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 1 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 website 2 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 The place to start if research NC law 3 My Favorite Weblinks by P S Evers http www ncgov com 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 and texts Law Library of Congress http www loc gov law help guide php Not only does this link provide legal research assistance but all the documents too HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS American Civil Liberties Union http www aclu org index html A wonderful source for researching civil liberties issues and getting law news Amnesty International http www amnesty org A non profit organization dedicated to protecting
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