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Internet Resources for Legal Research Ann H. Holland, IRO AMERICAN EMBASSY BEIJING Tel: (010) 6597-3242, ext. 204 FAX: 6597-3247

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2 Internet Resources for Legal Research Ann H. Holland, IRO AMERICAN EMBASSY BEIJING Tel: (010) 6597-3242, ext. 204 FAX: 6597-3247 E-Mail: aholland@pd.state.gov

3 The Presentation will cover… zMegasites for General Legal Research zUnited States Law yFederal Government yState law yMunicipal law zInternational Law zAssociations zU.S. Dept. of State free legal resources

4 Mega sites zThese are comprehensive web sites - a good place to begin a search.

5 http://www.findlaw.com/

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

7 http://www.hg.org/

8 http://www.lawsource.com/also/

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10 http://www.nolo.com/

11 http://www.nolo.com/ lawcenter/index.cfm

12 http://www.lexisone.com/

13 Legal Internet Guide

14 http://www.law.com/

15 http://www.jurist.law.pitt.edu/

16 http://www.lawguru.com/

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18 http://www.lawyerexpress.com/

19 http://www.virtualchase.com/

20 http://www.llrx.com

21 U.S. Federal Legal Resources : Legislative Executive Judicial

22 United States Law - Federal Level zFederal Laws can be sub-divided into: yStatutory law from the Legislative Branch e.g. Bills, Public Laws, US Code yAdministrative law from the Executive Branch e.g. FCC Rules for Radio yCase law from the Judicial branch of the Government e.g. Court opinions

23 The Legislative Branch

24 http://www.senate.gov/

25 http://www.house.gov/

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28 http://thomas.loc.gov/

29 HIV

30 Results of THOMAS search on HIV

31 http://memory.loc.gov/ ammem/amlaw/lwsl.html

32 The Judicial Branch

33 http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ Bush and gore

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35 Full-Text of Bush vs Gore Case

36 http://www.fjc.gov/

37 http://www.uscourts.gov/

38 http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html

39 http://www.fedcir.gov /

40 http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/ Fed-Ct/cafed.html

41 http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/ Fed-Ct/Circuit/dc/opinions/ 00-5212a.html

42 http://www.usdoj.gov/

43 http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

44 http://www.ncjrs.org/

45 http://www.ussc.gov/

46 Executive Branch

47 http://www.access.gpo.gov/ su_docs/aces/aces140.html

48 http://www.access.gpo. gov/nara/cfr/index.html

49 http://www.oalj.dol.gov/

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