A GUIDE TO RESEARCHING TEXAS PRIMARY LAW JANE O'CONNELL
INTRODUCTION........................................68 .............. 69 CITATION FORMAT IN TEXAS................ THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.................................69 A. Historic Texas Constitutions...........................70 B. Current Texas Constitution............................71 IV. SESSION LAWS AND STATUTES.............................74 ................. 74 Session Laws..................... A. I. II. III.
........... 76 ........................... Current Statutes 77 Statutory Revision Program ............................ Locating Historic Versions of Civil Statutes..................78 HistoricStatutory Compilations ..... 83 (Pre-1925 Vernon's Publications). .................. 84 ....................................... V. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY VI. COURT STRUCTURE, CASE LAW AND COURT RULES................... 95 95 A. Structure of Texas Courts.............................................. ................ 98 B. Unique Aspects of the Texas Court Structure B. C. D. E.
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........ 99 ........................ Historic Case Reports ................... ......... 100 Court ofAppeals Opinions The GeographicalOverlap of the First and Fourteenth Courts 101 ........... .............................. of Appeals ..... 102 ............................... Petition History 104 ....... Texas Digest and Texas Digest, 2d ............... 95.... ............ 104 s ..................... Court ......... 105 1. Texas Rules of Civil Procedure ............. 105 ...... 2. Texas Rules ofAppellate Procedure............
................. 3. Texas Rules ofEvidence. o p Texas Judicial Branch Website .................... ..... 106 VII.
REGULATIONS, TEXASR
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LEGAL ETHICS MUNICIPAL CODES
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