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- 100 Free DIY Legal Resources on the Web
A list of legal sites online, organized by general subject.
- FindLaw: Law, Lawyers, and Legal Resources
This is an excellent source for laws AND access to both the U.S. and foreign governments. Includes a Find Law for the Public section with FAQs, Find Law for States, help finding a lawyer, etc. and a Special Coverage section for law news.
- Fully Informed Jury Association
"The FIJA mission is to educate Americans regarding their full powers as jurors, including their ability to rely on personal conscience, to judge the merit of the law and its application, and to nullify bad law, when necessary for justice, by finding for the defendant."
- GlobalLex
Links to resources on international and comparative law.
- GPO - U.S. Government Printing Office
Links to information published by the U.S. government, including the Congressional Record, U.S. Code (laws), Code of Federal Regulations, Supreme Court decisions, and more.
- GUIDE: The Guide to Law Online
From the Law Library of Congress, "an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online."
- How a Bill Becomes a Law
From Lexis-Nexis, "a flowchart illustrating the process by which a bill becomes a law. Click a box to view information on that step, including tips related to your online research."
- Internet Law Library
Searchable U.S. legal Code and Code of Federal Regulations, and links to federal, state, and international laws, laws of other nations, law schools and law libraries, and other information.
- Justia
"Law & legal information for lawyers, students, business and the public."
- LawGuru.com: Internet Law Library
Originally the US House of Representatives Law Library, this site provides links to a large number of legal resources relating to American (federal and state) and foreign laws.
- Legal Help :
- Legal Information Institute
Cornell Law School's excellent research site for laws and legal reference.
- Legal Lad
Short weekly podcasts about American law and justice.
- New York State Law
see: New York State
- PLoL: The Public Library of Law
"PLoL is the largest free law library in the world, because we assemble law available for free scattered across many different sites -- all in one place."
- Regulations.gov
"Regulations.gov is your online source for U.S. government regulations from nearly 300 federal agencies." Inlcudes proposed rules, agency documents, final rules, section of new rules, ability to comment on rules.
- Teacher & Student Resources
Links to court cases and decisions and other law-related materials. From Project LEGAL at Syracuse University.
- Thomas - U.S. Congress on the Net
Text of legislation, reports, the Congression Record, votes, links to House and Senate websites, historical documents, directories, and more.
- U.S. Code
"This version of the U.S. Code is generated from the most recent official version made available by the US House of Representatives. The listing on the House server provides exact currency information." (This version, from the Cornell Law Library, is more browsable.)
- U.S. Code Search
Keyword search of the U.S. Code of national law.
- WashLaw Web
Extensive set of resources from the Washburn University School of Law Library.
- World Legal Information Institute
"Free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law."
- Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court
Information and teaching strategies for important U.S. Supreme Court cases, including case studies, moot court activities, political cartoons, background studies, links to the full text of the decision, and more.
- Selected Historic Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court
From the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University, this site contains links to articles on over 600 historic Supreme Court cases.
- Supreme Court Historical Society
"The Supreme Court Historical Society is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the history of the Supreme Court of the United States." Includes information on how the Court works, visiting the Court, technology, and more.
- Supreme Court of the United States
General information about the Court, Docket Information, downloadable files of the Court Schedule, Supreme Court Calendar, Court Rules, Opinions, and links to related sites.
- Supreme Court Times
"United States Supreme Court Cases and Commentary. Plain-English descriptions; Plain-talk commentary."
See also : U.S. Constitution for consitutional law and related topics, such as First Amendment issues.
- Electronic Surveillance Laws
"Electronic Surveillance involves the traditional laws on wiretapping--any interception of a telephone transmission by accessing the telephone signal itself--and eavesdropping--listening in on conversations without the consent of the parties." Covers both state and federal laws.
- Victim Law
"Your source for crime victim rights and protections."
- Justia: Federal Court Filings
Browsable by State, Nature of Suit, and Cases; searchable by place of filing, date, party name, and/or suit type.
- RJ&L Religious Liberty Archive
"An extensive repository of valuable information and a useful resource for anyone seeking information about state and federal laws pertaining to religious freedom in the United States."
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