Legal And Law-Related Sites On The Internet


Also see "Government and Political Sites" section of BIGSURF for other law related topics and site listings.

Supreme Court Rulings

(Project Hermes at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, US)

ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/hermes

Log-in as "anonymous" and use your email address as the password.

Contains all the rulings, decisions and opinions of these decisions.


Supreme Court Decisions

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/

Complete listing and catalog of all Supreme Court decisions


Constitutions from around the World

ftp://wiretap.spies.com/Gov/World

Constitutions and legal docs from around the world - careful - they are written in the native language of the particular country they come from.


Rutgers University Legal site

ftp://quartz.rutgers.edu/pub/law

A complete (I mean _complete_) archive of various legal documents. From legal copyright rulings and issues to the Drug Crime Act and Internet law. Includes many other legal documents and information.


ACLU Reading Room (American Civil Liberties Union)

gopher://aclu.org 6601

ftp://ftp.aclu.org

Another legal windfall of info. Not just for lawyers...


The Virtual Law Library

http://www.info.cern.ch

Use your spacebar to cruise through the topics. Highlite the word "LAW" and you'll be linked to over 100 other sites that are law related or legal related information. Too many to list here but a small sampling is - Univ of Arkansas Law School, University of Montreal Law School Gophers, Pepper and Corazzini, LLP - a Law firm that specializes in communications law and many more. Brush up on your legal research without leaving home.


Washburn University School of Law

telnet://awlib.wuacc.edu (login as "washlaw")

International Treaties

ftp://ftp.spies.com/Gov/Treaties

Computer and Electronic Law

ftp://sulaw.law.su.oz.au/pub/law

Cornell Univ. Law Library

gopher://fatty.law.cornell.edu

Cornell Univ. Law School web site

http://www.law.cornell.edu//usc/17/overview.html

Copyright Act law and other related issues and rulings.


U.S. Department of Justice

gopher://gopher.usdoj.gov

Case Western Reserve Univ. Law School

gopher://holmes.law.cwru.edu

Tulsa, Oklahoma, US - County Sheriff's Office

gopher://galaxy.gastar.com/Tulsa County Sheriff's Office

The WWW Virtual Law Library at Indiana Univ.

http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/lawindex.html

Indiana Univ School of Law

http://www.law.indiana.edu

NCJRS Gopher (Nat'l Criminal Justice Reference Service)

gopher://ncjrs.aspensys.com 71

Florida State Univ College of Law WWW home page

http://law.fsu.edu

Pepper and Corazzini, LLP (Law Firm in Washington, D.C., US)

http://www.commlaw.com.pepper

Issues and rulings dealing with communications and electronic transfer.


Advertising Law Internet Site

http://www.webcom.com/~lewrose/home.html

Lewis Rose, a partner with Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin and Kahn based in Washington, D.C. has written a substantial web page that deals with many issues relating to advertising law, marketing legalities, antitrust laws, consumer protection rulings and trade association law. Also includes sections on "infomercials", home shopping and direct-response TV. Cable and network television ad and marketing guidelines are abundant.


Villanova Tax Law Compendium (Villanova, Pennsylvania, US)

gopher://ming.law.vill.edu

Not just for taxes anymore. Includes Third Circuit Court of Appeals info and decisions (Phila, PA) and info on Villanova Law School. Of course this site is also one of the best tax law sites available.


Criminal Justice Links

http://bayflash.stpt.usf.edu/~greek/cj.html

A large collection of links related to the criminal justice system. This page includes links to court decisions and rulings as well as many more related links. Growing by leaps and bounds this page is updated frequently.


ACLU Gopher site (American Civil Liberties Union)

gopher://aclu.org 6601

This gopher site of the ACLU includes related literature, ACLU newsbriefs, publications and Congressional reports and Congressional efforts in which the ACLU is involved. The ACLU has also become involved with civil liberty in cyberspace and on the Internet specifically. This gopher site also has a complete history of the organization, a list of affiliate offices and guidelines on where and how to obtain help from the ACLU.


Law-Info Legal Directory WWW page

http://www.lawinfo.com/~netlaw/

LawInfo(tm) is a legal service directory created specifically to provide Internet users access to legal representaion and services worldwide. A complete listing and links to legal directories are available through the new LawInfo web page. The page will be updated regularly and there is absolutely no fee for the use of this service.


Law Firm of Buckley, Montgomery, Le Chevallier & Lindley P.C. Homepage

http://www.teleport.com/~bmll/

Where you will find "Law You Can Use" and "Legal Humor."


People For The American Way

http://www.cdt.org/publications/pubs.html

ftp://ftp.cdt.org/publications/CDT_PFAW_CDA_CONST_ANALYSIS

A comprehensive treatment of the First Amendment issues raised by applying the dial-a-porn statute to the net and other interactive media. While it may not answer all the questions you may have regarding legal implications it will help clarify many issues regarding the distribution and dispensing of information over the Internet and other telecommunicative methods.


Juris.com Legal BBS

telnet://juris.com

An abundant and well done and prepared legal resource. This is a BBS system that is accessible via Telnet and offers information on many legal and industry news briefs, workman's compensation issues, state and federal statutes and the US Dept of Labor document portfolio. There is also a job listing for legal, medical and other professional fields. There is so much to list here - such as a complete Supreme Court Case files section, info on veteran's rights and services, federal budget papers and OSHA documents. Much more is here and it is a veritable virtual legal tome with info on all sorts and types of legal and governmental policies and papers.


WashLaw WWW

http://lawlib.wuacc.edu/washlaw/washlaw.html

From the Washburn University School of Law Library, Topeka, KS, US comes a combination of online services and sources of potential interest to the legal research community. This gateway includes primary legal materials, foreign and international resources (ForIntlaw), quick legal reference sources (RefLaw), Federal information (DocLaw) and State materials (State Law). This site is maintained and updated regularly.


IRS home page

http://www.ustreas.gov/treasury/bureaus/irs/irs.html

The Tax Man online. Unexpected multimedia extravaganza. A plethora of tax information, FAQs and tax forms. Note: many forms need Adobe's Acrobat Reader program (freeware) as they are in PDF (Portable Document Format).


Income Tax Information (Frank McNeil's home page)

ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ftmexpat/taxsites.htm

mailto:ftp-request@netcom.com

Subject line: ftp-request
Message body: SEND ftmexpat/html2text/taxsites.htm

Precise and informative - this info explains how to access Tax information from across the internet. For folks that don't have access to a Web browser or the WWW - a text version of this file is available via aon ftp and email.

This is, perhaps, the most complete tax information available and includes pointers to get even more information. Incredibly well done!


Electronic Privacy Issues


Wiretap Information

http://cpsr.org/dox/wiretap.html

United States Codes and Statutes

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/ch119.html

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/ch121.html

Cyber-Rights

http://jasper.ora.com/andyo/cyber-rights/cyber-rights.html

Electronic Privacy Information Center

http://cpsr.org/cpsr/alert/

http://cpsr.org/cpsr/alert/EPIC_Alert_2.07.html


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