Basic New Jersey Legal Materials
Pathfinder: Basic New
Jersey Legal Materials
Rutgers Law Library - Newark
revised Aug.28,2006
- Statutes
- Reporters
- Digests
- Citators
- Legislative History Materials
- Administrative Regs/Decisions
- Court Rules
- Forms
- New Jersey State Constitution
- Directories
- Legal Newspapers
- Treatises
- Internet Guides
Finding New Jersey legal materials
The listings below indicate the title, call number and location. The location is followed by two numbers: the floor number and the row number. For example, 2/24 indicates the item is located in Row 24 on the second floor. For more information on the layout of the library, click here to see maps of each floor of the library.
Items listed as "RESERVE" may be requested at the circulation desk. Items listed as "NJREF" may be found in the "Reference Library" room next to the circulation desk. "REF" is the Reference Collection behind the reference desk, across from the circulation desk. "DOCREF" materials may be found in the central area of the second floor of the library. The "MICROFORM" collection is across from DOCREF. "DOCNJ" materials are in compact shelving in the area adjacent to the West Reading Gallery on the second floor in Rows 43-63. The "Periodical" Collection is in the East Reading Gallery of the second floor. The "HISTORIC" collection is on the third floor in the area of the Criminal Justice Library.
For online availability of New Jersey legal materials, see our Internet Law Guide: New Jersey Law
Statutes:
laws passed by the New Jersey State Legislature
| Title | Call number | Location |
| New Jersey Revised Statutes (1937) | KFN 1830 | NJREF & 2/24 |
| New Jersey Statutes Annotated | KFN 1830 1937.A42 | RESERVE, NJREF, & DOCREF |
| New Jersey Session Law Service | KFN 1831.N3 | NJREF, DOCREF & 2/23 |
Reporters
full text of court decisions
| Title | Call number | Location |
| New Jersey Reports (1949 to date) | KFN 1845.A21 | NJREF & 2/24 |
| New Jersey Superior Court Reports (1949 to date) | KFN 1848 | NJREF & 2/24-25 |
| New Jersey Law Reports (1790 to 1948) | KFN 1847.L2 | NJREF & 2/24 |
| New Jersey Equity Reports (1830 to 1948) | KFN 1847.E6 | NJREF & 2/24 |
| New Jersey Miscellaneous Reports (1923 to 1949) | KFN 1851.A2 | NJREF & 2/25 |
| New Jersey Tax Court Reports (1979 to date) | KFN 2270.A515 | (NJREF) |
| Atlantic Reporter (1885 to date) | KF 135.A7 | 1/13-15; non-current copy of 2nd series also in NJREF |
Digests:
subject and word indexes to court decisions
| Title | Call number | Location |
| West's New Jersey Digest (coverage up to 1953) | KFN 1857.W4 | NJREF & 2/25 |
| West's New Jersey Digest, 2d (1954 to date) | KFN 1857.W4 | NJREF & 2/25 |
| Atlantic Reporter Digest | KF 135.A7 W2 | 1/15 |
| West's Atlantic Digest 2d | KF135.A7 W4 | 1/15 |
Citators:
used to verify court decisions and statutes
| Title | Call number | Location |
| Shepard's New Jersey Citations | KFN 1859.S5 | NJREF& 2/25 |
| Shepard's Atlantic Citations (not current) | KF 135.A72 | 1/15 |
Legislative History Materials:
materials for tracking the history of a piece of legislation
Please refer to the pathfinder entitled New Jersey Legislative History Research Instructions available at the Reference Desk and on the Internet at http://law-library.rutgers.edu/leghist.html
Administrative
Regulations/Decisions:
regulations/decisions promulgated by administrative agencies
| Title | Call number | Location |
| New Jersey Administrative Code | KFN 1835 1995.A22 | RESERVE |
| New Jersey Register | KFN 1831.N5 | Reserve [current], NJREF & DOCNJ |
| New Jersey Administrative Reports 1982 to 1990 | KFN 2240.A556 | DOCNJ |
| New Jersey Administrative Reports 2d 1991 to 1997 | KFN 2240.A556 1991 | RESERVE & DOCNJ |
| Note: N.J.A.R. was discontinued as a print publication as of Sept. 1997. Subsequent cases are found at the Rutgers-Camden Law Library web site: http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/oal/search.html | ||
Court Rules:
rules of practice before the courts
| Title | Call number | Location |
| Current rules governing the courts of the State of New Jersey: with comments and annotations by Sylvia B. Pressler |
KFN 2329.A3 P7 | RESERVE, REF & DOCNJ |
| New Jersey rules of court : state and federal | KFN 2329.A2 | REF & DOCNJ |
| New Jersey rules of evidence: with comments by the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Rules of Evidence |
KFN 2340.A4 E949 | REF & DOCNJ |
Forms:
sample forms that can be used in legal transactions or proceedings
| Title | Call number | Location |
| New Jersey Forms: Practice-oriented Forms for New Jersey Legal and Business Transactions |
KFN 1868.N45 | NJREF |
| New Jersey Law with Forms | KFN 1865.S4 | NJREF |
| New Jersey Pleading and Practice Forms | KFN 2330.A65 N49 | NJREF |
| New Jersey Practice | KFN 1880.N4 | NJREF |
| New Jersey Transaction Guide | KFN 1880.N43 | NJREF |
New
Jersey State Constitution:
document establishing powers and limits of the New Jersey government
| Title | Call number | Location |
| Contained within volumes of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated | KFN 1830 1937.A42 | RESERVE, NJREF & DOCREF |
Directories:
listings of addresses and telephone numbers
| Title | Call number | Location |
| Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory | KF 190.H183 | REF [current], RESERVE [NJ & NY], HISTORIC [older copies] |
| N.J. Lawyers Diary and Manual (coverage includes courts and attorneys) |
KF 192.N4 L35 | RESERVE, REF & DOCNJ |
| State Yellow Book | JK 2403.S77 | REF, older copies in DOCREF |
Newspapers:
newspapers reporting current legal news
| Title | Location |
| New Jersey Law Journal | RESERVE & DOCREF [bound volumes] & MICROFORM |
| New Jersey Lawyer: the Weekly Newspaper | RESERVE & DOCREF [bound volumes] |
Treatises:
commentaries on particular areas of the law
For a list of treatises organized by subject please see pages 23-6 to 23-16 of the New Jersey Legal Research Handbook by Paul Axel-Lute KFN 1875.A97 1998, RESERVE & REF). Check the online catalog for locations of materials (for assistance using the online catalog please see the Reference Librarian or pick up instructions at the Reference Desk). Generally these books are either on RESERVE or in the NJREF Room.
Various treatises are included within the series entitled New Jersey Practice (KFN 1880 N4 NJREF). This series has continuous volume numbering, but otherwise consists of essentially separate works on a variety of topics.
Guides to New Jersey Legal Material on the Internet:
| Title | URL |
| Rutgers-Newark Law Library Internet Law Guide: New Jersey |
http://law-library.rutgers.edu/ilg/njlaw.html |
| New Jersey Documents on the Net | http://law-library.rutgers.edu/govdocs/jersey.htm |
| New Jersey Legal Resources (N.J. State Library) |
http://www.njstatelib.org/Research_Guides/Law/index.php#njlaw |
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