Researching California Law from Afar

Here is the California companion to my Washington State post.

Good starting points for California legal research:

1) When in doubt about where to start your research, ask a public law librarian: Council of California County Law Libraries (see especially their Self-Help and Legal Links)

2) California Courts (including a free, fully-searchable database of CA cases from 1850 to the present)

3) California Self-Help

4) California State Bar