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American College of Legal Medicine

Web pages of the American College of Legal Medicine, a membership organisation concerned with the issues arising from the convergence of medicine and the law. The College provides educational courses, works to influence policy-making, promotes research and scholarship and facilitates communication between professionals. The site presents membership, background and organisational information. There are articles, an annotated list of related websites and guidelines for expert witnesses. Information on the College's publications is provided including contents pages and selected free articles.

Florida Supreme Court Briefs and Opinions

A web database of opinions from the Supreme Court in the US State of Florida, made freely available on the Internet by the Florida State University Research Center. The site contains opinions and briefs from the Court since 1986 in HTML format. A small number of earlier opinions are also included. Briefs and opinions are listed by docket number. The site includes links to the University's main website, the Florida Supreme Court official site and text of the Court Rules. A search box is offered for the site.

New York Court of Appeals Decisions

Full text decisions from the New York Court of Appeals, the highest Court in the US State of New York, are freely available on the New York Courts website. The Court deals with cases involving broad issues of law. Recent decisions are posted on the Court's own website on the day of release and are available for the most recent two years. Decisions can be browsed by date and are given in full text PDF.

Opinions of the New Jersey Courts

A full-text archive containing decisions from the New Jersey Courts published on the Rutgers Law School website. Opinions include those of the Supreme Court from March 1994 onwards, opinions of the Appellate Division from September 1995 onwards and the Tax Court from September 1995 onwards. A series of search boxes provide access to the New Jersey Court decisions enabling users to find cases in a specific Court or search by date or party name or free text. Additional options allow the user to find documents by citation or docket number.

US Department of Justice

Official government Internet site for the Department of Justice in the United States, describing the structure, operation and activities of the Department and its divisions and bureaux. A collection of publications, legal documents and reports are available from the site, including the Attorney General's Annual Report, Strategy documents consultation papers and selected decisions from cases of note. Topical legal news is provided, and press released dating back to 1994.

FindLaw Lawyer Directory

Website of the FindLaw Lawyer Directory which provides contact details, profiles and links to websites for lawyers and law firms in the United States. The directory can be searched by name, location or legal specialisation. The site also provides access to guidance on hiring a lawyer in the US and a guide to the US legal system.

SECLaw.com

An online guide to securities law in the United States aiming to provide the "Internet community" with information "regarding the law as it relates to the United States financial markets, and those who participate in those markets - stock brokers and investors". The site contains selected reports published by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and features headlines and current new items from the SEC. SECLaw was developed by Mark J. Astarita, partner in a US law firm specialising in securities law.

United States Court of International Trade

Official website for the US Court of International Trade, aiming to provide public access to information about the Court, the history of its development and its current activities as a constituent and significant part of the federal judicial system providing corrective justice in the area of international trade litigation. The site publishes USCIT slip opinions for 1999 onwards which can be viewed in full text PDF. Rules and forms of the Court and profiles of the judges are also made available on the site.

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