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| Avalon Project | Yale Law School. Full text of documents in law, history and diplomacy from 3000 BCE to the present. |
| Federal Judicial Center | Full text publications about law and justice, a history of the federal judiciary, links, etc. |
| FindLaw | Links to U.S. case law, law codes, law review articles, legal news, lawyers, law schools, law consultants, legal organizations, and substantial information on more than thirty major areas of the law. Numerous links to state and international law. |
| First Amendment Center | essays,links, news, Supreme Court case summaries, publications and lesson plans concerning freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition and religion . |
| Guide to the Law Online | Library of Congress. Guide to guides, overviews, court opinions, laws, documents, hearings, rulings law reviews, etc. related to national, international,and multinational law. |
| HierosGamos | Huge amount of information and links on many aspects of law, worldwide. |
| Internet Legal Resource Guide | Categorized index of more than 4000 select web sites in 238 nations, islands, and territories and more than 850 locally stored web pages and downloadable files, concerning law and the legal profession, especially in the United States. |
| Jurist | University of Pittsburgh. Gateway to legal information, instruction, and scholarship. Sections include Learning & Teaching Law, Researching Law, Columns & Discussion, Current Issues, Recent Scholarship, Lessons from the Web, and World Law. Many links. |
| LexisOne | Lexis-Nexis. Free information of use to anyone who registers. There are three major sections: Case Law - state and federal back to 1996 and the complete Supreme Court cases; Legal Forms - 1,100 forms under topics such as Bankruptcy, Copyright, Employment (ADA), Family Law, Leases, Litigation, Powers of Attorney, Real Estate, Wills, and Worker's Compensation. Many forms have accompanying tutorials on filling them out (requires Flash 4). The third section is the Legal Internet Guide, with more than 16,000 annotated links to legal-related sites in 24 categories. |
| Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research | Georgia State University. Links to databases of federal legal information including Supreme Court opinions, the U.S. Code, Congressional bills, the Code of Federal Regulations, etc. |
| Montana Law Help | ProBonoNet. Legal information to help Montanans help themselves with legal related issues; information about legal service organizations; information about the courts in Montana; and information about social service organizations and agencies that can help Montanans find shelter, food, health care, public benefits, etc. |
| National Association of Attorneys General | Information about the role of the attorney general and related legislative issues, documents from the Microsoft Antitrust and Tobacco Settlement cases, etc. |
| U.S. Code | Cornell University. Integrates the services of the House servers and of the Library of Congress Thomas service to supply you with updates to any section which has changed. Access by list of titles, table of popular names of laws, specific section or keywords. Includes full text of codes and notes, topical overviews and references. |
| The Virtual Chase: Legal Research on the Internet | Genie Tyburski. Over 500 pages arranged in Legal Research Articles, Internet Research Guides, and Online Teaching Tools - many subsections. |
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| Abortion Law | Case law and statutes, background information; a history of related constitutional law leading up to Roe vs. Wade as well as subsequent cases that have weakened that pivotal case, a discussion of privacy, a glossary of related terms from Black's Law Dictionary, transcripts and audio from the Supreme Court's oral arguments. |
| Death Penalty Information | Michigan State University. Pro and con viewpoints, stages of a capital case, history, and how each method of execution is carried out. Interactive U.S. maps in State by State Data show executions and death row inmates by ethnicity, gender, or juveniles; legislation about the mentally retarded, juveniles, and life without parole; and methods of execution used. Included are State Summaries with facts and history, and a table of comparisons. Courtroom Cases presents various issues for jury selection and four actual cases. There is also a Teacher's Guide. |
| Family Law | American Bar Association. Tables summarizing family law in all fifty states. |
| Gun Laws, Gun Control, and Gun Rights | University of Pittsburgh. Directory to news, current legal cases, legislation, case law, statistics, and advocacy groups regarding the gun control debate in the U.S. The emphasis is on the legal questions raised and providing links both for and against. In addition, links are provided to the positions of the Presidential candidates on gun control. |
| Handgun Control | Center to Prevent Handgun Violence. Includes "issue briefs" on gun-related questions, a summary of the gun laws of each state, Congressional votes on gun legislation, links to local gun control organizations, and related sites. Searchable. |
| LegalTrac | National and international legal periodicals and news. |
| Refugee Caselaw | University of Michigan. Over 400 cases from eight countries. |