Online Reference - Law
General Law Metasites
FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources - Good Web starting point for doing
legal research. Full-text, searchable database of all law reviews and
journals on the Internet.
JURIST: The Legal Education Network
- Gateway to expert legal information from the University of Pittsburgh.
Includes: Learning & Teaching Law, Researching Law, Current Issues,
Lessons from the Web, World Law... also links to law school Web pages
with local legal information.
Legal Information Institute (LII)
Overviews of more than 100 legal topics with links, Constitutions & Codes,
Court Opinions, Current Awareness, Directories..., from the Cornell Law
School.
Law Internet Law Library
- Links to law related resources such as U.S. federal laws, state laws,
international laws, legal professional directories,... Includes the
current US Code and Code of Federal Regulations.
lexisONE -
Designed for small-office legal practitioners , lots of free information
to anyone who registers. Includes: Case Law, Legal Forms and the Legal
Internet Guide.
Meta-Index for US Legal
Research - Links to legal indexes and US legal sources available. To
make it easier many searches for case, statuary, and regulatory law can
be performed directly from this site. From the Georgia State University
College of Law
WashLaw WEB - Besides case law,
this searchable site provides a variety of features, including state and
federal codes, international law, 220 discussion groups, law journals,
and lawyer jokes.
Special Law Databases:Top
Campus West Law Database - Law database for CCBC students.
Instructions for off campus access.
Proquest Criminal Justice Database - Articles on crime, and legal issues.
Database for CCBC students.
Instructions for off campus access.
Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law. Gale Virtual Reference, 2003. Includes
practical guides dealing with the law and its everyday effect upon its
citizens. Includes articles on issue's description, historical
background, profiles of U.S. laws & regulations, details of how laws &
regulations vary in states, & bibliographies with print, Web resources
and organizations.
Off campus instructions
Nolo's Legal
Encyclopedia -Legal information in non-legal language on: small
business; employment; patent; wills; retirement; elder care; real
estate;etc... Annotated lists of recommended Internet resources related
to each subject.
Internet Legal Resource Guide -
Information on law and the legal profession for the lay person and the
the professional. Includes: legal forms, law-related search engines,
publications, tax sites, government law sources, and two lawyer locator
services.
US Law Library of
Congress - Annotated worldwide guide to online information on
government and law. Links to legal information available for each of the
world's nations.
Legal Research
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The Virtual Chase - Legal
research & how to use search engines in left column Subtitled "A
Research Site for Legal Professionals," is an excellent site for anyone
interested in doing research using the Internet.
How to Shepardize in print [532 kb PDF]
State & Federal Legal Information:
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Maryland Legal Links
List of Maryland legal websites: Maryland Code, Maryland County and Municipal
Code Websites, Maryland Manual, Maryland Constitution....
ALSO!: American Law Sources
Online State Legislation Search for state law resources
State and Local
Government Resources on the Net Links to state agencies on the web
Thomas - US Congress
on the Internet
