CRJU 3521: Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime

The traditional ways to get statutes and code sections are (a) to pull the book off the shelf of your own library, (b) to borrow the appropriate volume from another library or (c) to get copies by calling the document delivery service in a law school or bar association library. These are all still excellent ways of getting statutes and code sections.

Now you can also get statutory Code sections free online. States post their Codes and recent statutes on the Internet, either directly or through a designated publisher. Suggested sites include:

• The Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.)
  
  
• State Constitutions, Statutes, and Legislative Information (Cornell University)
  
  
• State Statutes by Topical Index (Cornell University)
  

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