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Wisconsin Resources

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

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There is no general legal encyclopedia available for Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Treatises & Practice Guides on Lexis.
Wisconsin Practice Series on Westlaw.
Practical Law Wisconsin on Westlaw.

State Law Reviews & Bar Journals

Wisconsin Law Review
- Wis. L. Rev. on HeinOnline (Vols. 1 - , 1938 - )
Wisconsin Lawyer (current), Archived issues (2002 - )
- Wis. Law. on HeinOnline (Vols. 1 - 4, 1967 -1970)
WI Law Reviews & Journals on Lexis
WI Law Reviews & Journals on Westlaw
HeinOnline Law Journal Library: Wisconsin

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

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

Additional Resources

AALL Online Legal Information Resources
Links to free online primary legal materials & public law libraries in each state.
Wisconsin State Law Library
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Library
Law Libraries in the State (Justia)
State Bar of Wisconsin
Native American Indian Law Research Guide: Wisconsin Indian Tribes (Marq. Univ. L. Libr.)

Native American Law Research Guide
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