Periodical Indexes & Databases
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Researching Local Ordinances
- The Law of Municipal Corporations byCall Number: Reserve Reading Room KF 5305 .M3 1949Publication Date: 1949-30 volumes, kept up to date by cumulative pocket supplements and revised volumes.
Print volumes must be used on-site.
Also available via Westlaw. - Antieau on Local Government Law byCall Number: Reserve Reading Room KF 5358 .A6 .A58 1997-Publication Date: 19976 volumes, must be used on-site.
Also available via Lexis.
For the beginner, we recommend this excellent article on how to research local government law (written by a BYU law librarian):
Shawn G. Nevers, "Local Ordinances: The Often Overlooked Laws," Student Lawyer, Feb. 2014, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2449546
For more advanced treatment, see the following treatises (and those listed elsewhere in this research guide):
Recommended Legal Databases
These are resources to which the Hunter Law Library or the Harold B. Lee Library has purchased a subscription. Most subscription licenses require off-campus access to be limited to BYU law students and faculty. Other patrons are welcome to use many of these resources by visiting the library premises.
