an individual, family, or small group.

From the Bureau of Justice Statistics, this resource is used to locate statistics on the criminal justice and corrections systems. Data gathered from over 100 sources.

Provides database of Supreme Court decisions since 1893. Browsable by year and U.S. Reports volume number and searchable by citation, case title and full-text keyword.

Information on the federal court system including its organization, administration, and operation. Includes map with geographic boundaries of US Courts of Appeals and US District Courts. Also called “Federal Judiciary.”