LawResearch Newsletter "Just the Law Links" Designed for Legal Professionals

  Southern Poverty Law Center - The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. Today, SPLC is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups.

   Supreme Court Obscenity Cases

  Great biography on Justice Brennan - one of the great First Amendment Justices of all time - Memorial Resolution Adopted by the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States to Record Our Deep Respect and Affection for Justice William J. Brennan, Jr ( a 9 page article - very interesting)
Brennan Center Documents on the McCain-Feingold Debate
The following are documents prepared by the Brennan Center for Justice regarding the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill (S. 27). Many of the documents are informed by the Center's study on political television advertising during the 2000 campaign season.

  Childrens Defense Fund

  National Legal Aid and Defender Association - The Alliance for Justice is a national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations. Since its inception in 979, the Alliance has worked to advance the cause of justice for all Americans, strengthen the public interest community's ability to influence public policy, and foster the next generation of advocates.

  Briefing.com Stock Service - Briefing.com provides award-winning market commentary and analysis, including: up/downgrades, splits, earnings, fixed income and FX coverage, bond market commentary, economic releases and much more.

  Executive Summary of the Antitrust Laws

  Jurist

  Anatomy of a murder: a trip through our justice system

  Picturing Justice: The On-Line Journal of Law and Popular Culture

  Lawyers and films (how lawyers are portrayed in films, and what we can learn from it)

  Legal News

  Delphion Intellectual Property Network - "The Delphion Intellectual Property Network (IPN) has evolved into a premier Web site for searching, viewing, and analyzing patent documents. The IPN provides you with free access to a wide variety of data collections and patent nformation including ... United States patents, European patents and patent applications, PCT application data from the World Intellectual Property Office,Patent Abstracts of Japan, INPADOC family and legal status data, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletins." Registration required. Additional services, including full-patent images, are available for a fee.

  Supreme Court of the United States

  "Conscience and the Constitution" In World War II - a handful of young Americans refused to be drafted from an American concentration camp. They were ready to fight for their country, but not before the government restored their rights as U.S. citizens and released their families from camp. It was a classic example of civil disobedience -- but the government prosecuted them as criminals and Japanese American leaders and veterans ostracized them as traitors. CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION delves into the heart of the Japanese American conscience and a controversy that continues today. Experience the choice faced by any group when confronted by mass injustice -- whether to comply or to resist." PBS Online

  Immigration Documents Collection - "...a collection of documents relating to the current state of immigration in the US. We will be including the text of pending legislation, reform proposals, agency releases and other documents of interest." A law firm page

  a beginner's guide to legal education - A wonderful site for all law students not just Ls. It is well designed and provides a plethora of wisdom as well as links. By Prof. James R. Elkins, College of Law, West Virginia University

  Alcatraz: The Warden Johnston Years - Resource on the infamous American prison, Alcatraz. Site hosts a wealth of information including a detailed timeline, searchable database of prisoners, and a collection of maps

  Bureau of Justice Statistics - Searchable collection of US Bureau of Justice Statistics publications, dealing with such topics as crime, drugs, violence, law enforcement, firearms, and criminal record systems.

  Crime and Clues - Links to all aspects of "The Art and Science of Criminal Investigation," including different types of evidence and investigations. The website is maintained by a Crime Science Technician.

  Public Agenda - "Public Agenda prepares a broad array of educational materials that help explain policy issues to the public in a balanced and easy-to-understand way. Our guides offer a nonpartisan briefing on policy and polling -- including 'red flags' where poll results may be misleading; a digest of news, legislation, and studies; and research sources. We offer 9 issue guides, each one combining background information with public opinion analysis." Covers many issues including education, race, health care, crime, the economy, the environment, abortion, social security, internet speech and privacy, and the right to die. Useful to both the general public and policy makers.

  WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources - "This section of the WWW Virtual Library presents over 400 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." Topics include media sources, organizations, regions and countries, world religions, human rights, international business, study abroad, international and foreign law, etc.

  U.S. Department of State Background Notes - Background notes is an official United States Government publication which profiles countries and organizations of the world. Each entry generally include the following on each country: Profile, People, Government, Economy, History, Political Conditions, Economy, Foreign relations, Principal U.S. Officials "Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated periodically

   U.S.Constitution search

   The lemon car webpage

  Jury verdict summaries

  environmental and toxic torts

   Whither Daubert? Reliable Resolution of Scientifically-Based Causality Issues in Toxic Tort Casesl

  findlaw library on personal injury and torts

   the death of privacy

   Freedom of Speech in the computer age

  litigation practice center

  U. S. Guidelines in Sentencing

   The Center for Disability Law & Policy (CDLP) - A non-profit public interest law center that provides advocacy and legal services to individuals with disabilities throughout Pennsylvania. The Center also represents individuals with claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and has substantial experience with the litigation of employment discrimination cases. This site contains many useful links centered on disability law and a very useful guide on disability law.

  Justice Web Collaboratory - The Justice Web Collaboratory is a working partnership formed to use the tools of the World Wide Web to create a laboratory for collaboration aimed exclusively at U.S. Judges and their close support organizations.

  Katsuey's Legal Gateway - Offers links for virtually every aspect of the legal profession, including arbitration, education, public records, immigration, and international law.

  GPO Accessis keeping America informed by providing Official Federal Government Information to your fingertips. Comprehensive links to all legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.

  U.S. Department of Justice - Working to enforce the laws and interests of the United States. There is a very helpful information section for individuals and communities concerning consumer fraud, disabilities, discrimination, dispute resolutions, domestic violence, elder justice, immigration, and much much more...

  NegligentDeath.com - This is A. Brian Dinday's legal information website concerning wrongful death cases. There are a number of helpful question and answer sections giving the public a great starting place to receive help.

  SeniorLaw - This is a Web site where senior citizens, their families, attorneys, social workers, and financial planners, can access information about Elder Law, Medicare, Medicaid, estate planning, trusts and the rights of the elderly and disabled.

  WashingtonPost: Today in Congress - A Guide to daily congressional activities from the Washington Post. A well designed web site for easy access to congressional information.

  DumbLaws.com - A part of About.com, DumbLaws.com offers a huge collection of the most senseless laws throughout the world. Grab a drink, relax, and enjoy Dumb Laws! Browse through the links, or jump right into your home state or country!

  About.com: Law - About.com offers a great amount of information on legal issues, events and resources. A good place to start investigations into legal issues.

  American Legal Ethics Library - This digital library contains both the codes or rules setting standards for the professional conduct of lawyers and commentary on the law governing lawyers, organized on a state by state basis.

  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - "Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability." Issues, include information about fair housing, the Americans with Disabilities Act, mental health care, aging and children's issues

  Center for Law, Commerce and Technology (LCT) - "The Center for Law, Commerce and Technology is a leading center for collaborative research, teaching and scholarship related to the Internet and legal aspects of technology. One of our main focuses is on consumer protection and education.

  The Civil Rights Project by Harvard University - This project is an ongoing assessment of the prospects for justice and equal opportunity under law for racial and ethnic minorities in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

  The United States Commission on Civil Rights - The United States Commission on Civil Rights is an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding agency of the executive branch established under the Civil Rights Act of 1957. This commission investigates, studies, appraises complaints alleging that citizens are being deprived of their equal protection rights or being discriminated against by reason of their race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin. This is a great federal rights resource that has so much more than can be listed.

  The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice - A private non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce society's reliance on the use of incarceration as a solution to social problems. Providing information on their current projects and news items of interest.

  American Bar Association Network - The ABA is the largest voluntary professional association in the world. Providing law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.

  EnviroText - EnviroText is an on-line searchable library that provides you with easy access to environmental laws, regulations, and guidance as well as Native American Treaties and Constitutions. The purpose of EnviroText is to provide you with a "one-stop-shop" for all of your environmental regulatory needs. A very easy to navigate web site full of environmental content.

  Hieros Gamos - Find a compendium of links to aspects of the legal profession including reference guides , law firms, and law schools. Includes related journals.

  The Center for Disability Law & Policy (CDLP) - A non-profit public interest law center that provides advocacy and legal services to individuals with disabilities throughout Pennsylvania. The Center also represents individuals with claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and has substantial experience with the litigation of employment discrimination cases. This site contains many useful links centered on disability law and a very useful guide on disability law.

  Supreme Court of the United States - Visit the Supreme Court of the United States of America. Reference a wealth of materials about the highest court in the country on its official Web site.

  US-Courts.com - Provides a directory of trial and appellate State and Federal courts. An easy 2 click to get to your destination format makes it easy to navigate quickly to your destination.

  US-Counties.com - An e-Government initiative linking local government sites by state in a county and municipal government hub. Helpful resources to other local government sites are provided.

  LawBookshop.com - The premiere Law Book Store on the web. Thousands of legal titles for law students, attorneys and the public. There is a self-help law section covering every topic in publication. The law student book section carries every subject with up to date law outlines, study aids, course outlines and text books.

  Rominger Legall - Provides a useful one page format links to federal government, legal resources, professional directories, state legal resources, legal organizations, non-legal resources, news items, practice areas and legal books. The state law resources are especially thorough in providing gateways to all the necessary links to government. Simplicity and ease of use make this site a required bookmark.

  United States Senate - Information on members and committees. Read a Senate history, and take a virtual tour of the Capitol. An excellent site to see the inner workings of the U.S. government.

  The Civil Rights Project by Harvard University - This project is an ongoing assessment of the prospects for justice and equal opportunity under law for racial and ethnic minorities in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

  Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution - As part of the University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Law, the Center fosters new approaches to lawyering through innovations in law school education, public service, and legal scholarship. The Center's web site includes their Journal of Dispute Resolution and a very helpful Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) link section.

  CompLaw: The Computer Law Resource - This legal web site is a useful resource for information concerning intellectual property law, internet & computer law, legal news, and general legal issues. Within CompLaw's Directory are Links to Legal Resources, information on the Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Awareness Project, WWW Mailing List Gateway, and Links to Law Schools and Related Sites.

  The Business Law Site - The Business Law Site offers business articles, checklists, research, and more. Many business information links to topics on electronic commerce; internet, trademarks, and copyrights; corporate, llc's, and shareholders; business law; information of raising capital for a business; and links to business organizations. A good site containing legal research links to state and federal resources for business.

  The Medicare Rights Center - The Medicare Rights Center (MRC) provides free counseling services to Medicare beneficiaries who cannot afford private assistance. MRC assists individuals who need answers to Medicare questions or help securing coverage and getting the health care they need. This site contains self-help pamphlets, newsletters and links to other organizations on Medicare and aging.

  The Better Business Bureau - The Better Business Bureau's web site allows the user to read past reports on specific businesses and charities. You can post alerts on specific businesses and descriptions of how organizations operate. This online resource allows you to find any BBB in the United States or Canada and file complaints against companies and seek dispute resolution with them.

  Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution - As part of the University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Law, the Center fosters new approaches to lawyering through innovations in law school education, public service, and legal scholarship. The Center's web site includes their Journal of Dispute Resolution and a very helpful Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) link section.

  The U.S. Business Advisor - A project created by the Small Business Administration (SBA) and designed as a one-stop resource to enables access to organizations, regulations, handbooks, and fact sheets related to labor and employment law. A comprehensive business law web site bringing to the public the reality of e-government.

  Legalethics.com - Ethical issues for Lawyers by State, Advertising Rules, Government Ethics, Campaign Finance, Lobbyists, and Federal Government Ethics.

  The Law Engine - Legal areas of coverage include the topics of federal courts, federal law, federal - state cases & law, state law & courts, California law.

  Picturing Justice - A web site devoted to the law as depicted on the Silver Screen and the small Screen.

  Hong Kong Legal Information Institute - HKLII is a joint project of the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, and the kind assistance of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). With a view to promoting and supporting the rule of law in Hong Kong,

  Hong Kong Bar Association - Founded in 1949, the Hong Kong Bar Association is the professional organisation of barristers in Hong Kong.

  The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong - Was established in January 1980. The Commission considers for reform those aspects of the laws of Hong Kong which are referred to it by the Secretary for Justice or the Chief Justice. Members of the Commission are appointed by the Chief Executive, on the advice of the Secretary for Justice, and include academic and practising lawyers, and prominent members of the community.

  Stock Market Yellow Pages - At Stock Market Yellow Pages you only need to know the "buzz word" (e.g. "biomedical") of a hot industry to get a list comprised solely of companies that you can research and invest in.

  Electronic Appraiser- Lending institutions are now using more than ever, the Automated Valuation Model (AVM) and Instant Home Valuation, as tools to determine residential property values. Now you can see the same property data, sales comparables, and home valuations that the banks use to make risk decisions for mortgages, home equity loans, and credit lines.

  ERI's Human Resources Codes & Laws - This is a well-organized, free site that includes Compensation Terms, U.S. and State Compensation Codes & Laws, Canadian and Provincial Remuneration Codes, and International Remuneration Codes.

  EXJURE.COM - Lithuanian public organisation “The Centre for Legal Project and Research” in cooperation with foreign law firms is executing the project, named “EXJURE” (latin – on the strength of the law).

  Oil-Gas-Energy Law Intelligence Service - Professor Wälde is the former principal UN adviser on oil, gas, energy and investment law. OGEL is supported by CEPMLP (Dundee), the IBA/SERL (International Bar Association) and other law firms, international organizations and companies in the oil, gas and energy

  Liberia's sad normality - By Mark Doyle BBC world affairs correspondent It started as a trickle. A few hundred displaced people, their belongings on their heads, trekking south towards the Liberian capital, Monrovia.

  AHI's Employment Law Resource Center - EMPLOYEE PROBLEM SOLVER THE COMPLETE POLICY HANDBOOK Legal Policies That Protect Your Company EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE TROUBLESHOOTER

  Civil rights Project - Harvared University- Mission is to help renew the civil rights movement by bridging the worlds of ideas and action, and by becoming a preeminent source of intellectual capital and a forum for building consensus within that movement.

  Ask Me Help Desk - Money & Services Bankruptcy & Debt, Investing, Law, Retirement, Taxes, more... ScienceForensic Science, Mathematics, Physics, Science for Children, more...

   Agapea. Virtual bookstore - In this web site you will find all kind of books on law and economics - in spanish

  U.S. Business Advisor - A project created by the Small Business Administration (SBA) and designed as a resource to access to organizations, regulations, handbooks, and fact sheets related to labor and employment law. A comprehensive business law web site bringing to the public e-government.

  Medicare Rights Center - The Medicare Rights Center (MRC) assists individuals who need answers to Medicare questions or help securing coverage and getting the health care they need. This site contains self-help pamphlets, newsletters and links to other organizations on Medicare and aging.

  Picturing Justice - A web site devoted to law and popular culture. This site includes a Silver Screen section, a Small Screen section, a News and Views section, and other Picturing Justice departments.

  Chief Justices of the World on Article 51c of the Indian Constitution

The State shall endeavour to -
(a) promote international peace and security;
(b) maintain just and honourable relations between nations;
(c) foster respect for international law and
(d) encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration.