The most comprehensive source for federal legislative history citations available, the CIS LEGISLATIVE HISTORIES ANNUAL coveres every significant law enacted during the year. For each law, it provides: *an easy to read summary of the law's major provisions, *citations to every key publication in the law's history, *full bibliographic data for these publications, *citations to previous as well as current Congresses. Laws can be quickly located by either the index by subjects & names or index by bill numbers.

The study of legal history has a broad application that extends well beyond the interests of legal historians. An attorney arguing a case today may need to cite cases that are decades or even centuries old, and historians studying political or cultural history often encounter legal issues that affect their main subjects. Both groups need to understand the laws and legal practices of past eras. This essential reference is intended for the many nonspecialists who need to enter this arcane and often tricky area of research.