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Accident Investigation : TWA Flight 800, Atlantic Ocean, near East Moriches, New York, July 17, 1996

Presents an abstract of the final report of the Investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board into the in-flight break-up of TWA Flight 800 on July 17, 1996, over the Atlantic Ocean near New York State, USA. Other items published on this site include documents of a Public Hearing on the accident investigation, held in December 1997, and documents on the investigation 1998-2000, including press releases, statements by the Chairman, factual reports, interview transcripts, and documents pertaining to witnesses.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Website of the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces which has "jurisdiction over members of the armed forces on active duty and other persons subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice". The site publishes details of the Court's constitutional basis, designation and history, and outlines the jurisdiction exercised by the Court and the Court's relationship to other US courts of law. It also publishes the full text opinions of the Court from 1997 onwards. The full-text (PDF) of the Annual Report of the Code Committee on Military Justice is available.

New England Law Library Consortium

Website for the New England Law Library Consortium, a co-operative association of law schools, and law libraries. The site gives a history of NELLCO, outlining the Consortium's aims, administration and programme of co-operative initiatives in the field of information sharing, networking and innovation in information technology. A list of participating members of the Consortium with links to their individual libraries is available. The NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository provides free access to working papers, reports, lecture series and workshop presentations of NELLCO members.

World Law: United States of America

Section of WorldLII's Countries service containing links to internet resources for the United States of America. A comprehensive range of browse and search features is provided by the site. Browse sections include links covering US Courts, Education, Government, Law Reform, Legislation, Other Indexes, Parliament, Treaties and International Agreements and State Law. Further link collections focus on subject areas such as Administrative Law, Citizenship and Migration, Consumer Credit, Elections, Environment, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property, and Competition Law.

Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University

Website of the Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York. The Center was established in 1978 and seeks to promote human rights education, training and interdisciplinary research. The site presents information about the Center, its staff, board and aims. Details are provided about academic programs, the visiting scholars program, research and conferences. The Centre has two capacity building programs: the Human Rights Advocates Program, which aims to prepare leaders from the Global South and marginalized communities in the U.S.

Criminal Defense Resource Center

The State Appellate Defender Office (SADO) in Michigan, US, represents convicted indigent felons on appeal in the State. The website offers many resources for criminal attorneys, some freely available, some reserved for paying users. The free items include summaries - and some full reports - of recent criminal court decisions in Michigan and the US Supreme Court; court rules; guidance and information for the public the criminal justice system in Michigan; and links to other relevant websites.

Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology

Website of the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology at the School of Law, University of Washington in Seattle, US. The Center was established to provide leadership in teaching, research and policy analysis in the legal aspects of emerging technologies. In its website, the Center places an emphasis on the role of the consumer in the complex electronic marketplace, and focuses on telecommunications and other policy issues relating to the internet and e-commerce.

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.

British Columbia Law Institute

Website of the British Columbia Law Institute, based in Vancouver, Canada. The Institute was set up in 1997 and aims to promote the clarification of the law and its adaptation to modern social needs. The site contains background information on the Institute and includes the full-text (PDF) of its by-laws, completed reports and details of active law reform projects. Publications of the British Columbia Law Reform Commission from 1969 to 1997 can also be downloaded from the site in full in HTML, RTF or Word Perfect. A set of links to other law reform agencies is available.

Alaska Court System : Recent Supreme Court Decisions

Recent opinions for the Supreme Court in the US State of Alaska are provided on the State Government website, and on the Alaska Legal Resource Center site. Decisions are listed in date order on the State site, commencing with the most recent judgments. The list gives case number and name linking to full text in PDF format. Zipped and compressed file formats are also available. Decisions are removed from the site once they appear in print in the Pacific Reporter 2nd series.

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