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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 -
    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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