Reference by Subjects:
Law and Politics
| TITLE: |
CataLaw:
Metaindex of Law and Government |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"CataLaw is the catalog of catalogs of law on the
Internet."--Title screen. It groups legal resources into Topics, Regions, and Extras
on a search menu. It is a very comprehensive site for many specific legal areas and many
countries around the world. |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, united states, international |
| TITLE: |
Copyright Permission Pages |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"The goal of our website is to make it easier for a
teacher and/or scholar to obtain permission to use a copyrighted work for teaching or
scholarly activities. It accomplishes this objective by bringing together in one place
links to the copyright permission webpages of publishers and journals."--Title
screen. |
| E-MAIL: |
Haibin Hu, hhu@law.wfu.edu |
| KEYWORDS: |
copyright permission forms, copyright contacts |
| TITLE: |
Cornell's Legal Information Institute |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Contains many primary legal resources such as Supreme Court
decisions, statutes, constitutions, as well as secondary resources such as topical
summaries, legal topics, etc. |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, cases, laws, statutes, court reports, united
states |
| TITLE: |
Court
TV Online |
| DESCRIPTION: |
The online version of the Court TV program. It provides
famous legal cases, trial tracking, legal documents, and legal terms, straight answers to
common questions, etc. It is designed for consumers, not lawyers. |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, cases, self-help, united states |
| TITLE: |
E-LAW
Web Page |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Home page of David J. Loundy, an attorney and author. The
site contains the author's published works on law and technology, and the archives of his
Technology Law column from the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, plus other Internet resources
related to law and legal writing. |
| E-MAIL: |
David@Loundy.com |
| KEYWORDS: |
law and technology, legal writing |
| TITLE: |
FindLaw |
| DESCRIPTION: |
A comprehensive and searchable collection of links to legal
resources on Internet. This includes all kinds of legal subjects, law reviews and
periodicals, primary legal resources, legal publishers, news and reference materials, law
firms, government agencies, legal associations, etc., and the Foreign & International
Resources for searchable legal information in individual countries and list of Web
pages for all countries. |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, united states, international |
| TITLE: |
Her
Majesty's Stationery Office |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Serves as the Queen's Printer for Acts of Parliament, Church
of England Measures and Statutory Instruments, the Measures of the Northern Ireland
Assembly, Superintendence of the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes, control and
administration of Crown and Parliamentary copyright, and ensuring maintenance of a
complete bibliographic record for Government publications. |
| KEYWORDS: |
acts, laws, copyright, united kingdom |
| TITLE: |
Hieros
Gamos - the Comprehensive Legal Site |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"The largest and only comprehensive legal site with over
15,000 original pages and more than 30,000 links. HG I contains information on over
6,000 legal organizations including every government in the world. HG II contains
200 practice areas, 300+ discussion groups and 50 doing business guides provide free
access to substantive information. Now, hundreds of hours of online seminars have been
incorporated as well. HG III contains self-listing user-modifiable databases for
meetings, publications, employment, law firms, experts, court reporters, ADR
professionals, private investigators and process servers provide a free place for the
entities within the worldwide legal profession to list information about themselves and
for users to be personally notified by e-mail of new content meeting their precise
interests. Its other resources, News, the Law Library, the Students' Page, and Journals,
are among the most extensive available on the Internet. The new Search feature accesses a
database of 15,000 law related URL's. More than 9,000 automatic searches have been defined
so that additional materials on the specific subject can be easily found."--Title
screen. |
| E-MAIL: |
lexmundi@lexmundi.org |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, united states, international |
| TITLE: |
Hoover's
Online |
| DESCRIPTION: |
The most comprehensive site for company profiles. It contains
links to over 4,000 company Web sites and provides a searchable database for company and
corporate information. |
| KEYWORDS: |
company profiles, united states |
| TITLE: |
Immigration and Naturalization Service (United
States) |
| CREATOR: |
United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Contains Immigration and Naturalization Service forms, filing
instructions, laws and regulations, statistics, information for employers, etc. |
| KEYWORDS: |
immigration law, immigration forms, ins |
| TITLE: |
Immigration Central |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Contains the Immigration Superhighway that lists FAQs for
immigration issues, text of the new immigration law, the fee-based Immigration Assistant
for Windows with legal help and over 130 immigration forms, the DOT: Dictionary of Occupational
Titles Index which is an alphabetical index of occupational titles that lists the
category and type number for each title, and the Other Interesting Immigration Sites
and Related Links section that lists many nice immigration resources. Information can
be viewed in Deutsch, Espa�ol, Chinese, Russian, and Polish. |
| E-MAIL: |
Webmaster |
| KEYWORDS: |
immigration law, immigration forms |
| TITLE: |
IMMNET |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Open to anyone interested in US Immigration Issues. This is
not a discussion list but a list where immigration law changes, policy statements, and
answers to questions from readers will be posted. Only one question per member is allowed
in any given 15 days. Answers will be posted on 1st and 15th of each month. |
| INSTRUCTION: |
subscribe IMMNET
{Firstname Lastname} |
| KEYWORDS: |
immigration law, immigration policy, e-mail list |
| TITLE: |
JURIST: The Law Professors' Network |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"A free, non-commercial legal information service
dedicated to the advancement of academic, professional and public legal education.
Headquartered at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, it is mirrored in Europe by
the Faculty of Law, Cambridge University and in Australia by the Faculty of Law,
Australian National University."--Supplied by Director of the site. It provides
subject guide, country guide, online articles, and many more legal resources around the
world. |
| E-MAIL: |
JURIST@law.pitt.edu |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal resources, international |
| TITLE: |
Law Lists |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"The "Law Lists" is divided into three parts:
an introductory section that provides background information about the "Law
Lists" document itself and the use of law-related electronic mailing lists and Usenet
newsgroups in general; an alphabetical listing of e-mail lists; and an alphabetical
listing of Usenet newsgroups."-Intro. Searchable. |
| E-MAIL: |
Lyonette Louis-Jacques, llou@ midway.uchicago.edu |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, e-mail lists |
| TITLE: |
Law-on-the-Internet Booklist |
| DESCRIPTION: |
This is intended to cover every law-related guide on
Internet, including books, newsletters, other publications, and videotape as well. |
| E-MAIL: |
G. Burgess Allison,
allison@mitre.org |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, united states |
| TITLE: |
Law on the Web |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"This page provides links to information on United
States law available on the Internet."--Source. Recommended sites are marked. Selected Internet Resources in Comparative and
International Law and Human Rights is also available in another Web page. This site
contains Federal Law, State Law, Law-Related Discussion Lists, Law Journals, General
Guides to Law-Related Resources, Selected Subject-Area Guides, Search Engines for Legal
Sites on the Internet. A very good resource for legal research in the United States. |
| E-MAIL: |
webmaster@lawlib.slu.edu |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, united states |
| TITLE: |
LawGuru.com |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Assembles more than 340+ legal related search engines into a
"gigantic" metaindex search tool, it is the "legal Questions, Answers and
Research from Attorneys".--Title screen. Its listTool - Mailing and Discussion
List Manager makes the process of subscribing, unsubscribing and sending commands to
over 500+ mailing and discussion lists easy. |
| E-MAIL: |
lawtalk@lawguru.com |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, united states |
| TITLE: |
LawLinks |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Contains resources range from general law-related information
to specific legal topics in United States and Canada compiled by the Center for Law and
Computers of the Chicago-Kent College of Law. |
| E-MAIL: |
clc@chicagokent.kentlaw.edu |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, united states, canada |
| TITLE: |
Lawnet
Australia |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Contains links to over 300 legal information sites in USA and
other links to sites around the world. Some of the sites include High Court Australia, New
Zealand Law List, Law of China, World Law, Vic Court List, etc. |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, international |
| TITLE: |
The
'Lectric Law Library's (TM) ROTUNDA |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Provides legal research and law study resources on the Net.
Useful resources on The Study of Law Study section that help law students with bar exams,
course outlines and subject pathfinders. The Forms Room has legal and business forms
available for use. The Reference Room has a very comprehensive legal encyclopedia by
topics. |
| E-MAIL: |
taff@lectlaw.com |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, law study and teaching |
| TITLE: |
legal.online |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"The single source for news and reviews of law-related
Internet sites." It got the Best of the Web Award of 1996. |
| E-MAIL: |
Editor: Robert J.
Ambrogi, rambrogi@legaline.com |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal web sites reviews |
| TITLE: |
Project Diana: Online Human Rights Archive |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"The international archive of human rights legal
documentation, this site is maintained under the guidance of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for
International Human Rights at Yale Law School. This site is designed to be a reference
tool for research in human rights law, with online litigation documents and links to
reference sites throughout the Internet."--About. |
| E-MAIL: |
Barry Goodman, goodmanb@nsu.law.nova.edu |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, human rights, civil rights, international |
| TITLE: |
Thomas:
Legislative Information on the Internet |
| DESCRIPTION: |
THOMAS currently offers the following databases: Congress
This Week: Floor Activities (coverage: Current Congress - Current and One Previous Week),
Bills (Major Legislation, Bill Summary & Status, Bill Text), Congressional Record
(Congressional Record Text, Congressional Record Index), Committee Information (Committee
Reports, Committee Home Pages), Historical Documents, the Legislative Process, and the
U.S. Government Internet Resources. |
| KEYWORDS: |
legislation, legal research, united states |
| TITLE: |
The
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"The SEC is an independent, nonpartisan, quasijudicial
regulatory agency with responsibility for administering the federal securities laws. The
purpose of these laws is to protect investors in securities markets that operate fairly
and to ensure that investors have access to disclosure of all material information
concerning publicly traded securities."--What It Is, What It Does. The site contains
the searchable EDGAR database, investors assistance, current SEC rulemaking, small
business information, etc. |
| KEYWORDS: |
security law, edgar |
| TITLE: |
The
Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Contains links to federal and state government Web sites, and
home pages of federal and state judiciaries, plus international legal Web sites. |
| E-MAIL: |
Kenneth P. Mortensen,
kmortens@mail.law.vill.edu |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, united states, international |
| TITLE: |
The Virtual Chase(TM): Guide to
Resources for Legal Professionals |
| DESCRIPTION: |
It contains links to mostly United States legal resources in
eight sections: Case Law and Judicial Information, Statutory Law and Legislative
Information, Regulatory Law and Agency Resources, State Law, Legal Commentary, Legal
Subjects, Not-Exactly-Legal Resources Useful for Lawyers, and Legal Information Guides by
Other Research Professionals. |
| E-MAIL: |
Genie Tyburski, tyburski@virtualchase.com |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, united states |
| TITLE: |
WashLaw
Web |
| CREATOR: |
Washburn University School of Law Library. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Provides access to legal and reference information available
on the Internet. It contains links to government information and agencies in all states,
legal journals, law associations, law by subjects, CLE, laws, codes, court opinions, and
many more. |
| E-MAIL: |
Mark Folmsbee, zzfolm@washburn.edu |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, united states, international |
| TITLE: |
The World List:
Non-U.S. Law-Related Resources for the Internet Users |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"This list is the first material as the non-U.S.
law-related resource guide in the world. Here you can find over 60 countries' data on the
Internet in relation to the Law and Government."--Title screen. |
| AUTHOR: |
Makoto Ibusuki. |
| E-MAIL: |
mibusuki@aol.com |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, international |
| TITLE: |
World Wide Legal Information Association Web Site |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"This web site should be looked upon as a sort of
(eventually) unlimited resource of legal information, covering each state in the world,
and supported by members, sponsors and patrons, from both the legal community and the
general public. It will be both professional and complete but also as extensive as
possible."--Title screen. It covers legal directories, dictionaries, biographies,
laws, cases, etc. of US, UK, Canada, Pacific areas, etc. |
| E-MAIL: |
Webmaster, wwlia@islandnet.com |
| KEYWORDS: |
legal research, international |
| TITLE: |
The
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources |
| DESCRIPTION: |
"Presents over 1400 annotated links in a range of
international affairs topics. Sites are chosen because of long-term value, favoring those
with cost-free, high-quality information and analysis online."--Title screen. It
covers topics such as International Business and Economics, International Development,
Study and Work Abroad, International Communications, World Religions, General Foreign
Languages, Global Environment, Peace, Conflict Resolution, and International Security,
French Language, International and Foreign Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs,
Spanish Language, International and Comparative Education, Health, and German Language. |
| E-MAIL: |
Wayne A. Selcher, selchewa@etown.edu |
| KEYWORDS: |
international affairs |
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