Resource guides and directories

Web Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research

Online resource guide to U.S. Supreme Court research written by Gail Partin who is Associate Law Librarian in the Sheely-Lee Law Library at Penn State's Dickinson School of Law in the United States. The guide was published in 2003 on LLRX.com (Law Library Resource Xchange) a free web journal for legal information professionals. Annotated links are provided to the most reliable official and unofficial Supreme Court websites. The guide includes links to opinions, case summaries, briefs and oral arguments.

Energy law: an overview

An online guide to US energy law produced by the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University and provided as part of the Wex online legal encyclopedia. The guide provides a summary of the law and links to key primary source material and other internet resources. There are links to federal and state statutes and case law dealing with energy. The federal material is broken down to include nuclear energy, natural gas, oil, alternative sources and energy conservation. Key internet sources include Federal agencies, Congressional Committees and relevant international bodies.

International Privacy Law Library

This WorldLII project aims to make searchable from one location all of the databases specialising in Privacy and freedom of information (FOI) law available on WorldLII. Databases currently included are taken from CanLII (the Canadian Legal Information Institute), AustLII (the Australasian Legal Information Institute) and BAILII (the British and Irish Legal Information Institute). Material is also included from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).

First Amendment Library

The First Amendment Library forms part of the website of the First Amendment Center an organisation affiliated to the Freedom Forum and based at the Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee and Arlington, Virginia in the United States. The Library provides access to information relating to the five freedoms of the First Amendment -speech, press, assembly, petition and religion. The database is arranged by category including freedom of expression, freedom of religion and the Freedom of Information Act.

International Water Law Project

The website of the International Water Law Project (IWLP) is produced by Gabriel Eckstein who is Professor of Law at the Texas Tech University School of Law in the United States. The site provides access to documents, case law, a bibliography, a list of water law experts and a page of web links to water related legal resources. Case law is compiled from the Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Court of Justice with some cases made available in full. World Water News gives summaries and links to full-text news stories relating to water issues going back to 2000.

World Legal Information Institute Catalog: Western Europe

This website is part of the World Legal Information Institute's Catalog of websites. Under each country there are standard headings for courts and case law, government,legislation, lawyers etc. In addition there are more detailed subject headings (Banking and Finance law or Intellectual Property, for example) which vary from country to country. It is also possible to search for terms across the whole Western European section. Suggestions for new links can be submitted by email. The site is in English, with Babel Fish Translation available.

World Legal Information Institute Catalog : Eastern Europe

This website is part of the World Legal Information Institute's Catalog of websites. Under each country there are standard headings for courts and case law, government, legislation, lawyers etc. In addition there are more detailed subject headings (Banking and Finance law or intellectual property for example) which vary from country to country. It is also possible to search for terms across the whole Eastern European section. Suggestions for new links can be submitted by email. The site is in English, with Babel Fish Translation available.

Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions

Online guide to the Geneva Conventions made available on the website of the Society of Professional Journalists in the United States. The site contains an alphabetical subject listing providing definitions and links to specific parts of the Conventions dealing with each subject. The complete text of the Conventions is given along with historical and background information. The site also provides a bibliography and a page of web links to related organisations.

Government Gazettes Online

Global guide to government gazettes, official publications which typically contain legislation, government notices and other documents. The site is provided by the University of Michigan. For each country, it gives the title of the gazette, a description of the contents, the date range available on the web and the frequency of publication, with a link to the gazette's website.

International Space Law

This section of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) website provides access to legal materials and background documents about international space law. These include treaties (bilateral and multilateral); General Assembly resolutions; a database of national laws and official documents relating to outer space (including a directory of space law courses, 'Educational opportunities in space law'); and studies by UNOOSA.

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