Legal Information on the Internet
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Contents
Case Law
The Supreme Court
- Supreme Court decisions from 1893 - present are available on FindLaw.
- Supreme Court decisions from May 1990 - present are available at Cornell University's Legal Information Institute. This site also provides information on the current Justices, and links to legal information by subject.
- Supreme Court Decisions from 1937-1975 (U.S. Reports volumes 300-422) are available on the FedWorld web site and on GPO-Access.
- More information about the Supreme Court, including current court calendar, can be found on their website at http://www.supremecourtus.gov/index.html
Circuit Courts (U.S. Courts of Appeals)
- Federal Circuit Court opinions are available from Findlaw.
State Courts
- State courts can be located by going to the Resources by Jurisdiction page on FindLaw, clicking on the state and finding the link for Courts.
Legislation and Statutory Law
- The U.S. Code, Bills
and Public Laws on GPO-Access
The Government Printing Office's Wais databases provide access to the full text of Congressional Bills from the 103rd Congress forward, Public Laws of the 104th forward, the U.S Code since 1994, as well as several other databases. Also available from several Federal Depository Library Gateways. - THOMAS: Legislative Information on
the Internet
Includes full text of legislation from the 101st Congress onward, lists of "hot" bills by topic, number and short or popular title, the Congressional Record, Committee information, and more. - The U.S. Code (From the Office
of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives)
This server provides full text searching of the Code. - The U.S. Code
Hypertext version of the Code from the Legal Information Institute. - The House of Representatives - Internet
Law Library
Includes selected historical and current laws by source and title. - State Legislatures,
State Laws and State Regulations
Links to legislative resources on the Internet for all 50 states. From the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC.
Regulations
- The Federal Register
on GPO-Access
The Government Printing Office's database provides access to the full text of the Federal Register from 1994 to the present. - The Code of Federal Regulations
- OMB Circulars from the White House website
- Environmental Regulations
From the EPA Web server, a searchable index of environment-related information from the Federal Register. - Federal Acquisitions Regulations
(FAR)
Browsable by part number. Files available in hypertext (html) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. - OSHA regulations
Regulations, laws and standards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Directories
- Federal Web Locator
from the Center for Information Law and Policy - Europa
European Union Homepage - includes the Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors and other bodies of the European Union (EU). - Legal Information
Institute
from Cornell Law School - FindLaw
Directory of legal information on the Internet, including cases, law schools, firms, association, information by subject, and much more. - Directory of Legal Academia
A directory of law professors and law librarians in American law schools. From the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University.
Oregon Law
- Bills and Laws
- Oregon Revised Statutes
- Oregon Administrative Rules
- Opinions of the Oregon Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Tax Court
Laws by Subject
Environmental Law
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental Defense Fund
- The European Environmental Law Homepage
- Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius Environmental Deskbook
- National Resource Defense Council Homepage
- Sierra Club Homepage
Copyright Law
- The Copyright and Fair Use site at Stanford University provides links to copyright law sources.
