A comprehensive online research guide describing resources useful for empirical legal research including information on data sets and statistical packages, compiled by Alissa Black-Doward at Fordham University Law Library. The guide identifies relevant online and print resources including collections of statistics, empirical legal research centres, websites, books, journals and articles.
Official website of the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS), an international association of scholars interested in empirical legal studies, highlighting recent articles and publishing information on events, news and conferences in the field of empirical legal studies and research . The site includes information about the Society's official journal, The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (JELS) and the annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) organised by the Society. Resources presented on the site include PDFs of presentations from past conferences.
A law blog focusing on topics related to empirical legal studies. The blog features posts and comment on current topics, conferences and workshops, and database services relevant for empirical legal studies and research. A monthly archive of discussions is available. The blog has been created and developed as a collaborative project by Vermont Law School, Cornell Law School, John Marshall Law School in the USA.
Congress.gov is the official website for United States federal legislative information, launched in September 2012. The service includes bill texts, summary and status information with a timeline feature. The Congressional Record is available from 1989/90 (101st Congress) onwards. There are also member profiles showing legislation sponsored and co-sponsored.
Online guide to cyberspace law made freely available on the Legalmatch website. Legalmatch is a US based lawyer directory. The guide has annotated links to articles, reports, bibliographies, news sites and other guides to internet law. The links are organised under the following headings: commerce; cyber-crime; freedom of expression; privacy and intellectual property. The emphasis is on United States law throughout.
This publication by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University consists of papers presented at the Rethink Music Conference in April 2011. The book is on music law and policy, focusing on changes to the music industry brought about by the shift to online music consumption. There are papers dealing with cloud-based music services, music rights clearances and public media and voluntary payment models.
This New York Times site provides access to documents and research relating to detainees held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002. There is a short profile of each detainee and full text documents from the Combatant Status Review Board and the Administrative Review Board. Other information includes details of the countries detainees have been transferred to and a chronology of arrivals, transfers and deaths. This is a joint project between the New York Times and the National Public Radio (NPR).
Full text (PDF) online copy of the New York State Public Health Legal Manual made freely available on the New York State Unified Court System website. The Manual is aimed at judges, attorneys and public health professionals and has been published by the New York State Unified Court System and the New York State Bar Association.
Voices of American Law is a collection of teaching materials compiled by the Duke University School of Law. The aim of the project is to assist with the teaching of American constitutional law and the role of the Supreme Court. Legal materials relating to a number of important constitutional cases have been made freely available on the site including court documents, opinions, articles, interviews and photographs. Accompanying the documentation is a selection of videos featuring interviews with the parties, their lawyers and the judges who presided in the case.
Substantial set of annotated links to US law websites, compiled by the University of Washington School of Law. Covers both state and federal law. The federal law links are divided into three broad categories: US laws, Legislation and Congress; US Court Opinions, Court Rules, Other Judicial Material and the Courts; US Rules, Regulations, Administrative Decisions, the President and Agencies.
