NJHA Library & Links
Laws & Regulations: New Jersey & United States
Introduction
Sometimes it seems like
legislation and regulations make the world go around, or at least healthcare and medicine. Finding and using them are often vital to the healthcare professional but its like looking for a needle in a haystack. Whether it is called a law, statute, rule, reg, bill or legislation, these web pages can help you find it.
This is both a
quick access tool for the plethora of web resources in this area, as well as a
research guide for the serious searcher. The NJHA Library offers
valuable tips and resources for more in-depth legislative and regulatory research for the information professional or avid searcher. It is not intended to be either comprehensive in nature or a guide to case law research. Other resources for this purpose are provided.
When it comes to research, we always
suggest novices consult with experts such as your hospital/system health science librarian as well as the NJHA Library, especially when in doubt or for complex information needs. You don't know what you don't know.
The following web sites are excellent and highly
useful summary and background to doing legislative and regulatory research. They include the structure of government, the sources and hierarchy of law, the state legislatures and judiciaries, the role of the legislature and executive branches in lawmaking and the role of the courts.
- United States Legal System: Introduction to the U.S. Legal System and the Nation. [Web Site]. Washington, DC: Law Library of Congress. Accessed August 7, 2006.
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/usintro.html
Includes the structure of government, sources and hierarchy of law, roles of the legislative and executive branches and the courts
- United States. [Web Site]. Washington, DC: Law Library of Congress. Accessed August 7, 2006.
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/us.html
Includes links to guides for the United States Constitution and the executive, judicial and legislative branches of the federal government.
- New Jersey. [Web Site]. Washington, DC: Law Library of Congress. Accessed August 7, 2006.
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/us-nj.html
Includes links to guides for the state constitution and the executive, judicial and legislative branches of New Jersey state government.