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Bankruptcy research resources - online primary authority

United States Code

United States House of Representatives – the official online version of the United States Code. Often not as current as other sources – always check the date (set forth at the top of each Code section) that indicates the most recent changes incorporated.
http://uscode.house.gov/download/title_11.shtml

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute – uses the version of the Code supplied by the House of Representatives, but includes a service enabling the user to update each section by reference to Thomas, the legislative information site maintained by the Library of Congress.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/bankruptcy.html

Library of Congress - Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet – provides most current information on recently enacted and pending legislation.
http://thomas.loc.gov/
 

Code of Federal Regulations

National Archives and Records Administration – sets forth the entire Code of Federal Regulations and provides a mechanism for updating sections.
http://lula.law.cornell.edu/cfr/cfr.php?title=28&type=part&value=58 (if you know the regulation you are looking for)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html#page1 (to search or browse for other regulations)
 

Federal register

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html - for updating and keeping abreast of proposed changes to regulations affecting bankruptcy.
 

United States trustee program

http://www.usdoj.gov/ust - The United States Trustee Program is a component of the Department of Justice responsible for overseeing the administration of bankruptcy cases and private. It consists of 21 regional U.S. Trustee Offices nationwide and an Executive Office for U.S. Trustees (EOUST) in Washington, DC. This site contains information about the United States Trustee Program and the federal bankruptcy system.
 

Federal judiciary

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute – provides full text access to historic and recent (from 1990) bankruptcy cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, recent (from 1995) bankruptcy cases in the federal courts of appeals.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/bankruptcy.html (bankruptcy cases)

Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure – provides full text access to Bankruptcy Procedure Rules in a searchable database.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frbp/

United States Bankruptcy Courts – provides information about bankruptcy, links to forms, and websites for all federal bankruptcy courts.
 

Texas materials

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute – provides links to state statutes dealing with bankruptcy.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/bankruptcy.html

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texashttp://www.txeb.uscourts.gov

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texashttp://www.txnb.uscourts.gov  

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texashttp://www.txsd.uscourts.gov

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texashttp://www.txwd.uscourts.gov
 

Foreign and international materials

International Bankruptcy Law: GLOBAL Insolvency, a joint project of the American Bankruptcy Institute and INSOL International, provides links to international and regional insolvency laws and cases: http://www.globalinsolvency.com/insol

World Legal Information Institute – provides links to treaties on bankruptcy.  http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/3025.html