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Center for Oceans Law and Policy

Website of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy (COLP) a research and education centre focusing on legal and public policy issues relating to the oceans and based at the University of Virginia School of Law. The site provides details of courses run at the COLP and publications produced by the Centre. There is a section providing information and documentation relating to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Materials include a full text copy of the Convention, a list of parties and related agreements and testimonies and letters supporting United States accession to the Convention.

Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society

Website of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, which is based at Harvard Law School. The Center researches the development of the internet and its norms and standards and has created a global network bringing together students, academics, practitioners, and members of the public. The site provides information about the Center's research, events and engagement programmes.

Typography for Lawyers

The Typography for Lawyers website is provided by Matthew Butterick, a civil litigation attorney based in Los Angeles. It is a guide to typography for people who are not professional typographers - and for lawyers in particular. Topics covered include bold, underlining, centred text, hyphens and font types.

Haymarket Affair Digital Collection

The Haymarket Affair Digital Collection has been created by the Chicago Historical Society and is made freely available on their website. The Haymarket Affair refers to the violent confrontation between protestors supporting striking workers and the police which took place in Chicago's Haymarket Square in May 1886. The protestors were convicted after a bomb was thrown and several police killed.

Municipal Code Corporation online library

Municipal Code Corporation is a company publishing United States municipal, city and county codes and providing online access to these documents via their subscription website Municode.com. This service includes a free online library providing access to full text Codes of Ordinances, minutes and local government charters for a selection of city governments. These are arranged by state and can be accessed using a clickable map. Contact addresses and web links are also given for each city government. Other documents can be purchased on the site.

American College of Trial Lawyers

Website of the American College of Trial Lawyers a membership organisation of trial lawyers in the United States and Canada "dedicated to maintaining and improving the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice and the ethics of the profession." The site gives details of committees and their chairs, information about events and a searchable directory of attorneys. A number of full text publications are made freely available on the site including reports covering topics such as judicial compensation, cameras in the courtroom, judicial independence and mass torts.

Justice Project

The Justice Project (TJP) is a Washington-based independent campaigning organisation which seeks to foster fairness and accuracy in criminal cases and advocates reform of the death penalty. The website has information on the staff and activities work of the TJP and provides its reports and recommendations, related publications and case studies. The National page has information and guidance on the Innocence Protection Act, which forms part of the Justice for All Act 2004 (HR 5107), and other federal matters. The States page covers TJP work in Texas, Georgia, Illinois and Tennessee.

Legal Blawg Archive

The Legal Blawg Archive has been compiled by the Law Library of Congress since 2007. It consists of selected law blogs by universities, research institutes and think tanks based in the US and elsewhere. The collection can be browsed by area of law, country of origin and other criteria, and there is a search facility.

Lincoln and the Law

Online guide providing access to legal materials relating to Abraham Lincoln and his involvement with the law. The guide is made freely available by the Law Library of Congress as one of their series of Current Legal Topics. The first section covers his role as an Illinois lawyer and includes digitised versions of books about Abraham Lincoln, lectures and minutes of meetings of the Law Association of Philadelphia.

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