PA Legal Materials
Locations listed are for materials in print in Villanova Law School Library,
unless hypertext link is given.
(Res=Reserve; Ref=Reference; RR=Reading Room; US=Upper Stacks; LS=Lower
Stacks)
Links to Lexis and Westlaw are to the specific databases referenced. A password
is needed to access these services.
Statutes - laws passed by the Pennsylvania
legislature
- Purdon's Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Annotated Res
& US (KFP 30 1930 .A44)
- Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated Res & US (KFP 30
1930 .A44)
- Purdon's Legislative Service (print)Res & US (KFP 30 1930
.A44 supp)
- Pennsylvania Advance Legislative Service
Reporters - full text of court decisions
- Pennsylvania State Reports (Pennsylvania Supreme Court)
US (KFP 45 .A2)
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports US (KFP 48 .P4)
- Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Reports US (KFP 49 .A2)
- Pennsylvania District and County Reports US (KFP 51 .A4
D55)
- Pennsylvania District Reports (1892-1921) US (KFP 51 .A4
D55)
- Pennsylvania County Court Reports (1885-1921) US (KFP 51
.A4 P4)
- Pennsylvania Reporter (West) US (KFP 47 (A32)
- Atlantic Reporter 2d RR & LS (KF 135 .A7 A8)
- Atlantic Reporter RR & LS (KF 135 .A7 A8)
- Side Reports (county court reports & Pittsburgh Legal Journal)
US (KFP 52 .A3A3 - KFP 52 .Y6Y6)
- Pennsylvania Fiduciary Reporter US (KFP 144 .A5I5)
- Lexis (PA;PAMEGA)
(separate files for each court also available)
- Westlaw (PA-CS)
(separate files for each court also available)
Digests - subject and word indexes to court decisions
- West's Pennsylvania Digest 2d (1938- ) US (KFP 57 .W47
1983)
- Vale's Pennsylvania Digest (1682-1938) US (KFP 57 .V34)
- Atlantic Reporter Digest 2d RR, LS
- Atlantic Reporter Digest LS
Citators - updates used to verify court decisions and
statutes
Legislative History Materials - materials tracking
the history of legislation
- History of House Bills and Resolutions US (KFP 15 .P46)
- History of Senate Bills and Resolutions US (KFP 15 .P46)
- House Legislative Journal US (KFP 18 .P42)
- Senate Legislative Journal US (KFP 18 .P42)
- Laws of Pennsylvania (print) US (KFP 25 .A23)
- Pennsylvania Session Laws (microform) (Cabinets 16 & 19)
- Pennsylvania Electronic Bill Room (1981/82- )
- House & Senate Bills (current file)
- Lexis (PA;PATEXT)
(historic files also available 1991- )
- Westlaw (PA-BILLTXT)(historic
files also available 1988- )
- House & Senate Bill Tracking (current file)
- Lexis (PA;PATRCK)(historic
files also available 1991- )
- Westlaw (PA-BILLTRK)(historic
files also available 1988- )
Administrative Regulations - regulations promulgated
by administrative agencies
- Pennsylvania Code (print) US (KFP 35 1970 .A23)
- Pennsylvania Bulletin (print) US (KFP 36 .P46)
Court Rules - rules of practice before the courts
- Pennsylvania Rules of Court State (West) Res (KFP 529
A22)
- Pennsylvania Rules of Court Federal (West) Res (KFP 529
A21)
- Purdon's Consolidated Statutes Annotated (Title 42) Res &
US (KFP 30 1930 .A44)
Forms - sample forms that may be used in legal
transactions or proceedings
- Dunlap-Hanna Pennsylvania Form (print) Res (KFP 68 A6D92)
- Goodrich Amram 2d Procedural Rules Service with Forms (print) Res (KFP 529 A1G62)
- Pennsylvania Transaction Guide Legal Forms (print) Res (KFP
68 T68)
Constitution - document establishing powers and
limits of government
- Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated, Constitution
volumes Res & US (KFP 30 1930 .A44)
- Pennsylvania Manual Res & Ref (JK 3630 .P4)
- Constitutions of the United States, National and State US
(KF 4530 .C722)
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania website
Encyclopedias - definitions of the law arranged
alphabetically by subject
- Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia (print) US (KFP 65 .P4)
- Summary of Pennsylvania Jurisprudence 2d (print) US (KFP
65 .S86 1991)
Directories - Courts - listings of courts' addresses
and phone numbers
- BNA's Directory of State Courts, Judges, and Clerks Ref (KF
8700 A19K58)
- Directory of State Court Clerks & County Courthouses Ref
(KF 8700 .A19D57)
- American Bench Ref Desk (KF 8700 .A19Am37)
Directories - Attorneys - listings of attorneys'
addresses and phone numbers
- Legal Directory: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery,
Philadelphia Res & Ref Desk (KF 192 Ph53)
- Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (print) Res (KF 192
.M33)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association Lawyers Directory Res & Ref
(KF 338 .A33P38)
- Pennsylvania Legal Directory Ref (KF 192 .P3P38)
- West Legal Directory
Newspapers - newspapers reporting current legal news
- (current year) Res
- (1994-95; after microform and before current year) Consult reference
- (1843-1993; 1996- ) LS (Microform Cabinet 23)
- Lexis (PA;LGLINT,
August 1992- )
- Westlaw (TLI,
January 1998- )
- Pennsylvania Law Weekly (as of 3/28/94); formerly Pennsylvania Law Journal (7/92 - 3/21/94); formerly Pennsylvania Law Journal-Reporter (1981 - 6/92) (current year) Res
- (after microform and before current year) US (Newspapers)
- (1981-93; 1996-9/27/99) LS (Microform Cabinet 22)
- Lexis (PA;PALAWJ,
September 1992- )
- Westlaw (PLW,
January 1995- )
Miscellaneous
- Pennsylvania Manual Res & Ref (JK 3630 .P4)
- Pennsylvania Law Finder Res, Ref & US (KFP 61 .P38)
Treatises - commentaries on particular areas of the
law
Check INNOPAC for specific books or subjects, generally
shelved KFP in Upper Stacks or on Reserve.
