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American
Law Sources On Line - full-text legal documents from the
U.S., Canada, and Mexico. U.S. contents include: Decisions of
the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District and Circuit Courts, State
Court of Appeals, State Constitutions, Codes, and Legislation
and more.
- American
Patent & Trademark
Law Center - information about patents and trademarks, a warning
about inventor scams, a fee trademark online search, and a
"ask a patent attorney a question" form that allows visitors to ask
a patent or trademark question and get a free answer from a patent
attorney.
- Bitlaw: a Resource
on Technology Law - site contains over 1,800 pages on patent,
copyright, trademark, and Internet legal issues. The major topics
covered include Patent Law, Software Patents, Trademark Law, Internet
Law, Legal Links, Copyright Law, Primary Sources, and Forms and
Contracts.
- Employment
Discrimination: An Overview - site has a comprehensive overview
of employment discrimination laws, as well as links to federal
and state statutes, federal agency regulations, federal and state
judicial decisions, and other employment law topics. Part of the
Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School.
- Family
Law in the Fifty States - tables providing a quick view of
various aspects of family law for the fifty states in the areas
of alimony/spousal support factors, custody criteria, child support
guidelines, grounds for divorce and residency requirements, property
division, and third-party visitation.
- Famous
American Trials - This site details twelve famous American
trials: Leopold & Loeb (1924), Scopes "Monkey" Trial (1925), Rosenbergs
(1951), Amistad Trials (1839-1840), Bill Haywood Trial (1907),
Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692), My Lai Courts Martial (1970), Scottsboro
Trials (1931-1937), Dakota Conflict Trials (1862), Mississippi
Burning Trial (1967), Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial (1969-70),
and Johnson Impeachment Trial (1868).
- Federal Bureau of
Investigation - Profiles and photographs of the bureau's most
wanted criminals, overview of principal programs, including the
Violent Criminal Apprehension Program and the National Computer
Crime Squad, summaries of major ongoing investigations, and employment
listings.
- Guide
to Law Online - The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the U.S.
Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated
guide to sources of information on government and law available
online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites
for legal information.
- Highlights
of the Supreme Court's 2002-2003 Term - This site by the Cornell
Law School, presents summaries of recent Supreme Court decisions.
During the past term the Supreme Court ruled on: Affirmative Action,
Civil Procedure, Criminal Law and Procedure, First Amendment, Fifth
Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Intellectual Property, Foreign
Policy, Foreign Sovereignty, and Voting Rights.
- Internet
Library - Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon LLP - contains
extensive analysis of over 100 court decisions shaping the law
of the web; updated regularly. Court decisions are indexed by subject.
Users are provided with a brief synopsis of the court's decision.
If the decision is of interest, a link takes the user to a more
thorough analysis, and, in many cases, to the full text of the
court's decision.
- Internet Tools
for Attorneys - contains sections on legal research, web site
design, downloading, Net discussion groups for attorneys reviews
of law-related Internet products and more.
- Interpol - International Criminal Police Organization
- Jurist:
The Law Professors' Network - JusticeNet Prison
Issues Desk - source for progressive
and radical information and resources on prisons and the criminal
prosecution system.
- Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties -
full text of over 300 U.S. Government treaties with Native Americans
from 1778-1883.
- Lemon Law
America - Site is resource for consumers with defective vehicles
or products. A visit to this site familiarizes you with the lemon
statutes in your state and offers tips on how to proceed if you
think you've got a "lemon".
- Personal
Injury Litigation Forum, The - "Plain language explanatory
articles written for lay people on all fields and topics in personal
injury litigation, including asbestosis, medical malpractice, birth
injuries, cerebral palsy, fen-phen, breast implants, whistle blowers,
workers' compensation, Social Security Disability, Automobile Accidents,
Defective Products and Toxic Torts."
- Police Officer's
Internet Directory, The - Comprehensive directory of law enforcement
Web sites throughout the world. Covers U.S. federal, military,
and state law enforcement agencies, as well as those in other countries
worldwide.
- Self Help Law
Center - free online child support calculator. legal references
for self help in many areas of law. In 1876 General Henry M. Robert
set out to bring the rules of the American Congress to members
of ordinary societies with the publication of Pocket Manual of
Rules of Order. It sold half a million copies before this revision
of 1915
- SeniorLaw -
information about Elder Law (Elderlaw), Medicare, Medicaid, estate
planning, trusts and the rights of the elderly and disabled.
- Stupid Laws-
huge collection of the most senseless laws in the entire United States.
- Supreme
Court Of the United States Home Page -Supreme Court
Justices - This site offers comprehensive
biographical information on every Supreme Court justice from John
Jay to Stephen Breyer. It includes details on each justice's personal
life, education, legal career and case participation, as well as
his or her predecessor and successor.
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