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Crime, Law and Related Links
Law and the Courts
Legal Search and ReferenceACLU
on Criminal Justice.
This is a thoughtful web site dealing with core issues of the
day.
ABA
LawInfo.org. A consumer
oriented site from the American Bar Association.
The
Avalon Project. Yale
University Law School's fledgling but provocative site that
encourages comparative and historical thinking about law.
The
Cornell University legal resource
site. One of the best
law sites on the web.
Cornell's
"Law About" various
topics. Most of the dictionaries on law have disappeared from the
web. Cornell's "law about" various topics can answer many
questions and is listed alphabetically.
Database
on Law and Population.
A database with legislation summaries and excerpts, court
decisions, constitutions, and other government documents from all
countries on population policies, women's rights, reproductive
health, and others. A joint product of Harvard Law School and the
United Nations Population Fund.
Defense
Counsel in Criminal Cases.
The state of criminal defense from the Department of Justice. Here
are the zipped spreadsheets.
Federal
Grand Jury. Federal and
state grand juries are explained.
The Federal
Judicial Center, the
research arm of the federal court system. They have set a good
example for other research units to follow at all levels of
government by putting their research reports on-line. You'll need
to have Adobe's free Acrobat
software to read the files. Instructions on downloading the
software are available at the FJC web site.
FindLaw
is an excellent general law-related search site that also provides
access to the Federal Register. See also the
newly released FindLaw
Constitutional Law Center,
an resource on the United States Constitution and the U.S. Supreme
Court. Finding also has an excellent
legal dictionary; use
the search engine at the top of this web page.
GigaLaw.com
is made by law professors and attorneys and provides law related
information for technology and internet professionals. They mainly
offer essays and articles on law, technology and related
matters.
GPO
Access
replaced the old GPO Gate site, a complement to
FindLaw.
GSULaw
is a site that combines the actual search forms for federal law
sources--various codes, the U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Appeals
Courts, the Federal Register, and various other search
engines. Many of the law sources used are also included in
FindLaw and/or GPO Gate.
GSULaw may be an helpful alternative or
complimentary site depending upon your needs. It is taken from
GSULaw OnLine -- Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research.
Law.com. There's a lot of free stuff on this site about law for lawyers, students, and the public, but there are also obvious commercial aspirations. It includes the online and free version of American Lawyer and a dictionary of over 3000 legal terms. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Legal
Sites on the Web (last
updated in 1998)
Law
and Politics Internet Guide
The
Lawcopedia - A dictionary of legal
terms
Law Library of Congress, the 'official" library of Congress, which among other things includes the digital resources of the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), Multinational Collections Database, and the Guide to Law Online.
A
Legal Citation Guide. See others
at the writing
and publishing link.
The Legal
Pad is a page of internet resources
for law-related materials. It is also searchable.
National Tribal Justice Resource Center is a collection of Native American materials related to legal research, tribal courts, outreach programs, court opinions, much more, including topical news.
New
and reviewed jurist books on law.
Political Campaign Finance
Data. Up-to-date political campaign finance data are directly
relevant to understanding how laws are formed and passed. Examine
the links below to learn more about where candidate campaign
contributions come from and how this relates to legal change:
Center for Responsive Politics
Dirty Money: Tracking the PACs
The Environmental Working Group provides this resource for tracking contributions made by political action committees to influence environmental law. It uses data supplied by the Federal Election Commission and includes dollar amounts provided by PACs for the 1996-current elections. There are state rankings, and there are listings by categories of polluters. See the summaries on "dirty PACS" and the listing of "Top Dirty Money Takers." Search by candidate or PAC
Project Vote Smart
California Voter Foundation
FactCheck.org Here's where you go to monitor the facts as stated by politicians, brought to you by the staff of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.
The Spirit of Laws, Charles de Montesquieu, (1748, tr. Thomas Nugent 1752).
Thomas
is the search engine for current federal legislation.
United
States Sentencing Commission. The
key to sentence types and lengths in the federal system.
The
U.S. Information Agency.
Issues of Democracy, an electronic
journal, contains internet sites on democracy and human rights
themes. Here you will find the Declaration of Independence, the
Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, and descriptions and
discussions of the executive, legislative and judicial
branches.
West's
Legal Dictionary (listed above
as FindLaw).
Women and Law from Salon's Voyage.
From the Clinton presidency:Articles of Impeachment (Working Draft), a pdf file which requires the free Acrobat software.
Committee on the Judiciary, US House of Representatives Impeachment Inquiry, ditto.
Courts and Court
Decisions
Internet
Library of Law and Court Decisions.
Summaries of Internet-related court decisions. Select Internet
Library in the menu and use the keyword search engine.
See the Native Tribal Justice Resource Center link (above).
The
United States Federal Judiciary
The U.S. Supreme Court Justices Database.
Described as a "multi-user, public database containing a wealth of information on individuals nominated (whether confirmed or not) to the U.S. Supreme Court," the databases and documentation were last updated on March 8, 2007. You can download excel spreadsheets, SPSS databases, etc.
Full-text
US Supreme Court Decisions from 1937 to 1975!
This includes 7,407 decisions, volumes 300 through 422, of the US Reports. The
decisions can be accessed through keyword or case name search; available in
ASCII format. Provided by the US Air Force FLITE (Federal Legal Information
Through Electronics) system.
US
Court of Appeals First Circuit
U.S.
Court of Appeals Second Circuit
US
Court of Appeals Third Circuit
US
Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit
US
Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit
US
Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit
US
Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit
US
Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit
US
Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
US
Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit
US
Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit
US
Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit
California's Legal
System
Some very informative links about law in California.
First, All U.S. State Constitutions and Web Sites
California Law: All 29 codes (penal, health & safety, fish & game, etc.) available online.
Current State of Senate
The Judicial Branch, State of California. This new site contains a vast amount of legal information about the California judicial system and links you with it. You can find, for example, the opinions of the California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal, which are immediately updated, and the California Court System is shown in graphical form illustrating appellate and trial court systems.
California Attorney General's Office
Crime and Violence Prevention Center, also of the California Attorney General's Office, contains prevention materials on gangs, drugs, domestic violence, youth violence, child abuse, elder abuse and Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving (COPPS).
California Judicial System--Constitutional authority, scope, budget
Supreme Court--Information on members, qualifications, jurisdiction
There are also links to the Courts of Appeal (membership, jurisdiction), Superior Courts (membership, jurisdiction), Municipal Courts (membership, jurisdiction), Judicial Council (membership, committees, activities), Commission on Judicial Appointments (constitutional authority, function), Commission on Judicial Performance (constitutional authority, function), California Judges Association (functions), State Bar of California (constitutional authority, admission, certification, judicial nominees), Map of California Appellate Court Districts (counties included in each of the six districts), The Judicial Council, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and others.