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NHGRI Policy and Legislation Database

This part of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) website provides free access to United States legal materials relating to genetic research. The database includes federal and state laws and statutes, federal legislative materials and federal administrative and executive materials. Topics covered include patenting, discrimination, genetic testing and counselling and privacy of genetic information. Content can be searched for by type, topic or source. There is also a clickable map which can be used to select state materials.

A selective guide to online international arbitration resources

Online guide to arbitration organisations and databases written by Gloria Miccioli who is International Librarian at law firm Jones Day in the United States. The guide was published on the features page of LLRX.com in June 2004. There is background information to the arbitration process, guidance to carrying out arbitration research and finding arbitral awards.

UK Constitutional Reform

Online guide providing background information and links to organisations and legal materials relating to constitutional reform in the United Kingdom. The guide is written by Lesley Dingle, International & Foreign Law Librarian at the Squire Law Library, University of Cambridge, and Bradley Miller, a reference librarian at the Squire Law Library. The guide was published on the features page of LLRX.com in June 2004. It gives an introduction to the present constitution and an outline of key legislation which has affected the constitution.

Neurotrauma Law Nexus

The Neurolaw website is hosted by United States law firm Fick and Petty who specialise in traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury litigation. The site is aimed at survivors and families affected by these issues. Background and medical information about traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury is given covering morbidity and mortality, costs, causes, prevention and living with these conditions. There is also information on the various causes of neurotrauma including coma injuries, electrical injury, toxic exposure, cranial nerve injury and multiple sclerosis.

Hieros Gamos: Advertising Law

Online resource guide offering annotated links to websites in the field of advertising law and regulation. The links are organised into categories including United States, Europe, international, organisations relating to advertising law and links to publications, articles and lawyers covering advertising law.

Constitution of Tajikistan

Electronic copy of the 1994 Tajikistan Constitution made freely available online by the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The Constitution is provided in PDF and is amended up to 2003. The document sets out the rights and powers of the executive, legislative and judicial functions of government in the region. It also details the individual rights of the citizen.

Virginia Journal of Law and Technology

Website of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology (VJOLT) an electronic legal journal produced by students at the University of Virginia School of Law. VJOLT contains feature articles focused on the "issues arising from the intersection of law and technology". Issues are available back to 1997 with full-text articles presented in PDF format and abstracts provided in HTML. Articles can be browsed by date or topic including biotechnology, comparative law, emerging technologies, internet, privacy, telecommunications and patent law.

William S. Hein

Website of US legal publisher Hein whose products and services include HeinOnLine a subscription database containing legal periodicals, U.S. Reports and the U.S. Federal Register. Hein also publish legal texts, microform publications and distribute legal periodicals. The site has information about the history of the company and its mission statement. There is a catalogue of book and journal titles published by Hein and other legal publishers which can be browsed by subject or searched by author, title or ISBN.

HeinOnline

HeinOnline is a subscription database produced by U.S. legal publisher William S. Hein in collaboration with Cornell Information Technologies and the Cornell University Law Library. The database includes an extensive library of image-based full-text legal publications including out-of-print and historical legal research materials. Materials are grouped into a range of libraries including the Law Journal Library, US Supreme Court Library, English Reports, Treaties and Agreements Library, Legal Classics and the US Presidential Collection.

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