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This site is dedicated to accurate, focused law and technology news. You will find information on legislation introduced that impact civil liberties, administration policies that increasingly limit access to information and links to everything from censorship to privacy, to intellectual property, etc.
A Century of Law Making for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates
This web site is part of the Library of Congress' American Memory project. Search for documents from the Continental Congress, the Serial Set, the House and Senate Journals, Congressional debates, Statutes at Large, and more.
Code of Federal Regulations
Use this site to access the codified general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by U. S. executive departments and agencies.
CRS Annotated Constitution
Access to this is the Congressional Research Service annotated version of the U. S. Constitution is provided by Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute.
Electronic Sources for Federal Legislative History Documents With Years/Congresses Available
This page lists links to resources regarding federal legislation, including the United States Code, committee hearings, presidential signing statements, Congressional committee prints, and more.
Findlaw
Use this site to find information regarding legal issues and news. Resources include a guide to wills and estates, a guide to marriage, divorce, and families, a working woman's survival guide, a state laws collection, state-specific legal forms, state legal aid resources, information to aid in understanding the U.S. legal system, and help in finding lawyer. A wide range of topics are also offered including civil rights, criminal law, dangerous products, employee rights, car accidents, and much, much more.
Internet Law Library
This Law Guru Internet web site was formerly the Congressional House of Representatives' Internet Law Library web page. Access federal laws by source or agency, state laws, laws of other nations, treaties, weird and dumb laws, and more. This site also provides a link to the U. S. Code Classification Tables.
Jurist
The University of Pittsburgh's legal news and research page. Access databases for state statutes, codes, and regulations, federal statutes, rules, and codes, state case law, state case law, oral arguments, world law, and topics too numerous to mention.
Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.
Use this site to access a Federal Law Library Directory and a list of GPO Congressional Publication Releases.
Law Library of Congress
Use this site to access the Global Legal Information Network, an annotated guide to sources on government and law online, legal and government sources on the state level, constitutions and legal information on nations of the world, multinational guides, and treaties.
The 'Lectric Law Library's Legal Lexicon's Lyceum
This is a virtual law dictionary.
Legislative Branch Resources on GPO Access
Link to full text versions of public and private laws, the U. S. Code, The Congressional Record, the House Journal, and much more.
LLRX.com
This site is dedicated to providing legal and librarian professionals with up to date information on a wide range of legal and technological issues. It has links to an intense array of post 9/11 resources among other things.
Municode
Use this site to find municipal codes for municipalities that have their codes online.
National Lawyer's Guild
Founded in 1937, this guild was the first racially integrated bar association and has a rich history of social activism. It is dedicated to the need for basic and progressive change in the structure of the political and economic system.
National Women's Law Center
Founded in 1972, the Center works towards protecting and advancing the progress of women and girls in school, at work, and other areas of their lives. This site provides information on legal issues concerning women and offers links to resources.
Nolo
This is a law for the layman web site, offering books, legal forms, and other legal and business resources in plain speak.
Oyez
Oyez is a site created at Northwest University and provides information regarding the Supreme Court including recordings of oral arguments, pending docket, information on justices , and a virtual tour of the Supreme Court.
Thomas
This is Library of Congress web site for legislative information regarding the status of legislation, the Congressional Record, Congressional committees, and Congressional voting records.
Thurgood Marshall Law Library
The University of Maryland's law library has a particular concentration on Civil Rights materials in addition to other offerings.
U. S. Congressional Serial Set Finding List
Use this site to access information in the U. S. Congressional Serial Set which includes Senate and House documents, Senate and House Reports, Senate Executive, documents and Senate Executive reports listed by Congressional Session.
U. S. Congressional Serial Set: What It Is and Its History
This explanation of the Serial Set has been adapted from a presentation given by Virginia Saunders, Congressional Documents Specialist.

California Law

State Bar of California: Public Services
This site offers information for Californians regarding finding an attorney, filing a complaint against an attorney, addressing a fee dispute with an attorney, making a simple will, using Small Claims Court, legal forms, and learning about the legal system.
Law Library of Congress: California
This is the Law Library of Congress' California page. The page provides access to links regarding California government, law and regulations.
National Lawyer's Guild, Los Angeles Chapter
This site (as does the national chapter) lists your rights if contacted by the FBI, the INS, etc. This site links to Los Angeles activist sites relating to labor issues, immigration, media, etc.

International Law

Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)
Use this site to access primary materials, authoritative web sites, and helpful research guides to international law on the Internet.
Peace Palace Library
This library houses the largest collection relating to international law and is the repository for the Grotius Collection, the collection on Hugo de Groot, the founder of the science of international law. The site contains a bibliographic database on international law, diplomatic history, and the history of peace movements. It provides links to international law libraries. Unfortunately, because of licensing restrictions, many of their database links are only accessible within the physical library. However, you can note the database and see if it is accessible at your local or university library.
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