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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.