Collection of US presidential documents on the official Federal Digital System website, arranged by year, 1992 onwards. Includes proclamations, executive orders, speeches, statements, details of acts approved by the President, and other material. To search, follow the ‘Search Government Publications’ link, open Advanced Search and select ‘Compilation of Presidential Documents’.
Searchable and browseable digitised version of the thirty-eight volume publication, ‘American State Papers’, containing US congressional legislative and executive documents from the period 1789 to 1838. Forms part of the Library of Congress’ American Memory website.
Website of the United States Senate, the upper chamber of Congress. Provides information about senators and Senate committees.The Legislation and Records section includes schedules and calendars; the Congressional Record from 1989/90 (101st Congress) onwards; and details of Senate votes, ongoing legislation and treaty approvals. The Reference page provides statistics, bibliographies, a glossary and other resources.
The US Supreme Court blog, which offers news and commentary, background information, statistics, videos, a calendar of court activity and links to case documentation. The Plain English section includes a glossary of legal terms, a guide to Supreme Court procedure and an archive of plain English blog posts. Daily email updates are available.
Compilation of research guides, reference sources and links on the subject of US legislative research, put together by the Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, DC. Covers legislative history, US government document citations, key publications and much more. Consists predominantly of federal resources, but state legislation is covered too.
Online guide to robotics, technology and the law written by Ken Strutin who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association. The guide was published in September 2016 on LLRX.com. The author identifies and provides abstracts to books, reports, scholarly articles, organisations and events looking at the future of law and addressing questions such as ‘Can robots be lawers’. Links are provided to full text resources where available. LLRX.com (Law Library Resource Xchange) is a free online web journal for legal information professionals.
Online guide looking at the study of pain and its significance for the administration of civil and criminal justice written by Ken Strutin who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association. The guide was published in June 2016 on LLRX.com. The author identifies and provides abstracts to medical and legal books, reports, guides, scholarly articles and news stories focusing on pain. Areas covered include pain management and the effects of imprisonment on pain. Links are provided to full text resources where available.
The Free Law Project is a California based non-profit organisation providing free online access to primary legal materials. The Project is also involved with the development of technologies for legal research. Current work includes CourtListener (a searchable database of legal opinions from federal and state courts), RECAP (an extension for Firefox and Chrome to improve the use of PACER) and Juriscraper which gathers opinions from federal appeal courts, state supreme courts and oral arguments from all appellate federal courts that offer them.
Online catalogue of British Privy Council appeals from the 13 colonies that became the United States and from colonies in Canada and the Caribbean heard before the creation of the United States Supreme Court in in 1789. The catalogue was compiled by Sharon Hamby O’Connor and Mary Sarah Bilder and made freely available online by the Ames Foundation in the United States. The catalogue can be searched using a simple keyword search option or by party, participants or counsel. Appeals can also be browsed by colony. Links are given to digital images of original documents.
Online guide to using the free Google Scholar search engine to find United States legal cases, opinions and journal articles. The guide is written by Nicole Black who is a New York based attorney and published in April 2015 on LLRX.com. This step-by-step guide covers case searching, finding citations and creating alerts. Part 2 of Nicole Black’s article (focusing on the more advanced search features) is posted in the same edition of LLRX.com. LLRX.com (Law Library Resource Xchange) is a free online web journal for legal information professionals.
