Research to Write Scholarly Legal or Interdisciplinary Papers

The Federal legislative process is well-documented, and it may be useful to your research to find legislative history documents explaining why a particular bill was introduced or law was passed. The information located when you do legislative history research is usually meant to persuade a court that a particular interpretation of a statute is correct. This UC Law SF Research Guide teaches you how to compile a federal legislative history.

Few California legislative history documents are published and disseminated. This UC Law SF Research guide details the eight steps involved in researching the legislative history of a California statute. It also lists additional sources to check for legislative history materials.