Search Engines for Law
Findlaw
URL:
http://www.findlaw.com/
Includes search engine, subject directory, and links to
other legal sites. [04/07]
Findlaw:
Cases and Codes
URL:
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/
Excellent resource. Browse or search numerous courts or
states. [09/08]
Findlaw:
Law Crawler: Legal Web & Databases Search
URL: http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/
Simultaneously search a wide variety of sources, including
the FCC, SEC, Library of Congress, and Federal Judicial
Center. [04/07]
ABA
LawInfo.org (American Bar Association)
URL: http://www.abalawinfo.org
Information on legal topics such as jobs, family, buying
and selling a home, financial matters -- issues that affect
daily life. [04/07]
American
Law Sources Online (Lawsource.com)
URL: http://www.lawsource.com/also/index.htm#[United
A well-organized meta-index to federal and state law,
as well as Canada and Mexico. [04/07]
Emory
Law Library Electronic Reference Desk
URL: http://www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/index.php?id=2585
Online Law Journals – free reference. [04/07]
Everybody's
Legal Glossary
URL: http://www.nolo.com/glossary.cfm
"...plain-English definitions for hundreds of legal
terms, from the common to the bizarre." Nolo Press.
[04/07]
Global
Legal Information Network GLIN
URL: http://www.glin.gov/search.action
“…public database of laws, regulations, judicial
decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed
by governmental agencies and international organizations.”
[04/07]
Worldwide
legal resources
URL: http://www.hg.org/
Links to united states and international law for more
than 200 countries.[04/07]
Internet
Public Library: Law Resources
URL: http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/law10.00.00/
Annotated list of links to worldwide legal websites. [04/07]
LawGuru.com
URL: http://www.lawguru.com/
knowledge base, Q & A forum for legal issues. [04/07]
Law
Library of Congress
URL: http://www.loc.gov/law/public/law.html
Excellent starting resource for all legal issues. [04/07]
Law
Library of Congress: Nations of the World
URL: http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html
Easy to use links to country guides for international
law. [04/07]
'Lectric
Law Library Reference Room
URL: http://www.lectlaw.com/ref.html
Large collection of legal reference material, a "lawcopedia"
defining legal terms, legislation, court decisions, current
legal issues.
[may experience some dead links as last update was 3/05,
still a vaulable resource. 04/07]
Legal
Ethics
URL: http://www.legalethics.com/ethics.law
Quick state by state guide to ethics issues on particular
topics. Updated by Prof. David Hricik of Mercer University
Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia.
[04/07]
LII:
Legal Information Institute: WEX
URL: http://www.law.cornell.edu/topical.html
Wex is an ambitious effort to construct a collaboratively-created,
public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia. It is sponsored
and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell
Law School. [04/07]
LexisOne:
Resource for small firms
URL: http://www.lexisone.com/
Legal Internet guide. Fees charged vary for services.
[04/07]
LLRX.com:
Web Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research
URL: http://www.llrx.com/features/supremectwebguide.htm
Created by Law Librarian Gail Partin, Penn State, the
guide is excellent source material for the novice and
most experienced searcher.
[04/07]
Rominger
Legal: Where Legal Research Begins on the Web
URL: http://romingerlegal.com
Searchable website: federal links, general legal resources,
professional directories, state legal resources, legal
organizations, non-legal resources, news online, practice
areas, case law, and legal books. [04/07]
World
Law Direct
URL: http://www.worldlawdirect.com/index.php
"Access free online legal advice, solutions to 6000
common problems, ask-an-attorney services, free law forums,
legal forms, business legal help, and much more.... "[04/07]
Business
Law
The
Business Law Site!
URL: http://www.methvenlaw.com/
Links to business law research sites and forms. Methven
& Associates, a California law firm. [04/07]
FindLaw
for Small Business
URL: http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/
Excellent resource for forms and great information for
startups, entrepreneurs, small businesses. [07/06]
'Lectric
Law Library
URL:
http://www.lectlaw.com/ref.html
Large collection of legal reference material, a "lawcopedia"
defining legal terms, legislation, court decisions,
current legal issues.
[may experience some dead links as last update was 3/05,
still a vaulable resource. 04/07]
Rhode
Island, Office of the Secretary of State, Corporations
Division
URL: http://www.sec.state.ri.us/corps
"The Corporations Division maintains filings for
active and inactive Rhode Island and foreign business
corporations, non-profit corporations, limited partnerships,
limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships.
The Division also administers the Uniform Commercial
Code (UCC) program, Games of Chance registration, and
the Notary Public and Trademark/Service mark program."
[10/06]
Copyright:
United States Copyright Office
URL: http://www.copyright.gov/
Basics & information on copyright registration and
research, covering electronic and other formats. [06/06]
Copyright
& Fair Use
URL: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
Excellent resource for copyright information that includes
primary documentation of legislation including case
law, and current issues in the digital copyright protection.
Stanford University Libraries. [06/06]
Copyright
in the Library: Fair Use: Reserve Room Operations, Electronic
Copies
URL: http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/l-resele.htm
Guidelines for copyright laws for electronic reserves.
Note: use this site with caution, good information,
but has not been updated since 2003. University of Texas.
[06/06]
Copyright
Term and the Public Domain in the United States: 1 January
2006
URL: http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/
Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm
Concise chart of copyright law relating to expiration
of copyright and public domain status. [06/06]
Copyright
Website
URL: http://www.benedict.com/
A commercial website that is mainly a copyright registration
(for fee) service, BUT, there is a great deal of information
related to digital applications copyright such as well-known
cases of visual, audio, and digital copyright infringement.
[06/06]
WIPO:
Treaties and Contracting Parties
URL: http://www.wipo.int/treaties/index.html
Full text of international treaties relating to copyright.
WIPO= World Intellectual Property Organization. [06/06]
United
States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO)
URL: http://www.uspto.gov/
The About
us page is quite informative as to what the Patent
office does in terms of copyrights, trademarks, and
even international protective rights matters. There
are reports, laws, a museum and the organizational structure
of USPTO. [05/06]
IBM:
Intellectual Property and Licensing
URL: http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licensing/
For 13 years, IBM has been the world's leader
in amount of patents obtained -- over 2500 in
2005 alone. Website offers links to IBM information.
[06/06]
esp@cenet
URL: http://www.espacenet.com/
Europe's network of patent databases. [06/06]
International
Trademark Association
URL:
http://www.inta.org/
Great information for the serious researcher,
will take some time to look through the links,
may require a login for some topics. INTA has
represented trademark owners since 1878.
[06/06]
KlaasKids
Foundation: Megan’s Law Legislation
URL: http://www.klaaskids.org/pg-legmeg.htm
Provides a description of the requirement of Megan's
Law, which requires that convicted sex offenders register
in the communities in which they live. Each state's
requirements for registration, links to other resources
on child safety and missing children. [04/07]
Megan’s
Law Home (Office of the Attorney General: CA)
URL: http://caag.state.ca.us/megan/
A description of California's enforcement of Megan’s
Law (registration requirement for convicted sex offenders).
Resources on child safety. [04/07]
National
Criminal Justice Reference Service
URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/
Information and reports on corrections, courts, drugs
and crime, juvenile justice, law enforcement, crime
victims, and crime statistics. NCJRS, U.S Department
of Justice. [10/06]
Drunk
Driving Laws
[Acronyms
used in the United States vary by state: OUI
– operating under the influence; OUIL
– operating under the influence of liquor; OWI
– operating while impaired, intoxicated; OMVI
– operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated; Drunk
driving charge; DUI – driving
under the influence; DUII – driving
while under the influence of intoxicants; DWI
– driving while intoxicated, impaired]
See
Alcohol
and Alcoholism
Employment
Law
Employment
Discrimination Laws
URL: http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Employment_discrimination
Information and links to laws on employment discrimination.
Wex, Legal Information Institute, Cornell University.
[06/06]
Employment
Law: An Overview
URL: http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Category:Employment_Law
Resources to laws on employment, fair labor standards,
unemployment compensation, workplace safety, worker's
compensation. Wex, Legal Information Institute, Cornell
University. [06/06]
Labor
and Employment Laws of the 50 States
URL: http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/Table_Labor.htm
Specific employment laws and statutes for each state.
Wex, Legal Information Institute, Cornell University.
[06/06]
Occupational
Health and Safety (OSHA)
URL: http://www.osha.gov
A > Z listing -- a database of occupational safety
and health guidelines and laws also includes regulations,
interpretation, ergonomics, news releases, and links
to other sources. [04/07]
DEM's
Regulations
URL: http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/regs/
Easy access to pdf documents of rule, regulations of the
State of Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
[07/06]
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-law)
URL: http://www.elaw.org/
"The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW)
gives public interest lawyers and scientists around the
world the skills and resources they need to protect the
environment through law.Protecting the environment through
law across borders." [04/07]
Environmental
Law Institute
URL: http://www.eli.org/
Information on environmental law, policy and management.
[11/05]
THOMAS,
The Library of Congress
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Bills in Congress. Searchable database of existing laws
and current legislation being considered. Includes full
text of the Congressional Record, records of
roll call votes, and Senate and House committee hearings.
[04/07]
Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR)
URL: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
Codification of general and permanent rules published
in the Federal Register by Executive departments
and Federal Government agencies. National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA). [04/07]
FINDLAW
for Legal Professionals
URL: http://findlaw.com/casecode/uscode.html/
Searchable database of the U.S. Code (laws made by Congress)
by title, section, and keyword. [04/07]
Federal
Register
URL: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
The Federal Register is the official daily publication
for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies
and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other
Presidential Documents. National Archives and Records
Administration. Search from 1994 (Vol. 59) through present.
[04/07]
Law
Library of Congress
URL: http://www.loc.gov/law/public/law.html
"The mission of the Law Library of Congress is
to provide research and legal information to the U.S.
Congress as well as to U.S. Federal Courts and Executive
Agencies, and to offer reference services to the public
... To accomplish this mission, it has created the world's
largest collection of law books and other legal resources
from all countries, and now moves into the age of digitized
information with online databases and guides to legal
information worldwide." [04/07]
The
OYEZ Project: U.S. Supreme Court Media
URL: http://www.oyez.org/
More than 2000 hours of Supreme Court audio. Documents
and multimedia resources on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Created by Jerry Goldman, Northwestern University. [04/07]
U.
S. Supreme Court
URL: http://supremecourtus.gov
Searchable database which also includes information
about the Supreme Court, the docket, oral arguments,
bar admissions, court rules, case handling guides, opinions,
orders and journal, visiting the court, public information,
and related websites. [04/07]
Admiralty
and Maritime Law Guide
URL: http://www.admiraltylawguide.com/
"...includes over 1,500 annotated links to admiralty
law resources on the Internet and a growing database of
admiralty case digests and opinions, arbitration award
abstracts and international maritime conventions."
Emphasis is on United States law. Includes additional
links to maritime law sources. [does
not appear to be updated since 01/06, noted 04/07]
AdmiraltyLaw.com
URL: http://www.admiraltylaw.com/
Canadian maritime law, admiralty law and shipping
law. "This site is about maritime law, admiralty
law, marine law, the law of marine insurance and the law
of the sea, ships, shipping, fisheries and offshore oil
and gas." Created by the law firm of Giaschi &
Margolis. [04/07]
Law
Offices of Philip E. Weiss
URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~shiplaw/
Resources on maritime law collected by Philip E. Weiss,
Esq., who is an "Adjunct Professor of Admiralty Law
(Thomas Jefferson School of Law) and practices largely
in the maritime law arena." This site includes links
to federal, state, and national laws, search engines,
and research sites relating to admiralty law. [Note:
may not have been updated since 1999, 04/07]
The
Children’s Internet Protection Act: The Recent
District
Court Decision in Context, for Librarians and Library
Patrons
URL: http://www.llrx.com/features/cipa.htm
Article by lawyer and former librarian Mary Minow explaining
the basic points of the Children’s Internet Protection
Act (CIPA) decision, written in 2002. [04/07]
GigaLaw.com
Daily News
URL: http://www.gigalaw.com/
Legal information for Internet professionals, written
by Doug Isenberg. [04/07]
Internet
Resources on Media Law including Cyberspace
URL: http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/mediaLaw/
Resources on communication, media law, privacy, copyright,
censorship, and the first amendment. Compiled by Karla
Tonella, University of Iowa. [04/07]
Media
URL: http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/media.html
Links to legislation and court decisions regarding the
media. From Wex, everyone's resource for law learning:
LII, Legal Information Institute, Cornell University
Law School. [04/07]
Spam Laws
URL: http://www.spamlaws.com/
Compiled by David E. Sorkin, professor of law at John
Marshall Law School, this site provides links to sources
on Internet "spam." [04/07]
Reproductive
Law and other Laws relating to Women
Center
for Reproductive Law and Policy
URL: http://www.reproductiverights.org/
Provides information on such issues as human rights,
world laws, abortion, contraception, and female genital
mutilation. [04/07]
National
Women’s Law Center
URL: http://www.nwlc.org/
"The National Women's Law Center's mission is to
to protect and advance the progress of women and girls
at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of
their lives." Great topic source material.
[03/06]
Rhode
Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut Law
and other State Laws
State
of Rhode Island General Assembly
URL: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/
Includes legislative information for the House and the Senate,
basic information about the state, a link to check bill
status and history, and contact information for elected
officials. [04/07]
Frequently
Consulted Laws [RI]
URL: http://www.sec.state.ri.us/library/lawslegislation/freqlaws/?
searchterm=fire%20prevention%20code
List of laws provided by the Secretary
of State's Office, that provides links to resources
for Administration, Archives and Public Records, Corporations,
Elections, First Stop Business Center, Civic Participation
and Public Information, and the State Library. It also includes
quick links to federal, state, and local officials. [05/06]
Laws
and Legislative Reference Description
URL: http://www.sec.state.ri.us/library/lawslegislation/lawslegdesc
Rhode Island State Library. How a bill becomes a law, the
history of Rhode Island laws and an explanation, the Rhode
Island Constitution. The online
catalog and documents can be ordered through Interlibrary
Loan (ILL).[04/07]
Rhode
Island Bar Association
URL: http://www.ribar.com/
Includes court and legal resources, general information
about the law, a community resource index, a lawyer referral
service, elderly legal services, and consumer information.
[04/07]
Rules
and Regulations Database (Rhode Island)
URL: http://www.sec.state.ri.us/rules/
Includes information on laws, codes, regulations, and licensing
searchable by keyword or department. Provides effective
dates of regulations and downloadable PDF files of full
text. [10/06]
The
Rhode Island State Law Library
URL: http://www.courts.state.ri.us/library/defaultlibrary.htm
An overview of the law library as well as links to all facets
of the Judicial Branch. [04/07]
Rhode
Island State Library Bookmarks
URL: http://www.sec.state.ri.us/library/lawslegislation/lawslegdesc
Useful links to information about Rhode Island government,
history, cities and towns, libraries, also includes links
to information on other states and the federal government.
[04/07]
Rominger
Legal: Rhode Island State Resource Page
URL: http://romingerlegal.com/state/rhodeisland.html
Searchable website includes links to Rhode Island laws and
codes, RI judiciary, professional directories, RI government,
other state legal resources, non-legal resources, practice
areas, case law, legal books, and federal links. [04/07]
State
of Rhode Island General Laws
URL: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/Statutes.html
Searchable database of the laws of Rhode Island also includes
links to laws by topic. [04/07]
U.S.
District Court for the Federal District of Rhode Island
URL: http://www.rid.uscourts.gov
Searchable database with general and historical information,
judges' opinions, juror information, and related links.
[04/07]
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Secretary of State
URL: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/
The Secretary of State's website includes links to the following
divisions: Citizen Information Service, Commonwealth Museum,
Corporations Division, Elections Division, Massachusetts
Archives, Massachusetts Historical Commission, Public Records
Division, Registry of Deeds, Securities Division, State
House Tours, State Publications and Regulations, State Records
Center, and Western and Southeastern Offices. [10/06]
Massachusetts
Trial Court Law Libraries
URL: http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/
"Seventeen public law libraries located
across Massachusetts, dedicated to serving the bench, bar
and public." [04/07]
Connecticut
Connecticut
Judicial Branch: Law Libraries
URL:
http://www.jud.state.ct.us/lawlib/state.htm
A complete resource for any questions relating to laws,
courts, or other judicial questions for the state of CT.
Includes a topic
page. [04/07]
Other
States
National
Center for State Courts
URL: http://www.ncsconline.org/
Provides links on topics related to the state courts.
Also includes court statistics. [04/07]
Rominger
Legal: Where Legal Research Begins on the Web
URL: http://romingerlegal.com
Searchable website includes links to state laws and codes,
state judiciaries, professional directories, state government,
other state legal resources, non-legal resources, practice
areas, case law, legal books, and federal links. [04/07]
State
Legislature Web Sites
URL: http://www.sec.state.ri.us/library/bookmarks/otherbookmarks
Links to other state libraries from the RI Secretary of
State. [04/07]
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