1 My Favorite Weblinks by P. S. Evers MY FAVORITE WEBLINKS (compiled by Pamela S. Evers) LEGAL RESEARCH WEBSITES OYEZ Supreme Court website http://www.oyez.org Cornell’s website contains summaries of Supreme Court opinions FindLaw Website http://www.findlaw.com FindLaw is a wonderful website for legal research, obtaining full case opinions, articles about legal issues, and legal news (e.g., new cases filed, new opinions) The Law Letter - National Legal Research Group http://www.nlrg.com/lawlet/lawlet.htm Good place to begin basic legal research Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu/ A good website for locating briefs of important case decisions. Good for general legal research, especially statutes and the Annotated Constitution. Basics of Legal Research http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/ResearchGuides/Basics.cfm This is a GREAT legal research guide from the Cornell Law School Guide to Researching the CISG http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/vlibrary/outlines/cisg.html Good guide for CISG research via Univ. of Texas CISG Library http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/ Pace Law School's CISG library. This is where the Convention on the International Sale of Goods materials are focused. American Bar Association http://www.abanet.org/ Primarily for those defending corporations (reality), this is the national bar association for U.S. attorneys (theory); lots of info IF you can actually use the site, which is limited Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public & International Law http://www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/news.cfm Great website for researching international law; German or English The University of Chicago Library http://www1.lib.uchicago.edu/e/index.php3 Wow. This has everything. I mean everything, including first editions of Chopin’s published scores and a jazz archive that’s to die for. Also has lots of legal research, but the other is much more interesting. Make sure to examine the digital collections!2 My Favorite Weblinks by P. S. Evers American Society of International Law http://www.asil.org/ Perhaps the best source for researching basic international law American Association for Justice http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/xchg/justice/hs.xsl/default.htm This is the “right” side of the bar (the plaintiff’s bar; yes, I’m biased); lots of info here Public Citizen http://www.citizen.org/ Advocacy organization with lots of news and interesting info. Founded by Ralph Nader. SECLaw.Com http://www.seclaw.com/secrules.htm A great website for researching securities law issues National Center for State Courts http://www.ncsconline.org/ Offers research, documents, and activities related to state court concerns. These are the folks that discovered that plaintiffs are not clogging the courts, tort law doesn’t need reform, and business lawsuits comprise the bulk of litigation. RAND Institute for Civil Justice http://www.rand.org/icj/ Conducts research on all aspects of civil justice; great research site Legal Research Guide (International Law) http://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/forintlaw.html#humanrights University of Chicago research guide with long list of links for international law research Lex Mercatoria http://www.lexmercatoria.net/ Great place for international trade law and international business law research Hieros Gamos http://www.hg.org/ Worldwide legal directory; it’s all here if it’s law National Security Archive http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ George Washington University’s website offering declassified security documents Institute of Air & Space Law http://www.mcgill.ca/iasl/ McGill University’s website for air & space law Antarctic Law http://users.erols.com/jackbobo/ Based on space law, this is Antarctic law Columbia International Affairs Online http://www.ciaonet.org/ A great political science website3 My Favorite Weblinks by P. S. Evers National Law Journal http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/index.jsp A good law newspaper with current info. Legal Times http://www.law.com/jsp/dc/index.jsp Another good law newspaper. Lessig.Org http://lessig.org/ Weblog by Lawrence Lessig, author & legal commentator. If you blog it, they will read. Intellectual Property & Tech Law Reports http://www.gehrkelaw.com/ Actually a weblog by a law firm, but very good source of IP cases and info. ‘Lectric Law Library http://www.lectlaw.com/ Messy site, but great source for forms and very basic legal information Law.Com http://www.law.com/jsp/law/index.jsp Basic legal news and info site with link to Corporate Counsel online magazine Federal Bar Association http://www.fedbar.org/ Unless you’re a member, it’s a dull site, but the links are excellent and articles are often available First Amendment Center http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/default.aspx If the First Amendment is what you’re interested in, this is the place to look NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WEBSITES USA.Gov http://www.usa.gov/ This is the portal to all U.S. government information U.S. Department of Commerce http://www.commerce.gov/ The place to start if researching US commercial issues U.S. Patent & Trademark Law Office http://www.uspto.gov/ Searchable website with patent and trademark law; just put in a silly search term and see if there’s a patent for it Official Website for State of North Carolina http://www.ncgov.com/ The place to start if research NC law4 My Favorite Weblinks by P. S. Evers Office of the US Trade Representative http://www.ustr.gov/ This is where US trade issues are regulated and adjudicated. This US agency negotiates directly with foreign governments to create trade agreements, resolve disputes and participate in global trade policy organizations. U.S. Court Information http://www.uscourts.gov/ For information on federal courts (not state) and relevant links U.S. Department of State http://www.state.gov/ For researching national issues Export-Import Bank of the U.S. http://www.exim.gov/ If you want to know about export/import issues, start here U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ If you need more stats than this, go do it yourself U.S. Department of State Human Rights Webpage http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/ Quite a bit of info here and easy to use US Senate Judiciary Committee http://judiciary.senate.gov/ All the hearings, all the time. European Court of Human Rights http://www.echr.coe.int/echr/index.htm Excellent resource for researching human rights law
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