"Administrative law, though often dreary, can be of huge importance to the day-to-day lives of Americans."
- Washington Post editorial, June 23, 2001
This research guide is designed to give an overview of federal administrative and regulatory law and how to locate the best sources for researching those topics at SLU Law. Some of the resources are freely available on the internet, but many are subscription services only available to members of the SLU Law community, and some only on the main SLU campus or at the Law School. Both print and electronic resources are represented in the guide.
When you begin researching administrative law, it can be helpful to start with secondary sources and practice aids like treatises, text books, loose-leafs, law journal articles, and other background materials. These sources offer analysis and commentary, and can be helpful in locating primary sources of administrative law, as well as how to navigate the Federal Register (FR) and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This guide is designed to help you find each of these types of resources.