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GENERAL LEGAL RESEARCH SITES
ABI World
http://www.abiworld.org
Sponsored by the American Bankruptcy
Institute, an organization dedicated to research and education on matters
related to insolvency. Full-text bankruptcy opinions are provided in HTML
and PDF formats and are boolean seachable. Contains directory of judges
and staff for U.S. Bankruptcy courts, as well as links to bankruptcy-related
information.
American Law Sources Online
http://www.lawsource.com/also/
Cataloging of legal resources for the U.S.,
Canada, and Mexico. Very current.
Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com
Non-legal ready reference. Columbia
Encyclopedia, quotation dictionaries, American Heritage dictionary, works of
fiction, including Shakespeare, poetry, non-fiction- all key-word searchable.
Daubert on the Web
http:www.daubertontheweb.com
Devoted to the analysis of the U.S.
Supreme Court's 1993 decision, Daubert V. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals,
which changed the rules on expert scientific testimony. Created by
Philadelphia litigator Peter B. Nordberg.
FedLaw
http://fedlaw.gsa.gov
FedLaw has assembled references of use to people doing
Federal legislative research which can be accessed directly through hypertext
links. Nothing earth-shattering, but solid, basic links.
Hieros Gamos
http://www.hg.org
This may be the most comprehensive legal site
on the Internet. Links are provided to thousands of sites related to legal
profession.
How Appealing
http://legalaffairs.org/howappealing
A weblog (blog) devoted to appellate
litigation. Compiled by Howard J. Bashman, chairman of the appellate
group in the Philadelphia office of Buchanan Ingersoll.
Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com
Digital version on almanac integrated with
Columbia encyclopedia, Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary and
Magellan country maps. Valuable site because of currency.
Internet Legal Resource Guide
http://www.ilrg.com
This is an excellent site that provides easily
accessed links.
Kuesterlaw.com
http://www.kuesterlaw.com
This is the most comprehensive IP law site on
the Web. Maintained by attorney Jeffery Kuester, this award-winning site
features links to leading IP decisions and statutes, government departments,
technology law attorneys, and hundreds of other IP sites of interest.
Law and Politics: Internet Guide
http://www.lpig.org
Maintained by Randy Roberts, a student at
the University of Texas. Designed for use by the legal profession,
academia, and the public. Includes links to treaties, forms, CLE
information, and legal employment, as well as general legal resources.
LawGuru
http://www.lawguru.com/
Another major internet site like Hiero Gamos, LawGuru
advertises access to free legal research on 250+ legal search engines and
tools.
LawInfo
http://www.lawinfo.com
Excellent graphics and well organized. A comprehensive
list of legal resources. There have been some problems reported with the
currency of its listings.
Law Library of Congress Guide to Law
Online
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/glin/
An annotated hypertext guide to sources of
information worldwide on government and law available online without
charge.
'Lectric Law Library
http://www.lectlaw.com/
An excellent legal resource on the Web which tries to
be as comprehensive as Hieros Gamos and LawGuru. Lectric Law Library does
provide links to free resources but often leads the researcher into commercial
offerings. Some clever leaps into legal humor make this an enjoyable resource
to visit.
Legal Information Institute - Cornell
University Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/
This location provides one of the most comprehensive
listings of legal resources on the Internet, including court opinions,
statutes, and rules and regulations. Another Cornell site,
http:// supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
links to project Hermes which is one of the quickest ways to obtain recently
decided Supreme Court cases.
LibraySpot.com is your one-stop
source for some of the most useful research sites on the web.
http://www.LibrarySpot.com
Religious Liberty Archive
http://www.churchstatelaw.com
virtual law library of religious freedom
law, including Supreme Court cases, federal and state law, treatises and
historical materials.
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