Legal Website of the Month Archive
2001
COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B279379
This site presents basic reference information about the history of the federal courts and the judges who have served on those courts since 1789. It contains six topical links: Judges of the United States Courts; Courts of the Federal Judiciary; Judicial Administration and Organization; Landmark Judicial Legislation; Judicial History News; and a Courthouse Photograph Exhibit. In addition, the site includes links to other internet sites related to the history of the federal judiciary and to history-related publications from the Federal Judicial Center.
FREQUENTLY-CITED TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B279681
According to this site’s home page: “As an aid to law review citation-checking, the following is a list of treaties frequently cited in law review articles, along with available sources of hard copy. In addition, wherever possible, the entries are linked to the EISIL database of the American Society of International Law.”
HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B273744
This site presents basic reference information about the history of the federal courts and the judges who have served on those courts since 1789. It contains six topical links: Judges of the United States Courts; Courts of the Federal Judiciary; Judicial Administration and Organization; Landmark Judicial Legislation; Judicial History News; and a Courthouse Photograph Exhibit. In addition, the site includes links to other internet sites related to the history of the federal judiciary and to history-related publications from the Federal Judicial Center.
STATE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY RESEARCH GUIDES ON THE WEB
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B280688
Compilation of online legislative history research guides for most of the 50 states
SUNSHINE WEEK
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B280685
“Sunshine Week” is an open-government initiative made up of newspaper editors, broadcasters, bloggers, legislators, librarians, and civic groups. In addition to background information on the Sunshine Week Project and its supporters and coordinators, the site provides access to other materials on open access, including a Toolkit section, tips for writing about open government, and advice on conducting a Freedom of Information audit and how to make requests under the Freedom of Information Act. The site also links to numerous news stories and editorials on open access.
EFF : LEGAL GUIDE FOR BLOGGERS
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B279484
The “EFF” in “EFF : legal guide for bloggers” stands for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. According to the homepage of the Legal guide for bloggers, EFF “… is a non-profit civil liberties organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to public resources and information online, as well as to promote responsibility in new media.” The Legal guide for bloggers site contains a collection of frequently asked questions (FAQs) for bloggers about their legal rights. Topics include intellectual property, online defamation law, section 230 (of the Communication Decency Act of 1996) protections, and privacy. Also includes FAQs for bloggers as journalists on reporter’s privilege and media access, and FAQs relating to election and labor laws.
SUPPORTGUIDELINES.COM
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B279721
“SupportGuidelines.com” is a comprehensive resource for the interpretation and application of child support guidelines in the United States.
CARDIFF INDEX TO LEGAL ABBREVIATIONS
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B267109
The Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations is a web-based service that allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth, and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law. A selection of major foreign language law publications is also included. The database mainly covers law reports and law periodicals, but some legislative publications and major textbooks are also included.
ACRONYMA
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B279204
For more general abbreviations and acronyms, Acronyma provides a search interface to a database of over 450,000 acronyms and abbreviations. It includes acronyms in English, Spanish, French, and other languages.
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REPORTS
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B279257
Site includes selected Congressional Research Service reports, some with different editions. Each report is assigned subjects terms from the Legislative Indexing Vocabulary, supplemented with Library of Congress Subject Headings. Reports may be accessed through subject listings, or may be located through keyword searching
OPEN CRS : CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH REPORTS FOR THE PEOPLE
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B279203
The Open CRS site provides access to Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports that are already in the public domain.
THE WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN WATERGATE PAPERS
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B274772
These papers are housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The digitized documents available at this site include source materials and drafts belonging to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during their partnership telling the story of the Watergate scandal. Also included are materials used for Washington Post articles and the books “All the President’s Men” and “The Final Days.”
2000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B275365
This journal is produced by students at the Northwestern University School of Law. According to the journal’s homepage, the journal “… is dedicated to providing a dynamic new forum for the vigorous discussion of human rights issues of all varieties among scholars of all disciplines and perspectives. Recognizing that a comprehensive examination of international human rights cannot be accomplished based on legal principles alone, the Journal seeks contribution from professionals in all areas, including but not limited to law, business, ethics, political science, economics, religion, and sociology.”
GLOBALEX
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B275419
This website is dedicated to international and foreign law research, and the dissemination of high-level international, foreign, and comparative law research tools.
COURTOPICS
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/SEARCH/C?SEARCH=KF8736C684I
This website is directed towards the state justice community. It contains over 100 court-related topics, which include overviews, research reports, resource guides, frequently asked questions, best practices, and NCSC publications.
SANTA CLARA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/SEARCH/C?SEARCH=K23A554
The Santa Clara Journal of International Law hopes to redefine legal journalism by publishing an easily accessible, entirely web-based international law journal composed of rigorous, accessible, and intellectually sound material. Each journal volume contains materials from a diverse representation of international scholars. In addition to the online journal, book reviews and articles are posted on the website. The Journal also hosts an annual symposium at Santa Clara University, School of Law.
YALE JOURNAL OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/SEARCH/C?SEARCH=K29A384
The Yale Journal of Law & Technology (YJoLT) is the first law review in the world to offer its readership a fully interactive environment in which to acquire and disseminate knowledge about the interface between law and technology. Formerly the Yale Symposium on Law & Technology, the Journal not only publishes lectures and written pieces by the diverse and distinguished guests of Yale Law School as well as other scholars, practitioners, and students, it also provides a forum for a robust community discussion of the issues raised in its published pieces.
GREENLAW : JOURNAL OF THE PACE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROGRAM
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/SEARCH/C?SEARCH=K7R48
This journal contains short, quality articles on a wide range of environmental law issues. In addition, it provides summaries of important lectures on environmental law at Pace.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/SEARCH/C?SEARCH=HV6432.7N37
Provides access to information about the Commission and data produced by the Commission in pursuit of its mission to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks. Includes archived transcripts, videos of the public hearings held by the Commission, and full text of final report
EISIL : ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/SEARCH/C?SEARCH=KZ64E47I
EISIL is a fully searchable database that provides access to primary materials, authoritative Web sites, and helpful research guides. For each source, it also provides background information, such as citations and references, dates when laws or treaties were concluded, and links to related resources
THE COLLECTION OF NATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAWS
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/SEARCH/C?SEARCH=K1419C65
This site provides access to national copyright and related rights legislation of UNESCO member states. The collection currently comprises approximately 100 laws and is constantly being updated.
THE COLLECTION OF LAWS FOR ELECTRONIC ACCESS (CLEA)
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B270622
According to the introductory material on the website, CLEA “…is a unique electronic database providing easy access to intellectual property legislation from a wide range of countries and regions as well as to treaties on intellectual property. It is an invaluable information resource made available by WIPO [World Intellectual Property Organization] free of charge to all interested parties, including researchers, legal professionals, policy-makers, students and administrators.
THE HARRY A. BLACKMUN PAPERS AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B270674X
Web site of the Library’s Harry Blackmun paper collection. Selected materials from the collection, including the oral history video interviews and associated transcript, have been digitized and are available online at this site. A finding aid and selected bibliography on Blackmun are also available.
HARMFUL ERROR : INVESTIGATING AMERICA’S LOCAL PROSECUTORS
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B269746
This site presents the results of an investigative study of prosecutorial misconduct in the U.S. conducted by the Center for Public Integrity. Sections of the site include Main Findings, Prosecutor Profiles, Analyses, Nationwide Numbers, Updates and Corrections, and a database searching option.
1999
REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS / MARIA TROMBLEY. (SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS)
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B273298
This site is the online version of the Journalist’s Guide to the Geneva Conventions, and provides access to the four Geneva Conventions, the two Protocols of 1977, as well as the history of the Conventions. It also includes links to other treaties on human rights, weapons, and genocide, as well as an alphabetical index that provides references to specific convention text relevant to particular topics.
FIRST AMENDMENT CENTER
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B270665
The First Amendment Center serves as a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, the right to assemble and petition the government. The Center, with offices at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and Arlington, Va., is an operating program of the Freedom Forum and is associated with the Newseum.
ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW GUIDE.
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B270662
The Admiralty and Maritime Law Guide includes over 1,500 annotated links to admiralty law resources on the Internet and a growing database of admiralty case digests, opinions and international maritime conventions. The emphasis is on the law of the United States and the focus is on Internet resources that can be used in an effective and practical manner by admiralty attorneys and maritime professionals.
TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN POST-SADDAM IRAQ: THE ROAD TO RE-ESTABLISHING RULE OF LAW AND RESTORING CIVIL SOCIETY: A BLUEPRINT.
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B270386
This report, dated March 2003, is the product of the Working Group on Transitional Justice of the Future of Iraq Project (Working Group), which worked in cooperation with the Iraqi Jurists’Association. Comprised primarily of prominent former Iraqi judges, lawyers and law professors, the Working Group embarked on this project in July 2002 in consultation with international experts in the areas of international criminal law, truth and reconciliation, post-conflict justice and military reform. The resulting Transitional Justice Plan is aimed at transforming an unstable and chaotic state, caused by a dictatorship with a legacy of gross human rights abuses, to a democratic pluralistic system which respects the rule of law.
NATIONAL GOVERNORS’ ASSOCIATION ONLINE.
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B270151
This site presents information about the National Governors’ Association (NGA), a bipartisan organization for the governors of the U.S. states, the commonwealths of the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico, and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The site includes an overview and history of the organization, which provides a forum for governors to exchange views and experiences. The NGA provides assistance in solving state-focused problems, information on state innovations and practices, and a bipartisan forum for governors to establish, influence, and implement policy on national issues. It posts press releases, along with contact information via mailing and e-mail addresses and telephone numbers. The site also contains a user-friendly comprehensive database of all past and present U.S. governors.
COPYRIGHT BULLETIN. (UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION)
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B269658
The Copyright Bulletin “aims to provide regular information on legal developments in the protection of copyright and neighbouring rights at the national and international levels.” Available in English, French, and Spanish.
THE AVALON PROJECT AT YALE LAW SCHOOL : DOCUMENTS IN LAW, HISTORY AND DIPLOMACY
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B267128
The Avalon Project is dedicated to providing digital document access to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
THE GERMAN LAW JOURNAL : REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN GERMAN, EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL JURISPRUDENCE
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B267870
The first and only on-line, English-language report on developments in German and European jurisprudence. With regard to both Public Law and Private Law in Germany, as well as European Law, GLJ provides thoughtful, quality reporting while inviting further commentary on and analysis of the issues on which it reports. GLJ’s frequent publication schedule permits the most contemporary coverage. GLJ also provides coverage of German and European Legal Culture, including annoncements of conferences and other events of interest, book reviews, and coverage of appointments to the judiciary.
WAR CRIMES TRIALS AT NUREMBERG. (HARVARD LAW SCHOOL LIBRARY)
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B267615
This site contains a collection of trial transcripts, briefs, document books, evidence files, and other documents relating to the trial of Nazi military and political leaders of the Third Reich before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) and to trials of other accused war criminals.
NATIONAL STRATEGY TO SECURE CYBERSPACE. (U.S. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT)
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B265671
“[This] an implementing component of the National Strategy for Homeland Security and is complemented by a National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets . The purpose of this document is to engage and empower Americans to secure the portions of cyberspace that they own, operate, control, or with which they interact. Securing cyberspace is a difficult strategic challenge that requires coordinated and focused effort from our entire society, the federal government, state and local governments, the private sector, and the American people.”
FAMILY RESOURCE GUIDE ON INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL KIDNAPPING. (U.S. OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION.)
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B266210
This PDF document offers descriptions and realistic assessments of available civil and criminal remedies, explains applicable laws, identifies public and private resources, and identifies strategies to help left behind parents recover their children or reestablish meaningful contact with them in another country.
THE OYEZ PROJECT, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B265849
Presents Oyez Oyez Oyez, a multimedia database about the United States Supreme Court. Includes audio files of oral arguments, abstracts of key constitutional cases, and information on Supreme Court justices. Offers a virtual tour of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Lists justices alphabetically and in order of appointment.
1998
SADDAM HUSSEIN : CRIMES AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES : A REPORT ON THE HUMAN COST OF SADDAM’S POLICIES (FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE)
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B264891
This month’s legal Website from London speaks for itself. The subject of this record conveys no political message from the University of Colorado or the Online Bibliographic Services SIS.
UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTATION : RESEARCH GUIDE (DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD LIBRARY)
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B264886
This guide is designed for researchers and information professionals with an interest in United Nations documentation. It presents an overview of the various types of documents and publications issued by the Organization (e.g, reports, resolutions, meeting records, sales publications, press releases) and gives guidance on how to work with them. The Research Guide also provides information on actions taken by the General Assembly as well as the Security Council and introduces researchers to major fields of UN activities: disarmament, human rights, international law and peacekeeping.” Codes of Ethics Online Project (Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at Illinois Institute of Technology) http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b264885 This database of over 850 professional codes has been updated regularly since 1996. The codes are easily searched by subject categories. Included are early versions of codes of ethics of some organizations for convenient historical research. A literature review, an introduction to the codes, and a User Guide are included.
TRIBAL LAW JOURNAL (UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW)
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B264274
This journal promotes indigenous self-determination by facilitating discussion of the internal law of the world’s indigenous nations. The Tribal Law Journal provides native peoples, practitioners, and law students an opportunity to contribute their work to the discussion relating to internal indigenous law.
LAW LIBRARIANS’ SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C.’S LEGISLATIVE SOURCE BOOK.
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B261153
This site “contains extensive tabular analysis of Internet and on-line sources for legislative and regulatory information; guides to legislative history research; status tables on selected legislation; union list of legislative documents and tables on presidential issuances and congressional publications; links to state resources and House and Senate committee documents and hearings.”
LAW, SOCIAL JUSTICE & GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT (LGD)
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B257943
An innovative new electronic law journal from the University of Warwick Law School covering a range of topics relating to legal issues surrounding the impact of globalisation on social development. It contains a diversity of materials including peer reviewed and non-refereed articles, commentaries, work in progress articles, book reviews, and conference reports and papers, as well as information papers, news and details of global conferences.
ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B258310
This site from the U.S. Dept. of State describes the status of religious freedom in each foreign country, and government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world.
WEB JOURNAL OF CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B257716
The focus of the journal is on current legal issues in judicial decisions, law reform, legislation, legal research, policy related socio-legal research, and information technology and practice. From University of Newcastle upon Tyne in association with Blackstone Press.
GENETIC INFORMATION AND THE WORKPLACE
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B233782
This 1998 report led to hearings recently held in Congress on protecting workers from discrimination based on their genetic makeup.
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B245990
This UN site contains latest developments, basic legal documents, tribunal publicatons, judgements, and indictments and proceedings.
INTRODUCTION TO BASIC LEGAL CITATION
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B237206
Presents information on legal citation, provided by Peter W. Martin. Discusses the purposes of legal citation and the general types of citation rules. Highlights how to cite cases, constitutions, regulations, arbitrations, rules of evidence, law journal writing, and documents from earlier stages of a case. Contains example citations, as well as abbreviations and omissions used in citations. Offers information on underlining in citations and text.
SEARCH JAKE
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B242321
JAKE is a free website developed at Yale Medical Library that allows you to search for a journal to see which databases index it and/or include the full-text. You can search by journal title; database title; ISSN; or citation to a specific article using journal title, volumes, issue, page and year. This site is unique in giving us a way to keep current on the constantly changing nature of serials in electronic format. There are roughly 23,000 journals included in 200 databases, and many are full-text.
ALL THAT JAS : JOURNAL ABBREVIATION SOURCES
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B245989
This site is a registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations or other types of abbreviated publication titles (e.g., conference proceedings titles). It includes “Bluebook Abbreviations of Law Review Titles” from the University of Washington, School of Law, Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library.
1997
FAMOUS TRIALS (FORMERLY: FAMOUS AMERICAN TRIALS)
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B241474
This site is from professor Doug Linder at UMKC. It’s fun, easy to use, very informative and well worth a visit. A New York Times review found it, “a highly regarded Web site that tells the stories of famous trials by using a jazzy mix of transcripts, maps, pictures, audio clips, primary documents and essays.”
A CENTURY OF LAWMAKING FOR A NEW NATION
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B243442
This is a remarkable site which brings together online the records and acts of Congress housed at the Law Library of Congress. It has a sophisticated easy-to-use search engine.
MUNICIPAL CODES ONLINE
HTTP://LAWPAC.COLORADO.EDU/RECORD=B241629
Links to city and county codes available for unrestricted searching on the World Wide Web, maintained by the Seattle Public Library.