The Law Library, as established by Act 470 of the 112th Session of the South Carolina General Assembly, contains legal volumes available for patron usage within the Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library. The purpose of the Law Library policy is to maximize patron access to accurate information while complying with ethical principles and all applicable laws.
General Resources:
- South Carolina Legislature https://www.scstatehouse.gov/
- South Carolina Code of Laws https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/statmast.php
- South Carolina Bar Association https://www.scbar.org/
- Florence City Codes and Florence County Codes https://library.municode.com/sc
- South Carolina Legal Services https://sclegal.org/
- Library of Congress: Law Library https://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.php
- South Carolina Judicial Branch https://www.sccourts.org/
- Circuit Riders: Basic Legal Research Training https://guides.law.sc.edu/CircuitRiders
- Nolo Legal Encyclopedia. https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia
- Law Dictionary https://www.merriam-webster.com/legal
Specific Topics:
Annual Credit Report: https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action
Copyright. https://www.copyright.gov/
Finances: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/
Freedom of Information Act. https://www.foia.gov/
Starting a Business in South Carolina. https://scbos.sc.gov/starting
Variety of Topics. https://www.lawhelp.org/sc
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. https://www.eeoc.gov/
Books We Have in the Law Collection at the Florence branch:
Please feel free to come and utilize these books. These books are not able to be checked out. If you would like to make copies the library costs are .10 per page (black and white) and .50 per page (color.)
- American Jurisprudence 2D 1994 (Missing 57 A)
- Proof of Facts 3D Series 1988
- American Am Ju Jurisprudence Trials 1998
- Law of Remedies 2nd Edition 1993 (Only have 2 and 3)
- Encyclopedia of the United States of Supreme Court 2001 (Have 1, 2, 3)
- Manual for Notaries Public 9th edition 2001
- Federal Trial Handbook 1983
- Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States 2nd edition 2005
- Wigmore on evidence 3rd edition 1988
- West’s South Eastern Digest 2D 1981
- Federal Civil Judicial Procedure and Rules 2010 edition
- Federal Civil Handbook 2010
- Federal Research Coordinator 1991
- United States Reports (Only have 566, 567, 568, 569)
- Credibility and Character Evidence 2003 (Have 1, 2)
- Code of Ordinance for Florence City
- Code of Ordinance for Florence County
- Nuts and Bolts of South Carolina Substantive and Procedural Law 3rd edition 1994
- Criminal Offenses in South Carolina 3rd edition 2014-2015
- South Carolina Jurisprudence 1991 (Only have Volumes 1, 15, 16, 19, 28)
- Burton’s Legal Thesaurus 4th edition 2007
- Barron’s Dictionary of Legal Terms 4th edition 2008
- Oxford Companion to American Law 2002
- 2010, 2011 South Carolina Criminal and Juvenile Justice Trends
- 2005 D + O Liability Handbook
- Products Liability 1981
- Handbook of Personal Injury Form and Litigation Materials 1982
- Uniform Commercial Code 4th edition 1995 (Have 1, 2, 3, 4)
- Estate Planning in South Carolina 2002 (Have 1, 2, 3)
- The South Carolina Law of Torts 3rd edition 2004
- Local Government Law 2nd edition 2001
- Family Law Checklist 2003 (Volume 1, 2)
- Annotated Manual for Complex Litigation 4th edition 2005
- 2015 South Carolina Rules of Court Federal (Volume 2, 2A)
- 2015 South Carolina Rules of Court State (Volume 1, 1A)
- Writing and Analysis in the Law Revised 4th edition 2003
- Black’s Law Dictionary (9th edition 2009, 10th edition 2014)
- Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Litigation 4th edition 2007 (Have 1, 2)
- Steel on Immigration Laws 2D 1985
- Larson’s Workers Compensation Law 2004 (Have 1-12)
- Constitution of the United States of American centennial edition
- US code 2012 and supplements to 2018
- Cases in Constitutional Law 5th edition
- The Bill of Rights
- Admiralty and Maritime Law 4th edition 2004 (1, 2, 3)
- South Carolina Magistrates and Municipal Court Judges and Bench Book 2nd edition 1990
- Powell on Real Property 1949 (Have 2-17)
- Bruner and O’Connor on Construction Law 2002 (Have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- Occupational Safety and Health Law 4th edition 1998
- Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Supplement 1 1986
- Americans with Disabilities 4th edition 2003
- South Carolina Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships 3rd edition 2000
- The Law and Policy of Sentences and Corrections 7th edition 2005
- United States Statutes at Large (Volumes 116-126)
- Code of Laws in South Carolina
- South Carolina Code of State Regulations
- Criminal Procedure 2nd edition (Volumes 1-6)
- Handling Narcotic and Drug Cases
- Sexual Assault Trials 2nd edition 1998 (Have 1, 2)
- Law of Remedies 2nd edition 1993
- Juvenile Justice Administration 2003
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines 2013
- Criminal Law Handbook – Nolo
- Wharton’s Criminal Evidence 13th edition (Have volumes 1, 2, 3, 4)
- Causes of Action 2nd edition 1993 (Volumes 1-30)
- Couch on Insurance 3D (Have volumes 1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- Corpus Juris Secundum (Have volumes 1-101A. And 2009 Update)
- South Carolina Request to Charge – Civil 2002
- South Carolina Request to Charge – Criminal 2nd edition 2012
- South Carolina Criminal Offenses and Penalties 2005
- Commercial Real Estate Transactions 3D 2004
- Landmark Supreme Court Cases 2007
- South Carolina Elder Law: A Practice Manual 1995