Online Bibliographic Services SIS
Website of the Month

As a service to OBS-SIS members, a MARC record of a legal website is distributed on the OBS-SIS discussion list each month. We encourage you to try it out and see if your library might want to include it in your online catalog. Cataloging is provided by the University of Colorado Law Library.

The links below each site name will connect you to the University of Colorado's online system. From the record you can view the website itself by following the links, or view the MARC tagging format by selecting the MARC Display button at the top of the screen. Cataloging questions should be addressed to Karen Selden or Yumin Jiang.

Thanks to Karen Selden and OCLC, we can now keep up on cataloging the AALL OBS-SIS Legal Websites of the Month. Here is a solution to minimize your workload and add those records in an economical and streamlined manner. Libraries can logon to the WorldCat Collection Sets order form to place their order for AALL OBS-SIS Legal Websites of the Month MARC records. There are several processing options available on the order form. If libraries already have some of these records and have set their holdings in WorldCat, OCLC has an option to output only the records that do not already have their institution symbol set in WorldCat. If libraries want to receive new records that are added each month, they should select the standing order option on the order form.

Here is the link to the list of sets:
http://collectionsets.oclc.org/JustLooking?cmd=displayElectronicSets

Here is the link to the order form:
http://collectionsets.oclc.org

For pricing questions, libraries should contact their OCLC regional service provider.

CGS - PolicyArchive
http://128.138.161.92/record=b318626

TThis site is a project of the Center for Governmental Studies and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis University Library. According to the site's Press Room page, "PolicyArchive is an innovative, new digital archive of global, non-partisan public policy research. It houses summaries and full texts of public policy research from various think tanks, universities, government agencies, and foundations. It allows research users, policy makers, the media, and the public to quickly access the depth and breadth of research in numerous subject matters. Ultimately, PolicyArchive will indefinitely preserve the life of public policy research, substantially increase its impact, and provide society at large with long-term access to the benefits of that important research."

FactCheck.org : Annenberg political fact check
http://128.138.161.92/record=b318628

This site is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. The site monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Its goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.

Opensecrets.org : the web site of the Center for Responsive Politics
http://128.138.161.92/record=b318630

"The Center for Responsive Politics describes itself as 'a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy.' Opensecrets.org, the Center's Web site, provides information from the Federal Election Commission about campaign contributions to Congress, to the political parties and the presidential campaigns. The site may be navigated by tabs at the top of the web page, by search engines within the site, or by links to current issues. Everything is documented with citations and methodology. The mission statement, contact information, and funding sources are clearly noted. Opensecrets.org is a goldmine of data on contributions in politics, helpful both for students writing papers and for avid followers of politics"--"Best Free Reference Web Sites 2002," RUSA Quarterly, Fall 2002; reviewed Feb. 19, 2002

Justia Regulation Tracker
http://128.138.161.92/record=b317701

This site provides free access to Federal rules, proposed rules, notices, administrative orders, executive orders, and proclamations. Users may search by department or agency, include keywords, and limit by document type or date; or browse by agency or date. Coverage begins January 1, 2005

The Statute Law Database
http://128.138.161.92/record=b311771

This site is the official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online. Users can view amended legislation as it has changed over time, see how legislation will be affected by amendments not yet in force, see how legislation has been amended for different jurisdictions, navigate links between affecting and affected legislation, and search the text of legislation for words and phrases.

CanLII : Canadian Legal Information Institute
http://128.138.161.92/record=b316832

This site provides access to primary sources of Canadian Law accessible for free on the Internet. The site includes legislative and judicial texts, as well as legal commentaries, from federal, provincial, and territorial jurisdictions, and the information is available in both French and English.

The Special Court for Sierra Leone
http://128.138.161.92/record=b316835

According to the homepage, "The Special Court for Sierra Leone was set up jointly by the Government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations. It is mandated to try those who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996." The website provides information about the Court, information related to its cases, basic documents of the Court, and practice directions and directives of the Court.

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
http://128.138.161.92/record=b315919

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea entered into force on 16 November 1994. A subsequent Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the Convention entered into force on 28 July 1996. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is an independent judicial body established by the Convention to adjudicate disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Convention. The Tribunal is composed of 21 elected independent members. This site provides general information, proceedings and judgments, documents and publications, news, and question and answer sections in both English and French.

International Seabed Authority
http://128.138.161.92/record=b315119

This site contains information on the administrative bodies of the International Seabed Authority, including the Assembly, Council, Legal and Technical Commission, Finance Committee and the Secretariat. This site also includes a list of documents issued by the Authority at each of its sessions, and the full text of selected documents, and the information is available in English, French, or Spanish.

fueleconomy.gov
http://128.138.161.92/record=b317700

This site provides fuel economy estimates, energy and environmental impact ratings, fuel-saving tips, and other related information. It is maintained jointly by the U.S. Department of Energys Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

OANDA.com : the currency site
http://128.138.161.92/record=b312588

This site provides currency conversion information and other services for travelers and businesses.

Cato journal
http://128.138.161.92/record=b314874

The Cato journal is a public policy journal that is written and edited to be accessible to lay readers.

Hague justice journal
http://128.138.161.92/record=b314467

The Hague justice journal includes legal articles, commentaries, and overviews of court documents of several international courts.

ELS bibliography
http://128.138.161.92/record=b315548

The ELS bibliography is a database hosted by the UCLA School of Law that contains empirical legal research material published after July 2005. The database includes law reviews from top law schools in the country, major specialty journals, legal journals not published by law schools, and journals in other areas: economics, political science, sociology, anthropology and psychology. Entries include the following bibliographic data: author and affiliation, subject categories, and data in Blue Book format. The articles are searchable by author, title, subject and year.

LawProse, Inc. : interviews of United States Supreme Court Justices
http://128.138.161.92/record=b316739

This site presents interviews conducted by Bryan Garner in 2006 and 2007 with 8 of the 9 U.S. Supreme Court Justices. In these interviews, the justices talk about issues such as writing legal briefs and appearing before the court.

Environmental law net
http://128.138.161.92/record=b312380

Created as a client service tool in 1998 by environmental and energy lawyer David Blackmar, Environmental Law Net is a leading resource for environmental law research and news. This site is currently under reconstruction, but currently visitors may access information via the two main content divisions: legal information libraries and community resources. There are six legal information libraries which are broken into document libraries and task-specific libraries. The document libraries cover laws and regulations, court and agency decisions, and other agency documents. The task-specific libraries cover compliance, enforcement and litigation, and real estate and corporate transactions. The community resources area provides a daily newsfeed, reference tools, a moderated interview and seminar forum, editorial articles, and other useful features.

Environmental Council of the States
http://128.138.161.92/record=b315215

Based in Washington, D.C., Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) is a nonprofit association of state and territorial environmental commissioners. The website highlights the work of ECOS, including the states involved, projects, research, and the policies of ECOS.

EU environmental policy handbook : a critical analysis of EU environmental legislation : making it accessible to environmentalists and decision makers
http://128.138.161.92/record=b306330

This 2005 book was edited by Stefan Scheuer. It describes the history and current status of EU environmental law, and also looks to the future by analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the actions taken so far.

The Journal of Philosophy, Science & Law
http://128.138.161.92/record=b313902

This journal is sponsored by the University of Miami's Ethics Program and the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Public Policy. According to the journal's website, it "is an interdisciplinary forum dedicated to examining issues in the intersection of applied philosophy, science, and the law. The Journal seeks to stimulate research and publish articles in the following areas: Philosophical issues associated with science policy and the growth of technology; Philosophy, the legal system, and scientific evidence; The influence of legal and ethical guidelines on scientific research; and Educational issues relating to how legal and ethical guidelines are taught within scientific fields.

Regulation
http://128.138.161.92/record=b314873

This journal comes from the Cato Institute. It provides analysis of regulatory and economic policies by the nation's leading economists, policy analysts, and legal experts.

Stanford Agora: an Online Journal of Legal Perspectives
http://128.138.161.92/record=b315933

Stanford journal of legal studies
http://128.138.161.92/record=b315932

The final 2 titles for March 2008 are the Stanford Agora: an Online Journal of Legal Perspectives and its predecessor, the Stanford journal of legal studies. According to the Agora's website, it "is an exclusively online journal that seeks to enrich legal discourse by creating a forum for the discussion of vital legal issues by lawyers and non-lawyers alike. "Agora" is the ancient Greek word for "marketplace". The Greek Agora served as a forum for philosophical discussion and debate. Today the desire for intense intellectual interaction has not waned, but the forum for discussion has moved: today's agora is the Internet. Capitalizing on this revolutionary platform, Stanford Agora supplements traditional written content with multimedia texts and interactive elements.

The American Presidency Project
http://128.138.161.92/record=b278861

This site contains over 75,000 documents related to the study of the American Presidency, including public papers, annual messages to Congress on the state of the Union, inaugural addresses, radio addresses, acceptance speeches, presidential candidates debates, party platforms, elections data, and an audio/video archive.

The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
http://128.138.161.92/record=b312589

The Presidential Timeline is a gateway to the digitized collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives, from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton. It includes an interactive timeline, educational activities, and also documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents' lives.

The James Madison Papers
http://128.138.161.92/record=b279360

This site consists of approximately 12,000 items housed in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, captured in some 72,000 digital images, including correspondence, personal notes, drafts of letters and legislation, an autobiography, legal and financial documents, and miscellaneous manuscripts. Highlights include a copy of Thomas Jefferson's notes from the Continental Congress of 1776, including Jefferson's copy of the Declaration of Independence as amended by Congress. Among Madison's correspondents were Jefferson, Dolly Madison, James Monroe, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Noah Webster.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University
http://128.138.161.92/record=b312587

This site was chosen as one of the "Best Free Reference Web Sites of 2000" by RUSA Quarterly. According to the website's Overview, "[t]he King Papers Project is a major research effort to assemble and disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated." In addition to an extensive King Biography, Encyclopedia, and collection of Audio recordings, the website includes the most complete inventory available of King's major sermons, speeches, public statements, published writings, manuscripts, and substantial notes and outlines. Each of the 1,750 catalog records in the inventory contains information that enables scholars to identify the documents and determine the archival location of the original.

The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse
http://128.138.161.92/record=b311545

According to the website, "The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse is a collection of documents and information about civil rights cases in selected case categories across the United States. Currently, the categories include: Child Welfare, Criminal Justice (Other), Disability Rights-Pub. Accom., Education, Election/Voting Rights, Equal Employment, Fair Housing/Lending/Insurance, Immigration, Jail Conditions, Juvenile Institution, Mental Health Facility, Mental Retardation Facility, Nursing Home Conditions, Policing, Prison Conditions, Public Benefits, Public Defenders, Public Housing, School Desegregation, Speech and Religious Freedom. The site is dedicated to injunctive rather than damages litigation -- that is, to cases seeking policy or operational change, not cases seeking money."

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
http://128.138.161.92/record=b312279

Launched in 2001, this site seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. The Forum focuses on four key areas of research: Religion and Politics (where the focus is on the influence of religion and religious organizations on political behavior, including voting and campaigns); Religion and the Law (where the Forum analyzes church-state controversies such as Supreme Court battles over the Ten Commandments, the Pledge of Allegiance and school vouchers); Religion and Domestic Policy (where the Forum examines a wide range of policy debates from abortion and gay marriage to stem cell research and faith-based initiatives); and Religion and World Affairs (where it explores the integral role religion plays in world affairs, with a particular focus on religions impact on U.S. foreign policy).

NACA.net
http://128.138.161.92/record=b312277

The homepage of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, this site provides general information about issues affecting consumers such as auto fraud, binding mandatory arbitration, credit reporting problems, debt collection abuse, identity theft, lemon law, military consumer rights, predatory lending practices, and student loans. The site also has an extensive collection of amicus briefs.

AltLaw
http://128.138.161.92/record=b315155

This site provides the first free, full-text searchable database of Supreme Court and Federal Appellate case reports. It is a resource for attorneys, legal scholars, and the general public. AltLaw is a joint project of Columbia Law School's Program on Law and Technology, and the Silicon Flatirons Program at the University of Colorado Law School, and is a work in progress.

Research-based web design & usability guidelines
http://128.138.161.92/record=b313899

These guidelines were originally designed to help National Cancer Institute staff improve the presentation of cancer-related information to cancer researchers and the public, though they are applicable to anyone who designs and manages information web sites.

National Indian Law Library (NILL)
http://128.138.161.92/record=b278867

According to NILL's homepage, "...NILL is a public law library devoted to federal Indian and tribal law. Our mission is to develop and make accessible a unique and valuable collection of Indian law resources and other information relating to Native Americans. NILL places special emphasis on fulfilling the information needs of Indian law advocates and others working on behalf of Native Americans." The library serves all members of the general public including individuals and organizations working on behalf of Native Americans. In addition to the library catalog and lists of resources by topic, the site features the Tribal Law Gateway which is a database for finding constitutions and codes of federally recognized tribes, and an online collection of digitized codes and constitutions. The site also provides a current awareness service called Indian Law Bulletins.

Tobacco control archives
http://128.138.161.92/record=b279831

The Tobacco Control Archives (TCA) is a print and digital collection of papers, documents, and electronic resources related to tobacco control issues maintained by Galen, the digital library of the University of California at San Francisco. The primary digital collection is the “Legacy Tobacco Documents Library” which consists of over “7 million documents concerning scientific research, manufacturing, marketing, advertising, and sales of cigarettes.” Also available through TCA are the complaints and other tobacco litigation documents filed by the Attorneys General of 44 states, government reports on tobacco industry, and some e-books. Finally, detailed finding aids for the paper collections are available online.

ACS researchlink
http://128.138.161.92/record=b314466

A project of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, this site collects legal research topics submitted by practitioners for law students to explore in faculty-supervised writing projects for academic credit.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
http://128.138.161.92/record=b274553

This is the official website of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States. The site presents detailed information about the Federal Reserve system, its board of governors, Federal Reserve banks, and monetary policy. The site also provides access to information on payment systems, economic research and data, consumer information, reporting forms, and online publications. This site was named one of the "Best Free Reference Web Sites 2004;" and received this review in the RUSA Quarterly: "Maintained by the governing body of the Federal Reserve, this site provides an excellent gateway for the Federal Reserve System as a whole. Both banking professionals and those with a general interest in the economy will find useful features on this site. A search engine, as well as topical links, lead the user to rich descriptive and full-text material that includes press releases, statistical data, speeches, publications, and consumer information. In addition to descriptions of the twelve Federal Reserve district banks, there is an electronic map which links to the district homepages, which provide valuable information about different regional economies. This site is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in banking at the federal level or the economy as a whole."--Reviewed March 5, 2004 "Best Free Reference Web Sites 2004," RUSA Quarterly, Fall 2004. Comp. by the MARS Best Free Websites Committee, RUSA, ALA.

Fed in print : an index to Federal Reserve economic research
http://128.138.161.92/record=b314303

This searchable catalog is hosted on the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco website, and also contains links to the Latest Working Papers and New Economic Articles.

CongressLink
http://128.138.161.92/record=b313927

CongressLink is produced by the Dirksen Congressional Center, a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization that seeks to improve public engagement in politics through better understanding of Congress. The website provides information about the U.S. Congress, how it works, its members and leaders, and the public policies it produces. One of its projects is the Civil Rights Documentation Project, which describes the legislative process involved in the struggle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The project web page provides a detailed, month by month timeline of that development, from January 1963 through the law’s enactment in August 1965. Icons indicate whether a timeline date focuses on the social context or legislative process, and names of key politicians and cites to specific bill numbers are included.

The Rutherford Institute home page
http://128.138.161.92/record=b313903

The Rutherford Institute was founded in 1982 by attorney and author John W. Whitehead. As a "civil liberties organization that provides free legal services to people whose constitutional and human rights have been threatened or violated," the Institute has a mission to both litigate in defense of religious and civil liberties and to educate the public about constitutional rights. The website provides extensive information about Rutherford and its issues of focus. These issues include free speech, religious freedom, church rights, parents rights, zero tolerance, search and seizure, death penalty, and sexual harassment.

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
http://128.138.161.92/record=b281038

The Forum acts as an advisory body to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and it is charged with providing "expert advice and recommendations" to the Council and to "raise awareness and promote the integration and coordination of activities relating to indigenous issues within the United Nations system." The website provides a variety of information and materials on the Forum. The history and mandate of the Forum are described in detail. Details of the Forum's members, secretariat, and monthly calendar are available. Of particular interest to researchers are the articles, speeches, and official documents made available. Speeches include statements and messages delivered by Forum officials. Various background documents and resolutions are included in the official documents section listed by symbol number. The Forum's session documents are also available.

New England journal of international and comparative law
http://128.138.161.92/record=b278857

According to the website, "(t)he articles are scholarly pieces, written by students and legal professionals focusing on provocative current issues and trends in international and comparative law. The publication is intended to serve as a forum for analysis of international legal topics that is both useful and thought provoking." .

Crime & justice data online
http://128.138.161.92/record=b312836

This site presents statistics on crime and justice in the United States, including information about crime trends, homicide trends and characteristics, law enforcement management, and administrative statistics. Statistics for state and local agencies are available.

Directory of open access journals : DOAJ
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b312687

The DOAJ lists free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, and aims to cover all subjects and languages. As of today (8/1/07), there are 2,795 journals in the directory; 834 of the journals are searchable at article level; 141,333 articles are included; and 53 journals are listed under the Law subject heading. Of the law-related journals, most are either entirely in English or provide some English language articles.

Official document system of the United Nations
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b274568

The United Nations Official Documents System (ODS) is the electronic repository for official documents published by the United Nations. It comprises the full text of United Nations parliamentary documents (including resolutions and decisions) issued at United Nations Headquarters in New York and the United Nations Office in Geneva since 1993 as well as at the United Nations Office in Vienna since 1997. The number of duty stations covered by the ODS is expanding as the regional commissions have started to load documents. In addition to parliamentary documentation, United Nations administrative issuances (ST/AI/-, ST/IC/- and ST/SGB/-), considered valid at time of input, are included in the database. UN Resolutions, which includes the official records version of resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and Trusteeship Council since 1946. Earlier UN documents (prior to 1993) are being added daily.

Includes links to documents of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government as well as regulatory and administrative decisions and miscellaneous federal government information.

GovSpot is a government information portal, simplifying the search for government websites, documents, facts and figures, news, public policy information and political organizations

"The Actual Innocence awareness database provides a listing of United States resources to those interested in the area of wrongful convictions. It encompasses the categories of popular media (such as newspaper articles and segments which aired on television news magazines), journal articles, books, reports, legislation and websites. The materials are classified into what are considered the primary causes of wrongful conviction: forensics/DNA; eyewitness identification; false confessions; jailhouse informants; police and/or prosecutorial misconduct; and ineffective representation. There is also a "general" category for those items which defy further categorization."--Home page.

ISEA stands for International Sustainable Energy Assessment, which is a project of the Unversity of Colorado School of Law's Energy and Environmental Security Initiative. This database contains in-force energy treaties from every country in the world.  Subject areas include cooperation agreements, electricity infrastructure, energy markets, energy storage, fossil energy, nuclear energy, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and transportation.

Researching U.S. treaties and agreements
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b311690

Researching U.S. treaties and agreements , a guide by Marci Hoffman available on the LLRX (Law Library Resource Xchange) website. Marci has created an extensive guide to researching multilaterial and bilateral agreements to which the United States is a signatory. Topics include: locating and updating treaties; indexes to treaty collections; treaty research online; status information; implementation and interpretation; drafting of treaties; and bilateral treaties outside of the U.S.

The Center is part of the University of Arkansas School of Law, and the site is a premier source for information and scholarly research on agricultural and food law. The site features "Reading Rooms" that provide in-depth coverage on specific agricultural and food subjects, which include topical background information, statutes, regulations, judicial and administrative decisions, Center publications, and online reference sources. The National AgLaw Reporter, a regularly updated electronic newsletter, provides current news, case summaries, regulatory changes, and administrative decisions. United States Farm Bills offers the full text of the nation's farm bills from 1933 to the present, along with links to legislative history, analysis, and background resources. A quarterly-updated and searchable AgLaw Bibliography provides scholarly sources on 48 agricultural and food law topics.

FLAG is a nonprofit law center dedicated to providing legal services to family farmers and their rural communities in order to help keep family farmers on the land. FLAG focuses on areas such as factory farms, biotechnology, disaster assistance, and sustainable and organic agriculture. The FLAG main page provides news, press releases, Farm Service Agency (FSA) administrative notices, and related articles. Summaries of significant decisions in agricultural law court cases are published in the Farmers' Legal Action Report. Visitors to FLAG's page may read the Group's comments to federal rules and highlights of the Federal Register. FLAG's amicus briefs are also available on the site

Containing nearly 1,000 translated judicial decisions and statutes, this website is a resource for French, German, Italian, Austrian and Israeli legal materials in the fields of constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law

Law and politics book review
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b307317

The Law and Politics Book Review is sponsored by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association.  Reviews are published frequently, and readers are notified by e-mail as new ones are available.  The Section has a membership of almost 900 and presently sends the Review to over 1,300 readers in 39 countries.  The electronic medium enables us to review almost every book about the legal process and politics, to do longer reviews than are usually published, and to make the reviews available within six months of our receipt of the book.  The review presently remains available for an indefinite period on the Review 's World Wide Web home page.

Center for Religious Freedom
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b306391

Center is a self-sustaining division of Freedom House, an American human rights group. Its objective is to defend against religious persecution of all groups throughout the world. The website contains current news, country profiles, newsletters, and other relevant information.

The history of the Supreme Court
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b307261

"...this very thorough website was created to complement a major television series on the history of the Supreme Court that will soon appear on PBS. Within each one of the site's sections, users will find essays and teaching materials on gender equality, social rights, personal liberties, and equal access to schools. The site also includes a very nice interactive timeline of landmark cases handed down since 1792. Finally, the site also includes a searchable encyclopedia of terms and court cases of note."

Indian Trust, Cobell v. Norton.
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b306393

Provided by the Blackfeet Reservation Development Fund, Inc. The site details "a class-action lawsuit filed on June 10, 1996, in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. to force the federal government to account for billions of dollars belonging to approximately 500,000 American Indians and their heirs, and held in trust since the late 19th century." A case overview provides basic background to the litigation, as well as a timeline detailing all major events in the litigation. Court documents, including plaintiff briefs, trial transcripts, court opinions, and letters are all available online in PDF. Media coverage, from the inception of the case to the present, is provided with full text newspaper articles, editorials, press releases, and interviews .

Early recognized treaties with American Indian nations
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b306588

Digitized collection of the nine remaining American Indian treaties created between the years 1722 and 1805, which are not included in Kappler's Indian affairs: laws and treaties. The collection includes the seven early treaties between a number of American Indian nations and the British, and of two treaties with the United States that were never published in the Statutes at large.

U.S. Supreme Court databases
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b306165

This data collection encompasses all aspects of United States Supreme Court decision-making from the 1946 term to the most recent term. Datasets are also available by various terms, and by individual justices for certain terms.

The U.S. Courts of Appeals database
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b306170

"The Appeals Court Database Project was designed to create an extensive dataset to facilitate the empirical analysis of the votes of judges and the decisions of the U.S. Courts of Appeals...the database was designed to code a random sample of cases since 1925."--Home page

Newslink
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b279206

Provides links to both general and special audience newspapers available online, as well as to other news sources such as magazines and radio and television stations. Coverage is worldwide

JURIST
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b275915

According to the JURIST website, it "...is a Web-based legal news and real-time legal research service powered by a mostly-volunteer team of over 30 part-time law student reporters, editors, and Web developers led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. JURIST is produced as a public service for the continuing legal education of its readers and law student staffers, and uses the latest Internet technology to track important legal news stories and materials and present them rapidly, objectively and intelligibly in an accessible, ad-free format."

D-Lib magazine
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b281291

"D-Lib Magazine is a solely electronic publication with a primary focus on digital library research and development, including but not limited to new technologies, applications, and contextual social and economic issues."--About D-Lib Magazine

E : Environmental Defense
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b280529

Web site of the Environmental Defense, a not-for-profit environmental advocacy organization. Offers campaigns and action items for activists, resources for journalists and researchers, and programs which bring together experts in science, law and economics to tackle complex environmental issues

EarthTrends : the environmental information portal
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b274554

An environmental information portal for researching global topics, such as water resources, climate and atmosphere, population and health, energy resources, and agriculture and food. Allows users to gather information from the searchable database, display data tables, view country profiles, or select maps with global, regional, and country-level environmental information

FIELD : Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b280684

Founded in 1989 by a small group of international lawyers, the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development is an organization which offers its advice and assistance to governments, inter-governmental entities and non-governmental organizations world-wide. The website provides papers and publications, including Explanatory Guides, International Environmental Law Papers, EU Environmental Law Papers, and other relevant materials. The site also provides overviews of its current and past projects dealing with issues such as biodiversity, marine resources, climate change, and strengthening capacity

Representing Children Worldwide
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b304780

Representing Children Worldwide is a research project which compiles information and resources on how children's voices are heard in child protective proceedings around the country and around the world in the year 2005. The website provides a summary of the practices of the 194 signatories to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC) with respect to this question, as well as background information on the jurisdiction's child protective practices and web resources and contact information for further research in this field

International Law commission
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b304779

The website provides information about the work and history of the Commission. In the "Researching the work of the Commission" section, the following materials are included: a research guide, topics, texts and instruments, documentation, publications and a search page. The publications area also includes the full text of the Commission's yearbooks

Municipal Code Corporation
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b304303

The Municipal Code Corporation site contains local government codes of ordinances from around United States, as well as links to related organizations.

Municipal codes web library.
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b304305

The Municipal codes web library provides links to municipal and county codes from various states published through LexisNexis Municipal Codes Publishing and Ordlink Services.

Global Legal Information Network
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b304117

GLIN is a database of laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources. The documents included in the database are contributed by the governments of the member nations from the original official texts which are deposited, by agreement of the members, in a server at the Library of Congress, sponsored by the Law Library of Congress. The basic elements of this database are: (1) full texts of the documents in the official language of the country of origin; (2) summaries or abstracts in English; and (3) an English thesaurus. GLIN data fields in the database include country/entity, GLIN thesaurus, title, date of issuance, date of publication, instrument class, instrument number, language, and others. The summaries or abstracts are linked electronically to the corresponding full texts. Access to the contents of the database is at two levels: guests have access to the summaries and citations to laws; members and associate members can access the full content of the database upon issuance of passwords. Inquiries about GLIN can be addressed to glincen@loc.gov.

Senate Committee on the Judiciary : Supreme Court nomination hearings
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b303747

This site contains PDF files of all Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on *successful* Supreme Court nominations from the Rehnquist-Powell hearings in 1971 to the Roberts hearings in 2005. The older prints have been both scanned and OCR'ed, so they are searchable, as well as amenable to copy and paste functions. Specifically, the transcripts include the hearings on the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court nominations of William H. Rehnquist, Lewis F. Powell, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, David H. Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer; Hearing on the Nomination of Justice William H. Rehnquist to be Chief Justice of the United States; Hearing on the Nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr. to be Chief Justice of the United States. Presumably, the Alito hearing will be added when the Committee print is published.

Alliance for justice
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b281028

The "Alliance for justice" works to promote a fair and independent judiciary and strengthen public interest advocacy. Its website contains extensive information about its political activities and membership functions. In addition, the "Research and Publications" section provides the full text of reports (in PDF) on judicial nominations and select bills and legislation, and other publications aimed at non-profit and foundation organizers.

Council for Court Excellence
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b279379

This site presents basic reference information about the history of the federal courts and the judges who have served on those courts since 1789. It contains six topical links: Judges of the United States Courts; Courts of the Federal Judiciary; Judicial Administration and Organization; Landmark Judicial Legislation; Judicial History News; and a Courthouse Photograph Exhibit. In addition, the site includes links to other internet sites related to the history of the federal judiciary and to history-related publications from the Federal Judicial Center.

Frequently-cited treaties and other international instruments
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b279681

According to this site's home page: "As an aid to law review citation-checking, the following is a list of treaties frequently cited in law review articles, along with available sources of hard copy. In addition, wherever possible, the entries are linked to the EISIL database of the American Society of International Law."

History of the Federal Judiciary
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b273744

This site presents basic reference information about the history of the federal courts and the judges who have served on those courts since 1789. It contains six topical links: Judges of the United States Courts; Courts of the Federal Judiciary; Judicial Administration and Organization; Landmark Judicial Legislation; Judicial History News; and a Courthouse Photograph Exhibit. In addition, the site includes links to other internet sites related to the history of the federal judiciary and to history-related publications from the Federal Judicial Center.

State legislative history research guides on the Web
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b280688

Compilation of online legislative history research guides for most of the 50 states

Sunshine Week
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b280685

"Sunshine Week" is an open-government initiative made up of newspaper editors, broadcasters, bloggers, legislators, librarians, and civic groups. In addition to background information on the Sunshine Week Project and its supporters and coordinators, the site provides access to other materials on open access, including a Toolkit section, tips for writing about open government, and advice on conducting a Freedom of Information audit and how to make requests under the Freedom of Information Act. The site also links to numerous news stories and editorials on open access.

EFF : legal guide for bloggers
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b279484

The "EFF" in "EFF : legal guide for bloggers" stands for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. According to the homepage of the Legal guide for bloggers, EFF "... is a non-profit civil liberties organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to public resources and information online, as well as to promote responsibility in new media." The Legal guide for bloggers site contains a collection of frequently asked questions (FAQs) for bloggers about their legal rights. Topics include intellectual property, online defamation law, section 230 (of the Communication Decency Act of 1996) protections, and privacy. Also includes FAQs for bloggers as journalists on reporter's privilege and media access, and FAQs relating to election and labor laws.

SupportGuidelines.com
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b279721

"SupportGuidelines.com" is a comprehensive resource for the interpretation and application of child support guidelines in the United States.

Cardiff index to legal abbreviations
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b267109

The Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations is a web-based service that allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth, and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law. A selection of major foreign language law publications is also included. The database mainly covers law reports and law periodicals, but some legislative publications and major textbooks are also included.

Acronyma
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b279204

For more general abbreviations and acronyms, Acronyma provides a search interface to a database of over 450,000 acronyms and abbreviations. It includes acronyms in English, Spanish, French, and other languages.

Congressional Research Service reports
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b279257

Site includes selected Congressional Research Service reports, some with different editions. Each report is assigned subjects terms from the Legislative Indexing Vocabulary, supplemented with Library of Congress Subject Headings. Reports may be accessed through subject listings, or may be located through keyword searching

Open CRS : Congressional Research Reports For the People
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b279203

The Open CRS site provides access to Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports that are already in the public domain.

The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate papers
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b274772

These papers are housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. The digitized documents available at this site include source materials and drafts belonging to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during their partnership telling the story of the Watergate scandal. Also included are materials used for Washington Post articles and the books "All the President's Men" and "The Final Days."

Northwestern University journal of international human rights
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b275365

This journal is produced by students at the Northwestern University School of Law. According to the journal's homepage, the journal "... is dedicated to providing a dynamic new forum for the vigorous discussion of human rights issues of all varieties among scholars of all disciplines and perspectives. Recognizing that a comprehensive examination of international human rights cannot be accomplished based on legal principles alone, the Journal seeks contribution from professionals in all areas, including but not limited to law, business, ethics, political science, economics, religion, and sociology."

GlobaLex
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b275419

This website is dedicated to international and foreign law research, and the dissemination of high-level international, foreign, and comparative law research tools.

CourTopics
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/search/c?SEARCH=kf8736c684i

This website is directed towards the state justice community. It contains over 100 court-related topics, which include overviews, research reports, resource guides, frequently asked questions, best practices, and NCSC publications.

Santa Clara journal of international law
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/search/c?SEARCH=k23a554

The Santa Clara Journal of International Law hopes to redefine legal journalism by publishing an easily accessible, entirely web-based international law journal composed of rigorous, accessible, and intellectually sound material. Each journal volume contains materials from a diverse representation of international scholars. In addition to the online journal, book reviews and articles are posted on the website. The Journal also hosts an annual symposium at Santa Clara University, School of Law.

Yale Journal of Law and Technology
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/search/c?SEARCH=k29a384

The Yale Journal of Law & Technology (YJoLT) is the first law review in the world to offer its readership a fully interactive environment in which to acquire and disseminate knowledge about the interface between law and technology. Formerly the Yale Symposium on Law & Technology, the Journal not only publishes lectures and written pieces by the diverse and distinguished guests of Yale Law School as well as other scholars, practitioners, and students, it also provides a forum for a robust community discussion of the issues raised in its published pieces.

Greenlaw : Journal of the Pace Environmental Law Program
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/search/c?SEARCH=k7r48

This journal contains short, quality articles on a wide range of environmental law issues. In addition, it provides summaries of important lectures on environmental law at Pace.

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/search/c?SEARCH=hv6432.7n37

Provides access to information about the Commission and data produced by the Commission in pursuit of its mission to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks. Includes archived transcripts, videos of the public hearings held by the Commission, and full text of final report

EISIL : electronic information system for international law
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/search/c?SEARCH=kz64e47i

EISIL is a fully searchable database that provides access to primary materials, authoritative Web sites, and helpful research guides. For each source, it also provides background information, such as citations and references, dates when laws or treaties were concluded, and links to related resources

The collection of national copyright laws
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/search/c?SEARCH=k1419c65

This site provides access to national copyright and related rights legislation of UNESCO member states. The collection currently comprises approximately 100 laws and is constantly
being updated.

The collection of laws for electronic access (CLEA)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b270622

According to the introductory material on the website, CLEA "...is a unique electronic database providing easy access to intellectual property legislation from a wide range of countries and regions as well as to treaties on intellectual property. It is an invaluable information resource made available by WIPO [World Intellectual Property Organization] free of charge to all interested parties, including researchers, legal professionals, policy-makers, students and administrators.

The Harry A. Blackmun papers at the Library of Congress
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b270674x

Web site of the Library's Harry Blackmun paper collection.
Selected materials from the collection, including the oral
history video interviews and associated transcript, have
been digitized and are available online at this site. A
finding aid and selected bibliography on Blackmun are also
available

Harmful error : investigating America's local prosecutors
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b269746

This site presents the results of an investigative study of prosecutorial misconduct in the U.S. conducted by the Center for Public Integrity. Sections of the site include Main Findings, Prosecutor Profiles, Analyses, Nationwide Numbers, Updates and Corrections, and a database searching option.

Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions / Maria Trombley. (Society of Professional Journalists)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b273298

This site is the online version of the Journalist's Guide to the Geneva Conventions, and provides access to the four Geneva Conventions, the two Protocols of 1977, as well
as the history of the Conventions. It also includes links to other treaties on human rights, weapons, and genocide, as well as an alphabetical index that provides references to specific convention text relevant to particular topics.

First Amendment Center.
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b270665

The First Amendment Center serves as a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, the right to assemble and petition the government. The Center, with offices at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and Arlington, Va., is an operating program of the Freedom Forum and is associated with the Newseum.

Admiralty and Maritime Law Guide.
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b270662

The Admiralty and Maritime Law Guide includes over 1,500 annotated links to admiralty law resources on the Internet and a growing database of admiralty case digests, opinions and international maritime conventions. The emphasis is on the law of the United States and the focus is on Internet resources that can be used in an effective and practical manner by admiralty attorneys and maritime professionals.

Transitional justice in post-Saddam Iraq: the road to re-establishing rule of law and restoring civil society: a blueprint.
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b270386

This report, dated March 2003, is the product of the Working Group on Transitional Justice of the Future of Iraq Project (Working Group), which worked in cooperation with the Iraqi Jurists'Association. Comprised primarily of prominent former Iraqi judges, lawyers and law professors, the Working Group embarked on this project in July 2002 in consultation with international experts in the areas of international criminal law, truth and reconciliation, post-conflict justice and military reform. The resulting Transitional Justice Plan is aimed at transforming an unstable and chaotic state, caused by a dictatorship with a legacy of gross human rights abuses, to a democratic pluralistic system which respects the rule of law.

National Governors' Association Online.
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b270151

This site presents information about the National Governors' Association (NGA), a bipartisan organization for the governors of the U.S. states, the commonwealths of the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico, and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The site includes an overview and history of the organization, which provides a forum for governors to exchange views and experiences. The NGA provides assistance in solving state-focused problems, information on state innovations and practices, and a bipartisan forum for governors to establish, influence, and implement policy on national issues. It posts press releases, along with contact information via mailing and e-mail addresses and telephone numbers. The site also contains a user-friendly comprehensive database of all past and present U.S. governors.

Copyright Bulletin. (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b269658

The Copyright Bulletin "aims to provide regular information on legal developments in the protection of copyright and neighbouring rights at the national and international levels." Available in English, French, and Spanish.

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School : documents in law, history and diplomacy
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b267128

The Avalon Project is dedicated to providing digital document access to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.

The German Law Journal : Review of Developments in German, European and International Jurisprudence
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b267870

The first and only on-line, English-language report on developments in German and European jurisprudence. With regard to both Public Law and Private Law in Germany, as well as European Law, GLJ provides thoughtful, quality reporting while inviting further commentary on and analysis of the issues on which it reports. GLJ's frequent publication schedule permits the most contemporary coverage. GLJ also provides coverage of German and European Legal Culture, including annoncements of conferences and other events of interest, book reviews, and coverage of appointments to the judiciary.

War Crimes Trials at Nuremberg. (Harvard Law School Library)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b267615

This site contains a collection of trial transcripts, briefs, document books, evidence files, and other documents relating to the trial of Nazi military and political leaders of the Third Reich before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) and to trials of other accused war criminals.

National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. (U.S. Office of the President)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b265671

"[This] an implementing component of the National Strategy for Homeland Security and is complemented by a National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets. The purpose of this document is to engage and empower Americans to secure the portions of cyberspace that they own, operate, control, or with which they interact. Securing cyberspace is a difficult strategic challenge that requires coordinated and focused effort from our entire society, the federal government, state and local governments, the private sector, and the American people."

Family Resource Guide on International Parental Kidnapping. (U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b266210

This PDF document offers descriptions and realistic assessments of available civil and criminal remedies, explains applicable laws, identifies public and private resources, and identifies strategies to help left behind parents recover their children or reestablish meaningful contact with them in another country.

The Oyez Project, Northwestern University.
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b265849

Presents Oyez Oyez Oyez, a multimedia database about the United States Supreme Court. Includes audio files of oral arguments, abstracts of key constitutional cases, and information on Supreme Court justices. Offers a virtual tour of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Lists justices alphabetically and in order of appointment.

Saddam Hussein : crimes and human rights abuses : a report on the human cost of Saddam's policies (Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b264891

This month's legal Website from London speaks for itself. The subject of this record conveys no political message from the University of Colorado or the Online Bibliographic Services SIS.

United Nations documentation : research guide (Dag Hammarskjöld Library)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b264886

This guide is designed for researchers and information professionals with an interest in United Nations documentation. It presents an overview of the various types of documents and publications issued by the Organization (e.g, reports, resolutions, meeting records, sales publications, press releases) and gives guidance on how to work with them. The Research Guide also provides information on actions taken by the General Assembly as well as the Security Council and introduces researchers to major fields of UN activities: disarmament, human rights, international law and peacekeeping."

Codes of Ethics Online Project (Center for the Study of Ethics in the
Professions at Illinois Institute of Technology)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b264885

This database of over 850 professional codes has been updated regularly since 1996. The codes are easily searched by subject categories. Included are early versions of codes of ethics of some organizations for convenient historical research. A literature review, an introduction to the codes, and a User Guide are included.

Tribal Law Journal (University of New Mexico School of Law)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b264274

This journal promotes indigenous self-determination by facilitating discussion of the internal law of the world's indigenous nations. The Tribal Law Journal provides native peoples, practitioners, and law students an opportunity to contribute their work to the discussion relating to internal indigenous law.

Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.'s Legislative Source Book.
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b261153

This site "contains extensive tabular analysis of Internet and on-line sources for legislative and regulatory information; guides to legislative history research; status tables on selected legislation; union list of legislative documents and tables on presidential issuances and congressional publications; links to state resources and House and Senate committee documents and hearings."

Law, Social Justice & Global Development (LGD)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b257943

An innovative new electronic law journal from the University of Warwick Law School covering a range of topics relating to legal issues surrounding the impact of globalisation on social development. It contains a diversity of materials including peer reviewed and non-refereed articles, commentaries, work in progress articles, book reviews, and conference reports and papers, as well as information papers, news and details of global conferences.

Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b258310

This site from the U.S. Dept. of State describes the status of
religious freedom in each foreign country, and government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world.

Web journal of current legal issues
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b257716

The focus of the journal is on current legal issues in judicial decisions, law reform, legislation, legal research, policy related socio-legal research, and information technology and practice. From University of Newcastle upon Tyne in association with Blackstone Press.

Genetic information and the workplace
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b233782

This 1998 report led to hearings recently held in Congress on protecting workers from discrimination based on their genetic makeup.

United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b245990

This UN site contains latest developments, basic legal documents, tribunal publicatons, judgements, and indictments and proceedings.

Introduction to basic legal citation
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b237206

Presents information on legal citation, provided by Peter W. Martin. Discusses the purposes of legal citation and the general types of citation rules. Highlights how to cite cases, constitutions, regulations, arbitrations, rules of evidence, law journal writing, and documents from earlier stages of a case. Contains example citations, as well as abbreviations and omissions used in citations. Offers information on underlining in citations and text.

Search jake
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b242321

JAKE is a free website developed at Yale Medical Library that allows you to search for a journal to see which databases index it and/or include the full-text. You can search by journal title; database title; ISSN; or citation to a specific article using journal title, volumes, issue, page and year. This site is unique in giving us a way to keep current on the constantly changing nature of serials in electronic format. There are roughly 23,000 journals included in 200 databases, and many are full-text.

All that JAS : journal abbreviation sources
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b245989

This site is a registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations or other types of abbreviated publication titles (e.g., conference proceedings titles). It includes "Bluebook Abbreviations of Law Review Titles" from the University of Washington, School of Law, Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library.

Famous trials (formerly: Famous American Trials)
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b241474

This site is from professor Doug Linder at UMKC. It's fun, easy to use, very informative and well worth a visit. A New York Times review found it, "a highly regarded Web site that tells the stories of famous trials by using a jazzy mix of transcripts, maps, pictures, audio clips, primary documents and essays."

A century of lawmaking for a new nation
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b243442

This is a remarkable site which brings together online the records and acts of Congress housed at the Law Library of Congress. It has a sophisticated easy-to-use search engine.

Municipal codes online
http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b241629

Links to city and county codes available for unrestricted searching on the World Wide Web, maintained by the Seattle Public Library.