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Political Science

Laws & Regulations

Bill Tracking & Text Search
Maine Legislature
Maine Revised Statutes
Also available in print, and annotated, in Fogler's first floor Information Commons
Laws of Maine
Can search back to the 118th Legislature (1996); find prior years in print in Fogler Special Collections
Maine Laws (Findlaw)
Organized by topic
Code of Maine Rules
Also a print copy in Fogler's Reference collection

Legislative Histories

Compiling a Maine Legislative History
Maine Law and Legislative Research Library
History and Full Disposition of Legislative Documents
Print source, Fogler Special Collections
Maine Historical Legislative Record & Legislative History Collection
Maine Law and Legislative Research Library
State of Maine Legislature Bill Text & Status

Court Decisions

Maine Supreme Court Opinions
Available online back to 2017
Maine Reporter
Print source for decisions back to 1966. In Fogler Special Collections.
Maine Reports
Print source of decisions 1820-1964; in Fogler Special Collections

Nexis Uni
Click on Legal above the search bar, and on the next page, under the search bar, choose State. Choose Maine and then search.

Maine Key Number Digest
Print index to case law; in Fogler's first floor Reference Collection

Other Places to Find Information

Consumer Law Guide
From the Maine Attorney General's office
Maine Law & Legislative Reference Library
Pine Tree Legal Self Help Tools