Music Law Updates provides news and information on legal developments in intellectual property law relevant to the music and entertainment industries. The resource is produced by Ben Challis, a UK entertainment law specialist. The site also has articles by Challis and others, together with a guide to music business contracts and a set of links to relevant websites.
Website of the Center on Law and Security a think tank based at the New York University School of Law which brings together academics, practitioners and policymakers in the fields of law and security. The site has organisational information, profiles of faculty and staff and details of courses and publications of the Center.
Water Laws is an online journal published by Smith Partners a Minnesota based law firm specialising in local government and water resources law. Water Laws is made freely available online and provides access to case law, legislation and comment on US (Minnesota in particular) water resources law and policy. Digests of recent decisions on water law from the Minnesota state courts and federal courts are arranged by subject. There are links to Minnesota state laws relating to water resources.
Website of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) an interdisciplinary research centre concerned with law and policy issues relating to national and international security and counterterrorism. INSCT is based at Syracuse University, New York and the site provides information on faculty and staff at the Institute, academic courses and conferences and events. Details of publications by members of INSCT are given along with links to full text articles and related journals.
The Reporter's Privilege compendium is a site aimed at journalists in the United States compiled by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. The site provides information on the law relating to reporter's privilege in each state and federal circuit. The term "reporter's privilege"
Website of Legal Talk Network (LTN) a company providing internet radio programmes aimed at lawyers. The programmes are made freely available and can be played on the site using Window Media Player or downloaded in mp3 format. Recent topics covered include lawyer marketing, paralegals, immigrants and the law, legal technology and age discrimination. The radio shows can be browsed by date or topic. A selection of online forums dealing with themes covered in the programmes are included on the site.
The Sugar Law Center is a non-profit organisation based in Michigan in the US, providing community legal support and advocacy, with a particular focus on low-income and displaced workers. Its website has details of its aims and projects. It also provides information about workers' rights and has a page devoted to guidance and advice regarding the Michigan Unemployment Insurance System.
The Center for Jury Studies is a research organisation and project funded by the National Center for State Courts in the United States. The Center provides technical assistance to state and local courts on jury system management. Examples of this work can be downloaded from the site. Topics covered include representation of ethnic minorities on juries, juror stress, hung juries and the impact of Employer Tax on increasing the size of the juror pool.
The Center for Empirical Research in the Law (CERL) at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri, is concerned with the study of law and legal institutions using quantitative research methods. The site gives details of staff and the academic and technical expertise available at CERL. There is information on current and past research projects, including the Supreme Court Forecasting Project, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) litigation analysis and the Martin-Quinn Scores of judicial ideology.
Website of the Martin-Quinn scores project at the Center for Empirical Research in the Law (CERL) at Washington University School of Law. The Martin-Quinn scores have been developed by Andrew D. Martin (Washington University) and Kevin M. Quinn (Harvard University) to measure judicial ideology and increase understanding of the politics of the Supreme Court. The site provides an introduction to the project, datasets showing the Martin-Quinn scores from October 1937 onwards and guidance on how to replicate this analysis.
