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INTERNATIONAL LAW LINKS from E.B. Williams Law Library at
Georgetown Law Center, http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/intl.html




Canada



Access to Justice Network
http://www.acjnet.org/cgi-bin/legal/legal.pl?lkey=al&ckey=prime&tkey=resource
(Legislative and legal materials)



Canadian Resource Page
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/web/Unofficial/Canadiana/README.html


Master Index to Canadian Legal Resources


Montreal, Univ. of

(Virtual Canadian Law Library, and includes governmental materials from the Provinces)


Osgoode Hall Law School
http://www.library.yorku.ca/
(Menu to law journals, statutes, organizations, government, law by topic, foreign legal sites; etc. )

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European Union

European Community
http://www.cmslegal.ch/flash/links/legalresources/euro.html
(Treaties, legislation, case law and data bases for the Union).


Information Market
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/index_en.htm


The Legal Research Center
http://www.legalresearch.ch/ (emanating from Switzerland, includes links to European legislative and law references sites) NEW



Pace University School of Law
http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu /
(Institute of International Commercial Law. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Text and case law)

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United Kingdom  

Associations, Institutes & Government

Commercial, Promotional and Subscription Services


Bentham

(Table of contents includes Roman Law, Property Law, EU Law and UK legal . Links to attorneys and other information)


Cyber Law Centre (U.K.)



HMSO (Parliarmentary documents)
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/pabil ls.htm
(Acts of Parliament. Only reaches back a year or two and then does not contain all Acts).


House of Lords Judgments

http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/1d199697/1djudgmt/1djudgmt.htm (Judgments since November 1996)


Law Society
http://www.lawsoc.org.uk/
(Contains links to UK law, lawyers as well as links across the world. Link to Swarbco legal index, see below)



Lexicon (legal information for the courts on line, United Kingdom)
http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/lexicon/index.htm
(Links to cases and other information)


Swarbco Legal Index
http://www.swarb.co.uk/
(Search engine for cases January 1992 to present. However, the database does not contain decisions. It contains summaries of decisions)


U.K. Criminal Justice Internet Resources
http://www.tp hbook.demon.co.uk/ph_links.html
(Includes general criminal justice, prison, legal and police resources)


U.K. Index Search
http://www.ukindex.co.uk/uksearch.html
(Sponsored by the National Trust. Permits user to locate UK sites by word and subject)

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Commercial, Promotional and Subscription Services


Sweet & Maxwell

http://www.smlawpub.co.uk:80/index/index.html

 

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Other European:

France, Germany, Switzerland

   

 United States  

U.S. Government Databases

Associations and Societies

Commercial, Promotional and Subscription Services

University Databases

U.S. Laws

U.S. Federal Courts
Decisions/Opinions


U.S. Supreme Court

Docket News -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/supcourt/supcourt.htm

1937-1975:
http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/fsearch.htm

Also, Washburn, http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/searchlaw.html

1990 to present: http:www.usscplus.com/main.htm
http://www.law.cornell.e du/supct/

Current term (ending June 1997)
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/supct.June.1997.html

http://www.usscplus.com/
(Some free some subscription from InfoSynthesis, Inc. Term cases are posted within days of filing. Opinions can be viewed and downloaded in ASCII and Acrobat formats. Also free database of prior cases)

For recent decisions, also go to:
http://www. ljextra.com/public/daily/XDspc.html

U.S. Courts of Appeal
Court Finder --

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
(for schedules and filings in U.S. v. Microsoft) NEW

Locator for all Federal Circuit Courts

http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDCTS/ (Federal Court Locator)

Directly to the Circuits

1st Circuit --
http://www.law.emory.edu/1circuit/

2nd circuit --
http://www.TouroLaw.edu/2ndCircuit/Search/

3rd, 6th and 9th Circuits --


5th circuit --
http://www.law. utexas.edu/us5th/us5th.html

7th circuit --
http://www.kentlaw.edu/7circuit/

8th circuit --
http://www.wulaw.wustl.edu/Infores/Library/Guides/websearch.html


U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit --

http://www.fedcir.gov

** All Circuit Court decisions from October 1994 can also be searched through Law Journal Extra, at

http://search.ljx.com/



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U.S. District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) -- for information go to http://www.uscourts .gov/PubAccess.html (Page contains information about service, its cost, which is minimal, and means of access).

Local Rules for Southern & Eastern Districts of New York --
http://www.ljx.com/nylj/links/finalrules.html

U.S. Laws



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State Laws,
Court Decisions/Opinions



General database for States via U.S. House of Representatives at
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html
(Laws and other information from every State)

State and Local Government on the Net (Piper Resources)
http://www.piperinfo.com/state/states.html

Courts (federal, state and local courts)
http://www.courts.net
http://www.lawsonline.com/
State Court Web Sites NEW

Guide to courts (New York and New Jersey)
http://www.courtguide.com/pro

Uniform Laws and Model Acts --
http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?usm


or State courts Go To

Villanova University at
http://www.law.vill.edu/State-Ct
Or, State Court Web Sites NEW
Or, Laws on Line
http://www.lawsonline.com/
Or, New York Law Journal
http://www.ljextra.com/courthouse/statelinks.html

 Nationwide listing of country courthouse addresses, Go To http://www.family treemaker.com/00000229.html


For Constitutions, statutes, codes, regulations, legislation, etc. Go To --
http://ww w.law.indiana.edu/law/v-lib/states.html
http://www.gouldlaw.com /link2.html
http://www.prairi enet.org/~scruffy/f.htm

Municipal Codes Online

http://www.municode.com/database.html

Databases for selected states can be found as follows (Otherwise see above)


California

A. Judiciary

Court of Appeals
http://www.usc.edu/dept/law-lib/index.html#Resources
(Web page contains slip opinions of California courts issued in the last sixty days).

B. Executive and Legislature

Official California Legislative Information. Includes legislative information as well as California Codes updated to include 1996 statutes can be accessed at. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/

Also, http://www.callaw.com/lib. shtml (California codes, legislative information etc., but most information is on subscription basis)


Connecticut

A. Judiciary
http://neal.ctstateu.edu:2001/statenet/judicial/index.html

B. Legislature and Executive
Session Laws (limited to 1994 and 1995)
http://ctstatu.ed u:80/state/public_acts/


Florida (via University of Florida, College of Law)
A. Judiciary

Supreme Court opinionshttp://ner sp.nerdc.ufl.edu:80/~lawinfo/flsupct/

B. Legislature and Executive


Illinois

A. Judiciary

Supreme Court and Appellate Decisions
http://pri airienet.org:80/fordiroq/law

B. Legislature and Executive

http://www.state.il.us/ and
http://www.pra irienet.org/gumint.html#state

C. Other resources (decisions & rulings)
http://www.kentlaw.edu/legal_resources/

(Includes decisions of Illinois Human Rights Commission, rulings of Chicago Commission on Human Relations, Seventh Circuit decisions)


Massachusetts

A. Judiciary

B. Legislature and Executive

Legislative Tradeup System http://magnet.state .ma.us:80/legis/legis.htm


Michigan

A. Judiciary

B. Legislature and Executive
http://www.mel .lib.mi.us/MI-govt-index.html


New Jersey

A. Gateway to NJ Law (New Jersey Law Network)
http://njlawnet.com

B. Judiciary
http://www.state.nj.us/j udiciary/
(Opinions are not reported as yet. The page contains information about courts and other matters of interest about New Jersey law and practice)


New York

A. Judiciary

NYS UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM
New York Courts and Decisions NEW

New York Calendars (Judge's calendars and decisions)NEW

Court of Appeals
http://www.law.cornell.edu:80/ny/ctap/index?
Unreported cases
http://www.ljextra.com/nylj/ (selection of cases)
New York State Unified Court System
http://ucs.ljx.com/http://ucs.ljx.com/ (Judiciary's Legislative Agenda; Commercial Division Law Report; and other including gateway to NYS Government sites)

Profiles of NY State judges
http://www.nylj.com

B. Legislature and Executive

For statutes, legislation, etc. (Brooklyn Law School)

http://brkl.brooklaw.edu/screens/legres.htmlhttp:legres.html

Tax forms (City and State) -- http://www.1040/

Department of Education, Office of the Professions -- http://www.nysed.go Search at v/prof/profhome.htm

For mechanics liens, judgment records, lis pendens, ethics opinions, etc.
(By subscription, call (800) 494-8981 for information)

New York City Counsel (Local Laws) --
http://council.nyc.ny.us/

New York City agencies, agendas, information, tax and business forms, etc.

New York City Home Page (Portal for NYC agencies)
New York City Department of Finance (NYC tax and business forms)
New York City (Zoning information and Maps) NEW

NY Sponsoring counsel


Michigan

A. Judiciary

Supreme Ct.
I
ssued from October 1, 1995 http://www.u mich.edu:80/~icle/misup/index.htm
Court of Appeals http://www .umich.edu:80/~icle.mictapp/index.htm


Ohio

Judiciary, Executive and Legislature

http://www.ohio.gov/

Also, http:/ /www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/stategov.html


Oregon

University of Oregon

http://www.law.uoregon.edu/


Pennsylvania

A. Judiciary

Supreme Court
http://www.cerf.net/penn a-courts/
(No opinions yet)



Tennessee

A. Judiciary

Supreme Court
http:/

Criminal law (access to State and Federal law; information on forensic science etc.)
http://www.tncrimlaw.com/



Texas

Judiciary, Executive and Legislature
http://www.law.utexas.edu/research/


Washington

A. Judiciary

http://www.wa.gov/courts /home.htm
(Published and unpublished opinions on-line for 90 days)

B. Legislature and Executive

http://www.wa.gov/wainfo.htm l

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Sites that Contain Search Engines


FedWorld/FLITE
http://www.fedw orld.gov/supcourt/index.htm
(Historic file of Supreme Court decisions)


FedWorld Information
http://www.fedworld.gov/
Network (Federal databases)
Georgia State Law School (Judicial opinions, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Code; CFR)
http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/index.html


Government Printing Office (Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Bills, Congressional documents, Congressional Record)
http:/ /www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html
(1996 and 1995 Congressional Record)


Indiana Univ. School of Law
http:// www.law.indiana.edu/law/v-lib/lawindex.html


Law Society (U.K.)
http://www.lawsoc.org.uk/
(Links to numerous sites, for Unitd Kingdom, Europe and around the world. The Swarbco legal index can be accesses through this site).


Pace University School of Law (Institute of International Commercial Law. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Text and case law)
http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu /


Securities & Exchange Commission (Depository of public traded company documents)
http://www.sec.gov/eda ux/wedgar.htm


Swarbco Legal Index
http://chian ti-ipl.co.uk/lawsoc/swarform.html


Thomson & Thomson
http://www.thomson-thomson .com(subscription)


U.K. Index Search
http://www.ukindex. co.uk/uksearch.html
(Sponsored by the National Trust. Permits user to locate UK sites by word and subject)


University of Georgia School of Law
http://www.lawsch.uga.edu/lawlib/index.html
(Gateway to federal and state law, law schools, legal materials by subject, bar associations, legal periodicals, and more)


Vanderbilt University
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/owen/froeb/antitrust/front Page/sicCodes.html
(Standard Industrial Classification Codes)


Westlaw
http://www.we stpublcom/Practice/ca/cawld.htm
(Legal Directory of Lawyers, law firms, judges, courts and law students)

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Other International

(see also International/Intergovernmental)

INTERNATIONAL LAW LINKS from E.B. Williams Law Library at
Georgetown Law Center, http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/intl/intl.html


Australian Legal Information Index
http://www.spirit.net.a u/~dan/law/ (Australian and world links)


Australian Legal Information Institute
http://www.austlii.edu.au/
htt p://www.more info.com.au/ausindex/government.html
(Australian cases and legislation, legal materials and world links)


Cornell Law School (National Law Material - Non U.S.)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/international.html


Pace University School of Law
http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu /
(Institute of International Commercial Law. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Text and case law)


Pennsylvania State University

http://www.psu. edu/research/anzsc/alt.html (For governmental and social information of Australia, New Zealand, Oceana and Asia)


Southern Cross University (Australia)
ht tp://www.w3.org/pub/DataSources/WWW/Geographical.html
(Australia and global links)


Tufts University

http://www.tufts.edu/fletcher/inter_econ_law/iellinks.htm
(International economic law web resoures)



World Law
http://lcweb2.loc .gov/glin/worldlaw.html



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General Law

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European Community Law

International

Database of Nat'l laws (GLIN)

Treaties
Public databases
United Nations
US (Senate), (House of Representatives)
Commercial databases
Oceana Publishing Company

United Kingdom
Law Society
Lexicon (legal information for the courts on line, United Kingdom) NEW

United States
Bills, Codes, Regulations, Congresssional Documents (U.S. Government)
Forms
Legislative and Regulatory Activities
(Washington Post)
Public Documents
Government Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
Uniform Laws (Cornell)

 

United States Judiciary

US Supreme Court
US Courts of Appeal 
US District Courts

Areas of Law

University Libraries
Cornell Univ. 
Michigan Univ.

Tufts
Villanova Univ. Law School
George Washington University
Harvard Law School Library (Anglo-American Law Sources)
University of Georgia Law Library
(Intellectual Property Internet Resources)
University of Wisconsin (Scout Report (selected sites for business, law and)
Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property

 

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