Oklahoma Government
Oklahoma's government is composed of three branches - legislative, executive, and judicial. The capital of the state is located in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma law can be found on all legal research platforms and the researchers should use the usual methods to locate it. Oklahoma law can also be found on Oklahoma government websites. This guide will provide an overview of the structure of government and links to resources and research guides.
Oklahoma Legal Research Textbook
Researchers new to Oklahoma law should begin their research process by consulting Oklahoma Legal Research, a comprehensive text on all aspects of Oklahoma legal research.
- Oklahoma Legal Research byCall Number: KFO 1275 .F69ISBN: 9781611631340Publication Date: 2013-08-27Oklahoma Legal Research is the first book focused exclusively on how to research Oklahoma law. Oklahoma Legal Research: examines resources and research methods for all types of Oklahoma primary law, secondary law, and practice materials with chapters on researching Oklahoma statutory, regulatory, and case law; includes a chapter on researching tribal law for Native American tribes located in Oklahoma; discusses how to do historical statutory research to locate the increasingly available legislative history materials for Oklahoma statutes; and covers resources and methods in both print and online formats, with visuals included to assist the researcher. This text has been written for legal researchers of various levels of experience and training. For those just learning the intricacies of legal research, it explains the basic processes and introduces the novice to the most important sources of Oklahoma and Native American tribal law. It also briefly discusses analogous materials in federal law, so that the less experienced researcher can better see the parallels between state and federal research. Experienced researchers will also benefit from having a text that brings together both print and online sources of Oklahoma law and that will assist them in determining which of those sources are better suited to accomplishing a particular research task.
Oklahoma Materials in the Law Library
The law library has an Oklahoma Collection of cases, statutes, administrative materials and practice books located on the main level near the ALC. Floor Maps are below.
More Resources
- State documents bibliography, Oklahoma : a guide to legal research in Oklahoma byCall Number: KF 1 .A38 O55Publication Date: 2009