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Law Internet Resources

    Major Sites:

Albany.edu Sourcebook
    
Criminal justice statistics.
American Bar Association
     Contains a lawyer directory, membership information, law information for the legal and public communities, etc.
American Civil Liberties Union
     Dedicated to preserving legal rights.
Annual Review of Population Law Database
     This database contains summaries and excerpts of legislation, constitutions, court decisions, and other official government documents from every country in the world.
The Avalon Project
    
Several hundred full text documents on law, historical documents, etc.
BioTech Law News
     Dedicated to serving the diverse needs of pharmaceutical and biotechnology clientele.
Code of Federal Regulations
     Another searchable database of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Contents Pages from Law Reviews
     Includes pages from over 750 law reviews and scholarly publications.
Copyright and Fair Use
     A Stanford University database.
Cornell Law Library:  Legal Research Guides
     A major law research site.
County and City Data Books
     This service provides the opportunity to create custom printouts and/or customized data subsets.
Duke University Law Journals
     Full-text articles from 6 journals are available.
Federal Register

     A database by the National Archives and Records Administration with publications on rules, notices, executive orders, and other government info.
FindLaw
     Offers legal research, abstracts, etc. from 35 full-text law journals.
Foreign and International Law Resources on the Web
    
Cornell Law Library guide to Web sites providing links to texts of laws and court decisions, international documents, directories, trade information, and/or statistics.
Full-text State Statutes and Legislation on the Internet
    
This page seeks to link to sites containing full-text state constitutions, statutes, legislation (bills, amendments and similar documents) and session laws (bills that have become laws).
GPO Access

     Search across multiple government databases.
Internet Law Library
     Contains U.S. Federal, state and territorial laws, the U.S. Code, etc.
JURIST:  The Law Professor's Network
     JURIST: The Law Professors' NetworkTM is dedicated to advancing academic, professional and public legal education.
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums

     The Karpeles Library is the world's largest private holding of original historical manuscripts and documents.
LawCrawler
     Perhaps the largest database of law information.   Powered by Alta Vista, this search engine can locate virtually any state, federal or international law. 
Law News Network
     A free Internet-based news system for law professionals.
Legal Information Institute

     A collection of recent and historic Supreme Court decisions, U.S. Constitution, Code of Federal Regulations, and other law databases.
Library of Congress
     Contains impressive collections, exhibitions, research services and many other features in addition to their library catalog.
Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
     This site simplifies searching by consolidating search tools from other sites.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database
     Includes over 140,000 items.
The National Law Journal
     An online news journal for lawyers.
Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
     Search or browse for answers to legal questions.
The Oyez Project
     Contains unedited Supreme Court audio files of major cases.
Politics Research Group
     Archive of the John F. Kennedy School of Government on political and legal issues.
State Court Directory
    
This directory includes existing judicial web sites for all 50 states.
States.org
     The States Inventory Project tracks infrasture strategies and activities.
Thomas Register

     Library of Congress legislative information.
Tobacco Control Archives
     Collection of tobacco-related documents including the Brown and Williamson Collection and Cigarette Papers Online.
U.S. Federal Courts Finder
     A service of the Emory Law Library.
U.S. Historical Documents

     A chronology of US documents compiled by the Law Center at the University of Oklahoma.
U.S. Senate Documents
     Full coverage of the senate including notices of hearings, a directory to senators' Web sites, a seach engine to locate current bills, etc.
White House Virtual Library

     Search all White House publications by keywords and document type within date ranges.
Yahoo! Government: Law: Journals
     Over 100 law journals categorized by environmental law, international law, technology law and women.
World-Wide Virtual Law Library
     The premier law directory.