Law--United States
General Resources
- Bitlaw - http://www.bitlaw.com/index.html
"Bitlaw is a comprehensive Internet resource on technology law." It covers patent, copyright, trademark and Web legal issues.
- Business Law Lounge - http://www.lectlaw.com/bus.html
A good resource for business law.
- Hieros Gamos - http://www.hg.org/
A large site that provides links to online legal resources as well as international law resources, job leads, legal news, a directory of Bar Associations etc.
- Legal Information Institute - http://www.law.cornell.edu/
A quite comprehensive site that includes the usual directories of online legal resources as well as discussion of legal ethics and citation writing.
- Martindale Hubble Lawyer Locator - http://www.martindale.com/
Use this site to search for lawyers by name, practice, specialty or geographic area.
- NOLO Law for All - http://www.nolo.com/index.cfm
A wonderful collection of legal information for non-specialists.
- Thomas - http://thomas.loc.gov/
The premier source on Congress. Look here for information on legislation, legislators, treaties, roll call votes, etc.
- Wex - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Main_Page
"Welcome to Wex, a collaboratively built, freely available legal dictionary and encyclopedia ."
Court Decisions
- Historic Supreme Court Decisions - http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm
Selected, significant historic Supreme Court decisions searchable by topic, party name or opinion author.
- Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research - http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/
Very logically organized site that permits searching of Judicial opinions from both the Supreme and Circuit Courts, the Code of Federal Regulations, legislation, and law reviews.
- Oyez Project - http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Audio files of oral arguments.
- Supreme Court - http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
Official Web site of the U.S. Supreme Court. Includes court calendar, opinions, etc.
- Supreme Court Decisions - http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html
Covers decisions from 1990 to the present.
- Supreme Court Decisions - http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm
Covers decisions from 1937-1975.
Statutes and Regulations
- Code of Federal Regulations -
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
This version of the CFR is highly searchable.
- Federal Administrative Decisions and Other Actions -
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/govdocs/fed_decisions_agency.html
This site covers administrative law that does not appear in the Federal Register or the CFR.
- Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations
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http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
Offers searchable versions of both titles.
- GPO Search - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/multidb.html
Simultaneously search the Federal Register, statutes, legislation, court decisions etc.
- U.S. Code - http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
This searchable version of the U.S. Code includes a popular names table.
- U.S. Statutes at Large - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsl.html
This collection of laws passed by Congress in chronological order covers the years 1789-1875. For more recent laws, see Thomas.
Virtual Law Libraries
- Findlaw for Legal Professionals - http://www.findlaw.com/#
Click on the "For Legal Professionals" tab to find a good selection of online legal resources such as links to Supreme Court decisions, case law, statutes etc.
- Guide to Law Online - http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/
From the Law Library of Congress. "An outstanding set of links to Federal and International law."
- Law Research - http://www.lawresearch.com/v2/search/ceform1.htm
Of the many law research engines on the Web, this is probably the most comprehensive.
- 'Lectric Law Library - http://www.lectlaw.com/
Once you get past the silliness, this resource contains much helpful information including glossaries, links to legislation and court decisions.
- Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research - http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/
Very logically organized site that permits searching of Judicial opinions from both the Supreme and Circuit Courts, the Code of Federal Regulations, legislation, and law reviews.
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