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United States Code

The website of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the US House of Representatives provides access to the full text of the US Federal Code. The Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. Titles 1 to 15 of the Code are based on the 2006 edition (laws enacted through the 109th Congress ending January 3, 2007). Titles 16 to 50, the Appendix, Tables I-VI, and the Table of Popular Names are based on Supplement V of the 2000 edition (January 2, 2006) of the Code.

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR)

The e-CFR is a continually updated online version of the US Code of Federal Regulations, produced by the Office of the Federal Register and the Government Publishing Office. The eCFR can be browsed by title/subject and there are simple and advanced search facilities. There is also a link to the annual edition of the Code on the FDsys website. The annual edition is a digitally-signed and authenticated version, unlike the e-CFR: a disclaimer on the eCFR site warns that the eCFR is not the official legal version.

Federal Register

The US Federal Register is available from 1970 onwards from the official Federal Digital System website, browseable by date, with a link to a search facility. The Federal Register is the official daily publication for US federal rules, proposed rules, notices issued by federal agencies, presidential executive orders and other presidential documents. Each issue in pdf format and recent issues are also available in xml. The website is provided by the US Government Publishing Office (GPO).

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) is a branch of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan. NACJD acquires, archives, processes, and provides access to computer-readable criminal justice data collections for research and instruction. The NACJD website, hosted and developed by the University of Michigan, provides downloadable access to over 550 criminal justice data collections free of charge. The data relates to penal law and criminal justice at US Federal and State levels.

California Code of Regulations

This site from Westlaw provides free access to an unannotated version of the California Code of Regulations. The content is provided by the State of California Office of Administrative Law. The site contains the text of the regulations that have been formally adopted by state agencies, reviewed and approved by the Office of Administrative Law, and filed with the Secretary of State. The site provides an Agency list, table of contents and search engine which can be searched by keyword or title and section numbers of the specific regulation.

American Society of Comparative Law

The American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) promotes the study of foreign and comparative law in the United States. It publishes the American Journal of Comparative Law and organises events and meetings. The ASCL website provides a seardchable index to the Journal from 1952 to 2006. Details of recent conferences and meetings are available under "Programs". The site also outlines the Society's research opportunities and interests. A Links feature gives access to selected resources on international and comparative law.

Famous Trials

Website compiled by Doug Linder, Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School, for educational and non-commercial purposes. Provides materials relating to famous trials, mostly American, ranging in date from the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692, to the Clinton Impeachment Trial of 1999. World trials are also featured e.g. the trials of Socrates and Galileo and the Nuremburg Trials.

All Law

An American portal to legal materials on the Internet created by AIS, Attorney Internet Services. The site offers links to US federal and state resources and international law resources via listings and structured search forms. Links to legal organisations and a topics index are available. The site also features a compilation of links to legal forms, a state attorney database, law school listing, and list of legal support service vendors.

LawGuru

Website of LawGuru, a US legal resource site maintained and operated by WebSiteBroker, Inc. a California corporation. The site includes a message board where members of the public can post legal questions that will be answered by a lawyer. A database of these questions and answers can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject. A large number of legal forms can be purchased on the site. There is also a LawGuru wiki giving definitions of legal terms and a collection of short legal articles.

Pennsylvania legal research websites

Website developed by Duquesne University Law Library in Pittsburg, USA providing a collection of links to Pennsylvania legal research sites. The service is aimed at scholars, lawyers and other users carrying out Pennsylvania legal research. Links are given to government and legislation sites, general Pennsylvania legal sites, law schools, legal journals, courts and case law, court rules, statutory law, professional associations, news sources, county information and legal subjects.

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