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Pennsylvania Resources

This State Guide lists the major sources of law in Pennsylvania.

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Encyclopedia, Treatises & Practice Series

Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia on Lexis
Summary of Pennsylvania Jurisprudence 2d on Westlaw
In print: Summary of Pennsylvania Jurisprudence 2d, Call Number: State 1st Floor KFP65 .S86 2d, last updated at Law Library in 2022.
In print: Burton R. Laub, Pennsylvania Keystone: Lawyer's Desk Library of Practice, Call Number: State 1st Floor KFP77 .L38, currently updated at Law Library.
Pennsylvania Treatises on Lexis
Pennsylvania Practice Series on Westlaw
Pennsylvania Texts & Treatises on Westlaw
Practical Law Pennsylvania on Westlaw

Research Guides

State Law Reviews & Bar Journals

Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly
- Pa. Bar Ass'n Q. on Westlaw (Selected coverage begins with 1986 (vol. 57))
- Pa. Bar Ass'n Q. on Lexis (Coverage from 1994 - current)
The Legal Intelligencer
- Legal Intelligencer on Lexis (Coverage from 1992 - )
Pennsylvania Law Weekly
PA Law Reviews & Journals on Lexis
PA Law Reviews & Journals on Westlaw
PA Law Reviews & Journals on HeinOnline

Historical Legal Treatises & Materials in General

LLMC Digital: U.S. States & Territories
Includes historical primary sources, but secondary sources such as historical newspapers, periodicals, treatises, executive decisions and more.
Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources I & II, 1620-1970
Contains a searchable digitized archive of U.S. state and territories primary legal sources, including historical state codes, but also historical reports, forms and treatises.
HeinOnline Prestatehood Legal Materials
Provides brief overviews of state histories from colonization to statehood and identifies historical state codes, journals, digests, reports, surveys, and more.

More on Practice in General

Legal blogs about a state's laws may be found on Justia's Blawg Directory.

More on Secondary Sources

Check the CALI Lesson on Pennsylvania's secondary sources to find more legal research materials.

Additional Resources

AALL Online Legal Information Resources
Links to free online primary legal materials & public law libraries in each state.
In print: Pennsylvania's Criminal Justice System (2014) by Mary P. Brewster, harry R. Dammer
Now owned by Law Library. Georgetown Law students may request to borrow a copy via Interlibrary Loan.
Pennsylvania State Archives Collections
Law Libraries in the State (Justia)
Pennsylvania Bar Association