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Lawrence
High School Library
Lawrence, Kansas
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American
Law Sources On-line (ALSO!)
http://www.lawsource.com/also/
LawSource, Inc. Reviewed 9 March 2002.
ALSO! describes itself as "a comprehensive, uniform, and useful
compilation of links to freely accessible on-line sources of law
for the United States and Canada." In addition, there are links
to commentary and practice aids which are either freely available
or can be obtained for a modest fee from governmental and nonprofit
sources. Also included is a link to the Mexican Instituto de Investigaciones
Jurídicas, which maintains a separate listing of online legal
sources for Mexico. Users of the ALSO! site should note that the
sources to which it links have been created and are maintained as
part of many different projects and appear in a variety of file
formats.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2002
Fourth Annual List
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)
American Library Association |
Dumb
Laws
http://www.dumblaws.com/
Did you know that all cars entering the city limits in Lawrence,
Kansas must first sound their horn to warn the horses of their arrival?
Also in Lawrence, no one may wear a bee in his or her hat. Bookmark
this site and enjoy the law. |
Famous
American Trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/ftrials.htm
This site was created by Professor Doug Linder of the University
of Missouri-Kansas City Law School and tells the stories of twelve
famous trials from American history with a mix of images, and primary
documents. The trials include Scottsboro Boys, the Chicago Seven,
the Rosenbergs, the My Lai Courts Martial, and the Scopes "Monkey"
trial. |
Finding
Precedent: Hayes vs. Tilden; The Electoral College Controversy of
1876-1877
http://elections.harpweek.com/controversy.htm
HarpWeek has created this Website, primarily from the pages of Harper's
Weekly, as a public service to familiarize students and the general
public with the historic events of the Electoral College controversy
of 1876-1877. |
FindLaw
Constitutional Law Center
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/
Information on the Constitution and the Supreme Court. |
Findlaw.Consumer
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/
FindLaw is a web site for all types of legal information. Information
is given on how to file consumer complaints, how to hire a lawyer
and even includes a legal dictionary. |
Findlaw.
Lawcrawler
http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/
One can search legal information within the United States and
individual country domains. LawCrawler is powered by AltaVista. |
ID
Theft
http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/
How can someone steal your identity? By co-opting your name, Social
Security number, credit card number, or some other piece of your
personal information for his or her own use. In short, identity
theft occurs when someone appropriates your personal information
without your knowledge to commit fraud or theft. |
Katsuey
Kats legal links
http://www.katsuey.com/
Links to medical issues, bankruptcy, criminal law, legal forms,
family law, estates, legal education, jobs, and public records. |
Law
& Politics: Internet guide
http://www.lpig.org/
Designed for the legal profession, academia and the public. Law
and Politics: Internet Guide is your one stop source for legal research. |
LawGuru.com
http://www.lawguru.com/
LawGuru.com is a resource for free legal information. The site
provides access to more than 430 legal search engines and databases,
including a feature that allows parallel searching of multiple databases.
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Law.com
http://www.law.com/index.shtml
Law News Network is the national daily newspaper for and about the
legal profession. A service of American Lawyer Media, Law News Network
is the most current and comprehensive legal news source anywhere. |
National
Criminal Justice Reference Service. Reviewed: 31 March 2005
http://www.ncjrs.org/index.html
U.S. Department of Justice
The goal of the NCJRS is to provide "justice and substance
abuse information to support research, policy, and program development
worldwide." From the home page users may access the Library
Abstracts database containing summaries of more than 180,000 criminal
justice publications and the NCJRS Virtual Library containing 7,000+
full-text publications from various government agencies. Entries
in the Abstracts Database, which cover resources from the 1970's
to the present, include title, author, sponsoring agency, purchasing
address, and journal citation, as well as short summaries. Together,
these two databases provide free access to a wealth of information,
including statistics, research findings, program descriptions, congressional
hearing transcripts, and training materials on topics such as crime,
criminology, law enforcement, corrections, courts, juvenile justice,
victims of crime and the justice system.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2005
RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)
American Library Association |
Order
in the Court
http://www.history.org/
At this site you will find an online simulation of a colonial court.
Students can choose from three cases. |
The
Oyez Project
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Northwestern University. The law project provides abstracts and
other materials for leading cases in constitutional law decided
by the Supreme Court of the United States. Search by title, citation,
subject or by date. |
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