Calhoun Community College Library - VRD - Social Science - Law
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Law
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Case Law
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BriefServe -
http://www.briefserve.com/home.asp
Search U.S. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
records and briefs by keyword, case name, or docket number. There
is a fee to download a PDF image of the document. |
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The
Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and
Interpretation - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/browse.html
Full text of the Constitution, amendments, proposed
amendments not ratified by the States, and case annotations. |
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Court Rules, Forms and
Dockets - http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/
Search the Law Library Resource's database for
federal and state court rules, forms and dockets. You can also
browse by court type, type of resource, jurisdiction or state. |
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CourtWeb -
http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/
Access to information about select rulings,
including the text of available rulings, by participating judges in
several federal district courts. |
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Federal Court Locator -
http://www.law.vill.edu/library/researchandstudyguides/federalcourtlocator.asp
Villanova University School of Law maintains this
research guide for finding federal court Web sites and court
opinions. It notes whether the Web site is the official source of
the information or an alternative source. |
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Oyez, U.S. Supreme
Court Multimedia - http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Digital recordings of U.S. Supreme Court oral
arguments, biographies of the 100+ justices that have served on the
Supreme Court, and news and info on pending cases.
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PACER
District Look-Up - http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/lookup.html
Search for the federal district and appellate courts
serving a particular county, or search for all counties in a
district. |
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Supreme Court of the
United States - http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
The official Web site with historical information
about the court, the Court's calendar, argument calendars, hearing
lists, and the Court's schedule. |
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Statutory
Law
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Congressional Record -
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/
The official record of proceedings and debates of
the United States Congress. You can search or browse the database. |
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Focus on Statutory Law: U.S. Statutes -
http://www.virtualchase.com/topics/statutory.shtml
Links to research U.S.
federal statutory law and state statutory laws. |
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Full-text
State Statutes and Legislation on the Internet -
http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm
Provides links to sources of full-text state laws
and legislation, including statutes, constitutions, session laws,
legislation and administrative regulations. |
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GPO Access -
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
The official source for the Congressional Record,
Federal Register, and United States Code. Search for pending
legislation, recently enacted public laws, and more. |
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GovTrack - http://www.govtrack.us/
Track federal legislation by bill, Congressmen, or
subject. There are also useful search aids to help you find
relevant legislation or the Representative for your district. |
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Regulatory
Law
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Code of Federal
Regulations - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/
The government's official site for federal
regulations searchable by keyword or by section. |
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The CRE.com - http://www.thecre.com/
The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness provides
Congress with analyses of agency regulations. The site includes
full-text reports, lists of "regulations which have the potential to
impose unwarranted regulatory burdens," links, and more. |
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Federal Register -
http://www.thecre.com/
The government's official site for federal
regulations. Coverage includes 1994 to present. |
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Internet Access
to Rules - http://nass.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=262
A chart of sources of state administrative rules
from the National Association of Secretaries of State. It includes
the primary source and secondary source (code) of state regulations. |
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List of CFR Sections
Affected - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/lsa/
Another GPO Access source. It also explains how to
use the document to update information found in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR). |
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List of Federal Register Documents on Public Inspection
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/public_inspection/public_inspection_list.html
Advanced notice of rules and other documents that
will appear in the Federal Register (a daily service from the
National Archives and Records Administration). |
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Regulations.gov -
http://www.regulations.gov/
A government portal, Regulations.gov facilitates
finding, and commenting on, federal regulations. You can search for
regulations by keyword or opt to list the newer regulations of a
particular agency. |
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State & Local
Law
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American
Legal Publishing Online Library -
http://www.amlegal.com/online_library.htm
Access the city and town codes of ordinances of more
than 25 states. |
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Full-text
State Statutes and Legislation on the Internet -
http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm
Provides links to sources of full-text state laws
and legislation, including statutes, constitutions, session laws,
legislation and administrative regulations. |
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Internet Access
to Rules - http://nass.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=262
A chart of sources of state administrative rules
from the National Association of Secretaries of State. It includes
the primary source and secondary source (code) of state regulations. |
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LexisOne -
http://www.lexisone.com/
Lexis is one of the premier legal databases. This
site allows you to search some of its content for free (i.e., cases
from the last 5 years, and legal forms) and pay as you go searching
for other popular parts of the database. |
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Library of Codes of
Ordinances - http://www.bpcnet.com/codes.htm
Access the city and town codes of ordinances of more
than 33 states (from Lexis-Nexis). |
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National Center for State Courts -
http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/info_court_web_sites.html
The site provides "judicial branch links for each
state, focusing on the administrative office of the courts, the
court of last resort, any intermediate appellate courts, and each
trial court level." It also includes links to federal courts,
legislation sites, and state court structure charts. |
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International Law
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CODICES -
http://www.codices.coe.int/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm
Database of constitutional case law around the
world made available from the Venice Commission. |
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Databases on International Humanitarian Law -
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList2/Info_resources:IHL_databases
The Treaty Database contains about 100 treaties on
International Humanitarian Law, commentaries on the Geneva
Conventions and Additional Protocols as well as an up-to-date list
of signatories. The National Implementation Database provides access
to documentation and commentaries concerning the implementation of
international humanitarian law at national level. |
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European Judicial Network -
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList2/Info_resources:IHL_databases
Basic information about Member States, Community
law, European law and various aspects of civil and commercial law. |
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Global Legal Information Network -
http://www.glin.gov/
A Library of Congress database of laws, regulations
and other related documents contributed by the governments of member
nations. It includes the full text of documents in the official
language of the country along with summaries in English. |
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Guide to
Foreign and International Legal Databases -
http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/
A collection of international and foreign law
databases arranged by topic. Be sure to read the Evaluating
Legal Databases paper for tips on evaluating foreign legal
databases. |
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International Criminal Court -
http://www.icc-cpi.int/
The Web site provides information about the
structure of the court and its rules and publishes the official
records and documentation of the Assembly of States Parties. |
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World Legal Information
Institute (LII) - http://www.worldlii.org/
A global legal research facility comprised of
several organizations, World LII offers numerous databases
containing legal documents and information from several countries. |
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Court Dockets &
Records
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U.S. Party/Case Index -
http://pacer.uspci.uscourts.gov/
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)
provides access to an index of court filings in federal district,
bankruptcy and appellate courts. Searching is free, but printing or
viewing documents is fee-based. |
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Court Rules, Forms and
Dockets - http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/
"This site includes links to over 1,400 sources for
state and federal court rules, forms and dockets. You can browse to
find the resource you need, or search by keyword." |
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CourtWeb -
http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/courtweb/
Access to information about select rulings,
including the text of available rulings, by participating judges in
several federal district courts. |
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Who's Suing
Whom - http://www.tlc-i.com/texis/tmp/litcases3
A database of patent, trademark or copyright cases
pending in federal courts. Use the less expensive
PACER-U.S. Party/Case
Index to retrieve the full-text court dockets. |
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Criminal
Records
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Excluded Parties List System -
http://epls.arnet.gov/
Identifies those parties "excluded throughout the
U.S. Government from receiving Federal contracts or certain
subcontracts and from certain types of Federal financial and
nonfinancial assistance and benefits." |
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Federal Bureau of Prisoners Inmate Locator -
http://www.bop.gov/
A database of information about federal inmates
currently incarcerated or released since 1982. |
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SexOffender.com
Database Search - http://www.sexoffender.com/search.html
A look-up feature for finding online sources of sex
offender records. The results usually lead to state or county law
enforcement sources of offender registries. |
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VINELink -
http://www.vinelink.com/index.jsp
Search by SSN or name for information about the
custody status of offenders in many states. Victims may opt to
register their names for notification when the individual's status
changes. |
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Legal
Research Sources
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The Avalon
Project at Yale Law School -
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
An impressive collection of historical documents
"relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics,
Diplomacy and Government." |
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Federal Legislative History Research -
http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/fed-leg-hist.htm
The Law Librarians' Society's guide to researching,
compiling and sifting through the legislative documents for
legislative intent. It links to relevant Web sites and provides an
extensive bibliography of law journal articles and other Web sites
dealing with federal legislative history research. |
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FindLaw - http://www.findlaw.com/
Find a lawyer and search for legal guides on a
variety of topics. |
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Guide to Law
Online - http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/index.html
Prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress, this
site is an annotated hypertext guide to sources of information
worldwide on government and law. |
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TheLaw.com - http://www.thelaw.com/
Hundreds of articles, forms, and legal resources.< |
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LawCrawler -
http://www.lawcrawler.com/
Legal Web Searches. |
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