October 2007
Updated by Paul Hellyer
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Library Materials
Library Catalog
To search for books, journals, and audiovisual materials held by William & Mary libraries, use the online catalog.
Search Tips:
- Subject Queries--
- 'telecommunications law and legislation'
- 'telecommunications policy'
- 'mass media law and legislation'
- Remember that individual jurisdictions can be searched, e.g. telecommunications law and Virginia
To search for materials from other libraries, use the Worldcat database.
Shelf Browsing
To browse the library's shelves for books on telecommunications law, look in or around call numbers KF2761-2849 (federal law) and KF6720-6795 (state and local law). Some relevant books may be on reserve.
Primary Sources
(Selected sources only)
Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (Title 47 covers telecommunications)
GPO Access Lexis Westlaw
Selected CFR sections on communications
Westlaw
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Decisions
FCC Web site Lexis Westlaw
FCC Record: A Comprehensive Compilation of Decisions, Reports, Public Notices and Other Documents of the FCC
KF2765.1 A552 (STACKS)
Pike & Fischer, Communications Regulation (looseleaf service)
KF2810 A6 P53 (STACKS)
Pike & Fischer, Radio Regulation (looseleaf service) (no longer updated; continued by Pike & Fischer, Communications Regulation)
KF2810 A6 P52 (STACKS)
Other Administrative Documents
FCC Web site
FCC Record: A Comprehensive Compilation of Decisions, Reports, Public Notices and Other Documents of the FCC
KF2765.1 A552 (STACKS)
Pike & Fischer, Communications Regulation (looseleaf service)
KF2810 A6 P53 (STACKS)
Selected Federal Register materials on communications
Lexis Westlaw
Case Law
Federal and State Communications Cases
Lexis
Federal Communications Cases
Westlaw
Legislation
Selected USCA sections on communications
Westlaw
Pike & Fischer, Communications Regulation (looseleaf service)
KF2810 A6 P53 (STACKS)
Treatises & Looseleafs
(Selected sources only)
Daniel L. Brenner et al., Cable Television and Other Nonbroadcast Video
Westlaw
Peter W. Huber, Federal Telecommunications Law (2nd ed. 1999)
KF2765 A7 K45 1999 (STACKS)
Internet Law and Practice
Westlaw
Charles H. Kennedy, An Introduction to International Telecommunications Law (1996)
K4305.4 K 46 1996 (STACKS)
Charles H. Kennedy, An Introduction to U.S. Telecommunications Law (2nd ed. 2001)
KF2765 K46 2001 (STACKS)
Thomas Krattenmaker, Telecommunications Law and Policy (2nd ed. 1998)
KF2765 K72 1998 (STACKS)
Julian S. Millstein et al., Doing Business on the Internet: Forms and Analysis
Westlaw
Pike & Fischer, Communications Regulation (looseleaf service)
KF2810 A6 P53 (STACKS)
Walter Sapronov & William H. Read (eds.), Telecommunications: Law, Regulation, and Policy (1998)
KF2765 T454 1998 (STACKS)
Telecom Antitrust Handbook (2005)
KF2765 .Z9 T45 2005 (STACKS)
Periodicals
Periodical Indexes and Databases
Index to Legal Periodicals
ILP is a multi-volume print resource providing subject and author indexing. The volumes are not cumulative.
Coverage: 1770-2000. No longer updated by library.
Location:
ZZ66 .I534 (REFERENCE)
Legal Trac
Legal Trac is an electronic database that indexes articles from law reviews, bar association publications, legal magazines and legal newspapers. Some articles are provided in full text.
Coverage: 1980-present.
Subject Queries:
- communications regulation
- telecommunications
- telecommunications law
- telecommunications regulation
Selected Periodicals on Telecommunications Law
Andrews Telecommunications Industry Litigation Reporter
Westlaw
CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Policy
Lexis Westlaw Hein Online
Communication Law and Policy
Lexis Westlaw
Communications Law Reviews Combined
Lexis
Communications Lawyer: Journal of Media, Information and Communications Law
Westlaw
Communications Today
Lexis Westlaw
FCC Report
Westlaw
Federal Communications Law Journal (Continues Federal Communications Bar Journal)
Web site Lexis Westlaw Hein Online
Hastings Communication and Entertainment Law Journal
Lexis Westlaw Hein Online
Infrastructure (Newsletter of the ABA Section of Public Utility, Communications, and Transportation Law)
Lexis
International Journal of Communications Law and Policy
Web site Lexis
Internet Connection
Westlaw
Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law
Lexis Westlaw Hein Online
Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review
Web site Lexis
Westlaw Hein Online
Free Web Sites
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
ATIS is a U.S.-based organization that develops and promotes standards for the telecommunications industry. Their Web site includes reports, periodicals, and a telecommunications glossary.
Federal Communications Bar Association
Association of attorneys, law students, and others involved in the "development, interpretation and practice of communications law and policy."
Federal Communications Commission
The FCC homepage provides links to the various divisions of the agency. From these pages, you can find full text or links to publications such as the Code of Federal Regulations, notices of proposed rulemaking, and international telecommunications agreements.
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
NARUC is composed of state government agencies that regulate telecommunications industries. The website contains NARUC documents and state regulatory information, including links to all 50 states' regulatory agency homepages. A subsidiary body of NARUC, the National Regulatory Research Institute, maintains a website which posts NARUC documents, arbitration decisions, and some state telecommunications information.
National Telecommunications Cooperative Association
NTCA is a nonprofit, national organization that represents local telecommunications cooperatives and companies in rural America on Capitol Hill, in front of the Federal Communications Commission, and in court.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTIA is an agency of the Department of Commerce and is charged with advising the President on telecom policy issues. A subdivision of NTIA, the Institute for Telecommunications Sciences, conducts telecommunications research for the agency.
U.S. Copyright Office
The Copyright Office oversees the retransmission of conventional television signals via cable and submits to arbitration any dispute over the distribution of re-broadcast fees.
United States Telecom Association
USTA is a coalition of local telecommunications and telephone companies. Their site contains issues briefs and other current policy documents, regulatory news, and technical industry information. USTA also maintains another site, www.telecompolicy.net, that contains further news about telecom issues.
