Law

The body of rules and principles governing the affairs of a community and enforced by a political authority.

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Law & Law Enforcement Blogs

Blogs by, for or about lawyers and law enforcement professionals that cover a variety of topics from criminal investigation to current legal decisions.

Non-U.S. & International

United States

Resources in this category:

All Law
http://www.AllLaw.com/

A commercial directory of lawyers, listed by geographic range and practice area. Provides access to commercial legal forms such as forms for filing for a divorce or bankruptcy, and links to federal, state and local law resources.

American Law Sources On-line
http://www.lawsource.com/also/

A collection of free legal resources for the United States (both federal and individual states), Canada, and Mexico. The documents include codes, cases, constitutions, and legislation. Many of the documents are searchable and/or browsable. Some documents, such as municipal codes, are available on the city and county level.

Famous Trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm

Offers accounts of many of the most famous trials in world and American legal history, such as the Salem witchcraft trials, the Rosenbergs case, the Scopes "Monkey" trial, the Amistad affair, and the O.J. Simpson Trial among others. Includes articles , court records, and other official documents.

FindLaw
http://www.findlaw.com/

A comprehensive collection of legal information available over the Internet, organized by topic. Searchable.

Global Law Review
http://www.globallawbooks.org/home.asp

Detailed reviews of international legal products, books, conference documentation, online research, law journals, forms and precedents, position papers et al. Updated frequently.

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
http://www.glin.gov/

"The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the multilingual index to GLIN."

Guide to Law Online
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.html

"An annotated hypertext guide to sources of information worldwide on government and law available online without charge. It includes links only to the most useful and reliable sites for legal information available for each of the world's nations, although none of these sites have yet qualified for full GLIN recognition for the completeness, accuracy and officially certified authenticity of the legal texts they provide."

Harvard Law School Library: Research Guides
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/

The Harvard Law School Library has developed a large number of legal research guides that cover areas in United States law, other nations' and international law, and electronic resources research guides in general.

HG.org Worldwide Legal Directories
http://www.hg.org/

Hieros Gamos "is the largest and only comprehensive legal site with over 20,000 original pages and more than 70,000 links." The site contains information on and links to legal organizations including every government in the world, practice areas, "doing business" guides, news, online seminars, and reference materials.

Indian Law Resource Center
http://www.indianlaw.org/

The Indian Law Resource Center is a non-profit law and advocacy organization with the principle goal of assuring "the survival of indigenous peoples, including protection of their land rights, environment, and right to self-determination." The Indian Law Resource Center web site provides information on the organization's casework, archives of their newsletters, and links to "documents and organizations instrumental to winning recognition of indigenous rights."

IPL Pathfinder on Internet Law
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48511

"This pathfinder treats the law of or about the Internet, as opposed to law or legal-research sources available through the Internet."

JURIST: The Law Professor's Network
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/

Site designed to serve as a resource for a network of law professors at U.S. universities. Includes links to course outlines, materials and examinations, legal resources on the Web as compiled by law professors, conferences, legal news.

Law and Policy Institutions
http://www.lpig.org/

Law and Policy Institutions is a point of access for legal and legislative information. Look here for domestic legal topics, information on significant international treaties, journals, and legal databases from antiquity to the present, and covering all nationalities. The goal of Law and Policy Institutions is to find "the most reputable, current and useful sources for legal research on the Internet." Use LawCrawler to search for the information you need.

Law Dictionary
http://dictionary.law.com/

This site allows individuals to search for definitions of a variety of legal terms. A search may be conducted by use of a term, definition, and by browsing the alphabetical list of terms.

LawCrawler
http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/

"A search tool specifically designed for legal research. The LawCrawler is powered by AltaVista(tm) Search and enables researchers to focus their searches on legal information and within particular domains." Separate search engines are available for USA & World, USA & Circuit Courts, California, Other US States, and Other Countries.

Lawyers.com
http://www.lawyers.com/

"Profiles of 420,000 attorneys and firms worldwide. Listings are continuously updated and scrupulously reviewed by the entrant before release. Complete Lawyer HomePages for many law firms featuring practical details such as practice focus, professional credentials, fees, office hours and directions. A wealth of consumer-oriented legal information to help users better understand the law, make more informed personal legal choices and identify high quality legal representation. Helpful tips on how to select an attorney, an interactive 'Ask a Lawyer' forum for submitting questions, consumer friendly explanations of 24 major areas of law, articles on current legal topics, links to legal resources on the web, a glossary of 10,000 legal terms, and more."

Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/

One of the aims of this project is "to carry out applied research on the use of digital information technology in the distribution of legal information, the delivery of legal education, and the practice of law." This content-rich site offers access to a variety of Web-based legal information, along with other products. Included are constitutions from around the world, state and federal court opinions, U.S. and international law, and legal directories.

Nolo's Legal Dictionary
http://www.nolo.com/glossary.cfm

Nolo's Legal Glossary offers definitions for more than one thousand legal terms in plain English. The site is updated regularly with new words added each month. Terms can be accessed by by topic, keyword search, or alphabetical browsing.

Online Ethics Center at the National Academy of Engineering
http://www.onlineethics.dnsalias.com/

Extensive collection of resources geared towards engineers and scientists that address some of the ethical dilemmas they might face as professionals. Includes links to case studies, reference materials, literature, and discussion groups.

Privacy International
http://www.privacyinternational.org/

Based in London, with an office in Washington DC, Privacy International conducts research on privacy issues worldwide. At this site, visitors can read current news and information on foreign and domestic privacy issues.

The Virtual Chase
http://www.virtualchase.com/

This site will only be active until May, 2009. Until then it offers advice on how to conduct legal research. It is aimed at lawyers and others with a legal background.

Workpermit.com
http://www.workpermit.com/

Work permit, work visa, immigration and naturalization services for UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US and other countries

World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
http://www.worldlii.org/

"Free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law" and offers "501 databases from 55 countries including 21 international databases in collaboration with members of the Free Access to Law Movement."