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Bookshelf 1 (General Law Topics)
Books containing:
The Anglo-American Legal Traditions (notecard)
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN LEGAL TRADITION
Documents from Medieval and Early Modern England from the National Archives in London
Digitized and displayed through The O'Quinn Law Library of the University of Houston Law Center by license of the National Archives.
Sponsored by the University of Houston Law Center and by the University of Houston Department of History.
UK Statute Database (notecard)
The UK Statute Law Database (SLD) is the official revised edition of the primary legislation of the United Kingdom made available online.
http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk./Home.aspx
Magna Carta (notecard, link)
For more information about the Magna Carta, visit the British Library website at:
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/magnacarta/magna.html
Military Commissions Act of 2006; live URL to pdf of legislation (notecard, link)
Text:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:s3930es.txt.pdf
Keith Olbermann on "The Murder of Habeas Corpus"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUzUljH8EHU
Legislative history of S. 3930 (via Thomas, the legislative database of the Library of Congress):
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas
Voter Registration & Education (notecard)
"Fifty State Blue Book Guide."
Table with links to "blue books" for most U.S. states. These books are directories to each state's government, with material on topics such as branches of government, departments, and elections. Compiled by Daniel Cornwall, a librarian at the Alaska State Library.
http://web.acsalaska.net/~dcornwall/NLA2005/BlueBookList.html
GovTrack
GovTrack allows a user to monitor and track legislation, statements and votes by representatives, and bills under a specific subject.
League of Women Voters
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, has fought since 1920 to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. The League of Women Voters is strictly nonpartisan; it neither supports nor opposes candidates for office at any level of government. At the same time, the League is wholeheartedly political and works to influence policy through advocacy. The LWV provides information on candidates and issues at the national level and through its local leagues in every state.
Project Vote Smart
Provides info on candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings. Collects all available info on nominated, appointed, and elected judges and justices. Analyzes and tracks status of key legislation. Offers ?Voter's Self-Defense Manual,? an 80-page report on your congressional delegation (available online); the ?Reporter's Source Book?; and the Vote Smart Web Yellow Pages, a detailed sitemap and directory of special interests, advocacy groups, think tanks, and experts on all sides of most issues (available online).
http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
Rock the Vote: Political Power for Young People
Information about issues of interest to younger people (among others), such as health insurance, unemployment and education, and suggested action ( txt message your friends). Basic information about registering and voting, including links to confirm whether you are registered and find your polling place.
http://www.rockthevote.com/home.php
Sunlight Foundation
The goal of this organization is to use the "power of the Internet and new information technology to enable citizens to learn more about what Congress and their elected representatives are doing." The site features blogs, links to news, hints on conducting Congressional research, and the "Congresspedia," "the 'citizen's encyclopedia on Congress' that anyone can edit. Congresspedia is a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sunlight Foundation."?
http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/
University of Michigan Document Center: Poltical Science Resources
Collection of links on Election 2006, Iraq War, Terrorist Attack, Biographies, Blogs, Campaign Finances, Cartoons, Caucuses, Comprehensive Sites, Congress, Consultants, Cybercitizenry, Declassified Docs, ELECTIONS, Federal Government, Foreign Policy, Impeachment, Lobby Groups, Michigan Government, Minority Politicians, News Sources, Periodical Indexes, Periodicals, Photographs, Political Advertising, Political Parties/Organizations, President, Primaries, Public Opinion,
Public Policy Issues, State Governments, Statistics, and Think Tanks.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psusp.html
Watchdog Groups (notecard)
Citizens Against Government Waste
Aims to expose pork barrel spending in Congress and does in its Pig Book, which lists every earmark in Appropriations bills from 1991 to 2005, in its awards for Porker of the Month, and through detailed reports and graphs that expose the fast-growing industry of pork.
http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
CREW aims to expose corrupt practices in Washington and files motions and complaints to jump start investigations of these activities while issuing reports on members ethics.
http://www.citizensforethics.org/
Common Cause
Common Cause is a vehicle to citizens voices heard with chapters throughout the country advocating for an open, honest, and accountable government.
http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=186966
OMB Watch
OMB Watch promotes and advocates for accountability in government and legislation that serves the public interest.
Project On Government Oversight
POGO exposes provides oversight of government and its entanglement with special, corporate interests in reports that cover defense, homeland security, government contracting, open government, and energy and natural resources.
Taxpayers for Common Sense
Taxpayers for Common Sense aim to stop government spending while providing reports on pork barrel projects and earmarks in Congress.
Government Sites on Elections and Ethics (notecard)
Federal Election Commission
The Federal Election Commission maintains databases on political contributions to candidates, 527s, political action committees, and up to date information on federal election law and violations of the law.
Government Accountability Office
The Government Accountability Office provides extensive reports and testimony on a wide-range of issues including disaster preparedness, terrorism, homeland security, and the federal budget imbalance.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
The web page for the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform contains extensive reports undertaken by the chair Henry Waxman < (D-CA) on environmental issues, national security, health care, and a variety of other issues.
House Committee on Standards and Conduct
The House Committee on Standards and Conduct holds the investigative reports of past ethics investigations and links to the House ethics manual and other rules and guidelines lawmakers must follow.
Lobbying Disclosure Forms
The Senate website contains a searchable database of bi-annual lobbyist disclosure forms that can be searched by lobbyist, lobbying firm, client, government entity contacted, and many other useful criteria.
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/g_three_sections_with_teasers/lobbyingdisc.htm
Office of Government Ethics
The Office of Government Ethics provides information on all ethics laws, guidelines, and opinions pertaining to Executive office employees.
http://www.usoge.gov/index.html
Senate Select Committee on Ethics
The Senate Committee on Ethics lists past admonitions and press releases and contains links to the Senate ethics manual and guidelines for reporting private travel.
United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Voting Section Home Page
Information on Federal voting rights statutes and the department's role in enforcing them.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/
United States Department of Justice: United States Election 2004
This publication provides an introductory overview of the American electoral process for people who are not familiar with U.S. election practices and traditions. For "U.S. Elections 2004," we have asked seven experts, mostly political scientists, to explain significant aspects of the upcoming elections to international audiences who may have different ways of electing their government.
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/election04/
Money and Ethics in Politics (notecard)
Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity website contains information on Iraq and Katrina contracts, a lobbying database, and investigative reports on money in politics.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/default.aspx
Council on Government Ethics Law
COGEL provides a detailed research library containing links to dozens of ethics laws, statutes, and guidelines throughout the country.
Follow the Money: Institute on Money in State Politics
IMSP provides a researchable database of campaign contributions in state-level campaigns along with in-depth research and reports on important figures in the states, particular lobbies and industries, and analyses of state-level campaign contributions.
http://www.followthemoney.org/
Open Secrets: Your Guide to the Money in U.S. Elections
Track contributions by industry; check up on the congressional, Senate and presidential candidates; search for contribution info by geographic area; look up individual donors; and search the new lobbyist database for companies, lobbying firms, industry, issue, or agency.
Political Money Line
Political Money Line is a subscription service that provides searchable databases of political contributions to candidates and political action committees (PACs), 527s, personal financial disclosures, lobbyists, lobbying firms, and lobbying disclosure forms, congressional travel info, and profiles of industries, donors, and members of Congress. ($$ Subscription required for most of the site $$)
Public Campaign
Public Campaign seeks the public financing of elections and elimination of corporate influence peddling in federal, state, and local elections. Public Campaign offers numerous publications on how corporate money influences politicians and how clean election reforms work.
Public Citizen
Public Citizens Congress Watch issues reports on a variety of subjects including the influence held by special interest groups through lobbying, the use of stealth PACs disguised as 501(c)3 non-profits, and money in Presidential politics.
Read the Bill
Read the Bill seeks the enactment of the 72-hour sunshine reform that would make every bill available online 72 hours prior to a vote and also tracks news on process reforms in both the House and Senate.
Hamdan v Rumsfeld (syllabus of US Supreme Court decision; live URL to pdf of complete text)
This is the syllabus (unofficial summary) of the US Supreme Court's June 2006 decision re Guantanamo Bay prisoner Salim Ahmed Hamdan. For the full text of the opinion, visit http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/05pdf/05-184.pdf
100 Hours (110th Congress) (notecard)
http://www.speaker.gov/legislation?id=0003
Bookshelf 2 (Law and Virtual Worlds)
Books containing:
Jankowich, Andrew E. Property and Democracy in Virtual Worlds. 11 Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law 173 (2005) (notecard, link)
Jankowich, Andrew E. Property and Democracy in Virtual Worlds. 11 Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law 173 (2005)
http://www.bu.edu/law/scitech/volume11issue2/JankowichArticleWEB.pdf
"Law Review Articles Dealing with Virtual Worlds and Online Gaming (Bibliography). By Cat Galileo
Law Review Articles Dealing with Virtual Worlds and Online Gaming.
Bibliography
By Cat Galileo (Kate Fitz)
Sept. 30, 2006
*work in progress*
N.B.: Many of the sources below were gathered together in Andrew E. Jankowich's "Property and Democracy in Virtual Worlds." 11 Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law 173 (2005)
Lawsuits
Becker, David "Game Exchange Suit Goes to Court," C|Net News.com, Feb. 7, 2002, http://news.com.com/Game+exchange+dispute+goes+to+court/2100-1040_3-832347.html
Lawsuit Fires Up in Case of Vanishing Virtual Weapons, China Daily, Nov. 20, 2003, at http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/20/content_283202.htm
Law Review (and some other) Articles
Balkin, Jack M. Virtual Liberty: Freedom to Design and Freedom to Play in Virtual Worlds, 90 Va. L. Rev. 2043 (2004) http://www.virginialawreview.org/page.php?s=content&p=archives. (Not currently available on website; available via Lexis, Westlaw, Hein Online)
Balkin, Jack M., Law and Liberty in Virtual Worlds, 49 New York Law School Law Review 63 (2004) (Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium) 2004 http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/v49n1p63-80.pdf
Bartle, Richard A., Virtual Worldliness: What the Imaginary Asks of the Real, 49 New York Law School Law Review 19 (2004) (Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium) 2004 http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/v49n1p19-44.pdf
Bilstad, Blake T. Obscenity and Indecency in a Digital Age: The Legal and Political Implications of Cybersmut, Virtual Pornography, and the Communications Decency Act of 1996, 13 Santa Clara Computer and High-Technology Law Journal 321 (1997) http://www.scu.edu/techlaw/index.html. Text not available on site.
Byassee, William S. Jurisdiction of Cyberspace: Applying Real World Precedent to the Virtual Community, 30 WAKE FOREST L. REV. 197 (1995) (emphasizing the importance of recognizing differences between on-line and physical interactions, and discussing that autonomous jurisdiction is a utopian solution) http://law.wfu.edu/lawreview.xml (text not available on line)
Castronova, Edward Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Fronteir 38 (CESifo Working Paper Series No. 618, 2001) at http://ssrn.com/abstract_id=294828
Castronova, Edward On Virtual Economies, (CESifo Working Paper Series No. 752, 2002), at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers/cfm?abstract_id=338500
Castronova, Edward The Price of "Man" and "Woman": A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthetic World 22 (CESifo Working Paper Series No. 957, 2003), at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers/cfm?abstract_id=415043
Castronova, Edward The Right to Play, 49 NYL Sch. L. Rev. 185 (2003) http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/v49n1p185-210.pdf
Castronova, Edward Theory of the Avatar (CESifo Working Paper Series No. 863, 2003), at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers/cfm?abstract_id=385103
Christensen, Kory D., Note, Fighting Software Piracy in Cyberspace: Legal and Technological Solutions, 28 Law and Policy in International Business 435 (1996-1997) http://www.law.georgetown.edu/journals/gjil/index.html (text not available on site)
Computer and High Tech Law Journal Symposium - Rules & (and) Borders - Regulating Digital Environments - February 11, 2005 - Panel 3 - Ownership in Online Worlds Symposium Review, 21 Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal 807 (2004-2005)
Dibbell, Julian, A Rape in Cyberspace: How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database Into a Society, THE VILLAGE VOICE, Dec. 23, 1993, available at http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/bungle_
vv.html (last visited Feb. 27, 2004). Julian Dibbells famous 1993 article described a virtual rape by a character named Mr. Bungle committed in LambdaMOO, a MUD (Multi User Dimension), an earlier version of todays virtual worlds. Mr. Bungle was subjected to shunning from the other players and he was eventually eliminated or toaded by one of the games designers or wizards.
Dibbell, Julian, Owned!: Intellectual Property in the Age of Dupers, Gold Farmers, eBayers, and Other Enemies of the Virtual State, available at http://www.nyls.edu/docs/dibbell.pdf (last visited, Feb. 28, 2004).
Dogan, Stacey, L., Liu, Joseph P. Copyright Law and Subject Matter Specificity: The Case of Computer Software, 61 New York University Annual Survey of American Law 203 (2005-2006) http://www.nyu.edu/pubs/annualsurvey/articles/61%20N.Y.U.%20Ann.%20Surv.%20Am.%20L.%20203%20(2005).pdf
Effross, Walter A. Legal Architecture of Virtual Stores: World Wide Web Sites and the Uniform Commercial Code, The Symposium--Internet's Role in the Commercial Marketplace and Personal Rights and Constitutional Issues Related to the Internet, 34 San Diego Law Review 1263 (1997). 'Virtual Stores' on the Web raise a myriad of traditional legal controversies in a new forum: the battle of the forms among purchasers and sellers; jurisdictional concerns and conflict-of-law problems; and the enforceability of contracts. This wide-ranging article analyzes law regarding these issues, with particular emphasis on the U.C.C. http://www.sandiego.edu/usdlaw/about/publications/journals/lawreview/issues/index.php?vol=34&issue=3 (text not on web site)
Egan, Patrick T., Note, Virtual Community Standards: Should Obscenity Law Recognize the Contemporary Community Standard of Cyberspace? 30 Suffolk University Law Review 117 (1996-1997) http://www.law.suffolk.edu/highlights/stuorgs/lawreview/ (text not on web site)
Gleason, David H. & Lawrence Friedman, Toward an Accessible Conception of Cyberspace, 28 Vermont Law Review 299 (2003-2004) http://www.vermontlawreview.com/default.htm (text not on web site)
Grimmelmann, James, Free as in Gaming, at http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modueles.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1290 (Dec 4, 2004)
Grimmelmann, James, Virtual Worlds as Comparative Law, 49 New York Law School Law Review 147 (2004) (Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium) 2004 http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/v49n1p147-184.pdf
Gross, M. Case Note, Sega Enterprises v. Maphia Intellectual Property - Copyright: Infringement: Contributory and Vicarious Liability, 13 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 101 (1998) http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol13/index.htm (text not yet on site)
Hammond, Allen S. Reflections on the Myth of Icarus in the Age of Information, 19 Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal 407 (2002-2003) http://www.scu.edu/techlaw/index.html. Text not available on site..
Hunter, Dan Cyberspace as Place, and the Tragedy of the Digital Anticommons, 91 Cal. L. Rev. 439 (2003) http://clr.boalt.org/ (text not available on site)
Jankowich, Andrew E. Property and Democracy in Virtual Worlds, 11 Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law 173 (2005) http://www.bu.edu/law/scitech/volume11issue2/JankowichArticleWEB.pdf
Johnson, David R., How Online Games May Change the Law and Legally Significant Institutions, 49 New York Law School Law Review 51 (2004) (Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium) 2004 http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/v49n1p51-62.pdf
Judmaier, Peter, Violence in Virtual Societies 49 New York Law School Law Review (2004) (Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium) 2004 http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/Judmaier.pdf (not published in journal; available on web site)
Katsh, Ethan, Bringing Online Dispute Resolution to Virtual Worlds: Creating Processes Through Code, 49 New York Law School Law Review 271 (2004) (Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium) 2004 http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/v49n1p271-291.pdf
Lastowka F. Gregory & Dan Hunter, The Laws of the Virtual Worlds, 92 Cal. L. Rev. 3 (2004) http://clr.boalt.org/ (text not available on site)
Lastowska, F. Gregory & Hunter, Dan, Virtual Crimes, 49 New York Law School Law Review 293 (2004) (Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium) 2004 http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/v49n1p293-316.pdf
Lemley, Mark A., Place and Cyberspace 91 CALIF. L. REV. 521 (2003) http://clr.boalt.org/ (text not available on site)
Madison, Michael J. Narratives of Cyberspace Law (or, Learning from Casablanca), 27 Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts 249 (2003-2004) http://www.lawandarts.org/index.html (text not yet available on site)
Matei, Sorin. Impact of State-Level Social Capital on the Emergence of Virtual Communities, 48 Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 23 (2004) http://www.beaweb.org/jobem/info.html (text not available on site)
Mnookin, Jennifer L. Virtual(ly) Law: The Emergence of Law in LambdaMOO,
2 J. COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMM. (1996) (describing the rise of community norms in the
virtual space of LamdaMOO), available at http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol2/issue1/
lambda.html (last visited Feb. 27, 2004)
Montpas, Scott M., Comment, Gambling On-line: For a Hundred Dollars, I Bet You Government Regulation Will Not Stop the Newest Form of Gambling, 22 University of Dayton Law Review 163 (1996-1997) http://law.udayton.edu/LawReview/default.asp (text not available on site)
Noveck, Beth Simone, Introduction: The State of Play 49 New York Law School Law Review 185 (2004) (Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium) 2004 185 (available on the web at http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/v49n1p185-210.pdf)
Ogbu, Cecilia., Note, I Put Up a Website About My Favorite Show and All I Got was This Lousy Cease-and-Desist Letter: The Intersection of Fan Sites, Internet Culture, and Copyright Owners, 12 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 279 (2002-2003) http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~idjlaw/ (Issue 12:2, available on site)
Ondrejka, Cory Escaping the Gilded Cage: User Created Content and Building the Metaverse, 49 N.Y.L Sch. L. Rev. 81 (2004) http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/v49n1p81-101.pdf
Pearce, Celia, Emergent Authorship: The Next Interactive Revolution, 26 COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS 21 (Feb. 2002) (reporting that the parents of an EverQuest player who bought him a high-level character for his birthday tried to hold the developers accountable when he subsequently got it killed). It is not clear from her paper the extent to which lawyers became involved, however, nor whether the anecdote is basically true or merely an urban legend.
Perritt, Jr., Henry H. President Clinton's National Information Infrastructure Initiative: Community Regained?, 69 CHI.-KENT L. REV. 991 (1994) (Charles Green Lecture) (exploring the role of new computer and communications technologies in undermining traditional communities and facilitating new ones);
Perritt, Jr., Henry H. Dispute Resolution in Electronic Network Communities, 38 VILL. L. REV. 349 (1993)
Reynolds, Ben, Hands Off MY Avatar: Issues with Claims of Virtual Property and Identity (Sept. 2003), available at http://www.ren-reynolds.com/downloads/HandsOffMYavatar.doc.
Robbins, Nicholas, Note, Baby Needs a New Pair of Cybershoes: The Legality of Casino Gambling on the Internet, 2 Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law 150 (1996) http://www.bu.edu/law/scitech/volume2/2JSTL07.PDF
Sayle, Amber Jene, Notes and Comments, Net Nation and the Digital Revolution: Regulation of Offensive Material for an New Community, 18 Wisconsin International Law Journal 257 (2000) Abstract: Most governments are just now realizing how little real control they have over the Internet, and how ineffective are the sporadic attempts to regulate its content. Nations have diverse opinions on a number of fundamental concepts such as politics, religion, and so on, and because of this diversity, the intent behind many national laws, which regulate content on the Internet, is ruined. This Article focuses on the problems with the current state of regulation of the Internet, application of current law to the Web, e-mail, and chat rooms. It provides the history and the nature of the Web and presents a detailed description of three widely divergent national regulations of the Web (Germany, the United States, and Japan), regulation of child pornography. The Article analyzes and critiques the current regulation efforts and discusses possible outcomes of the continuation of current policies (specifically, why international regulation will be unsuccessful). This Article concludes with a suggestion, the Net Nation: an international agreement which would allow a guiding, unified. Net law to take precedence in disputes arising from on-line content between citizens from different nations or, in criminal proceedings, between one nation and citizens from a different nation. http://www.law.wisc.edu/students/wilj/ (text not available on site)
Schwarz, Andrew D., Bullis, Robert. Rivalrous Consumption and the Boundaries of Copyright Law: Intellectual Property Lessons from Online Games, 10 Intellectual Property Law Bulletin 13 (2005-2006) (text not yet on site)
Spaight, Tracy, Who Killed Miss Norway? 49 New York Law School Law Review (2004) (Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium) 2004 http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/Spaight.pdf (first printed in Salon, April 14, 2003 http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2003/04/14/who_killed_miss_norway/index.html not published in journal; available on web site)
Stephens, Molly Note, Sales of In-Game Assets: An Illustration of the Continuing Failure of Intellectual Property Law to Protect Digital-Content Creators, 80 Tex. L. Rev. 1513 (2002) Abstract:: Massively multi-player, online games have become more than just entertainment for players who have sold their characters and in-game assets to other players for thousands of dollars. These asset sales do not have the approval of the game developers, however, and some developers have attempted to ban asset sales by asserting copyright infringement. This Note analyzes the validity of the developers infringement assertions and explores potential intellectual property theories that protect players who sell their assets. http://www.utexas.edu/law/journals/tlr/abstracts/Volume%2080/Stephens.htm (text not available on site)
Stevens, Jacqueline, Legal Aesthetics of the Family and the Nation: AgoraXchange and Notes Toward Re-Imaging the Future, 49 New York Law School Law Review 317 (2004) (Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium) 2004 http://www.nyls.edu/pdfs/v49n1p317-352.pdf
Terdiman, Daniel "Virtual Trade Tough Nut to Crack," Wired, Dec. 20, 2004, at www.wired.com/news/avantgo/story/0,2278,66074-00.html
Willhite, John M., Note, NTN Communications v. Interactive Network: Denial of Copyright and Trademark Protection for Interactive Games. 16 Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal 789 (1995-1996) http://elr.lls.edu/index.html (text not available on site)
Yamagami, Donald S., Comment, Prosecuting Cyber-Pedophiles: How Can Intent be Shown in a Virtual World in Light of the Fantasy Defense, 41 Santa Clara Law Review 547 (2000-2001) http://www.scu.edu/law/lawreview/index.html (text not available on site)
Yen, Alfred Western Frontier or Feudal Society, Metaphors and Perceptions of Cyberspace, 17 Berkeley Tech. L. J. 1207 (2002) http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol17/Yen.stripped.pdf
Kinitsky, David Brett. "Software copyright law and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act under the microscope: Blizzard v. Bnetd as lens." Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 24.1 (Spring 2006): 367-384.
Johnson, David R. "How online games may change the law and legally significant institutions.(Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium: State of Play)." New York Law School Law Review 49.1 (Wntr 2005): NA. I
Kane, Sean F. "Virtual wealth management." New Jersey Law Journal (Sept 11, 2006): NA.
"Who's in charge of who I am? Identity and law online.(Institute for Information Law and Policy Symposium: State of Play)." New York Law School Law Review 49.1 (Wntr 2005): NA.
Unlawful Internet Gambling Act of 2006 & Second Life: Is SL-ingo Now Illegal? (notecard)
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 and Second Life
On Sept. 30, Congress passed the "Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006" as Title VIII of the "Safe Port Act," HR 4954. President Bush signed the act on Oct. 13, and it became Public LaLaw No: 109-347. See THOMAS, the Library of Congress' legislative information site:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR04954:@@@R
Is SL gambling illegal?
Linden's lawyer gives his opinion:
http://secondlife.com/knowledgebase/article.php?id=291
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 Analyzed
NELSON ROSE, PROFESSOR OF LAW, WHITTIER LAW SCHOOL
http://www.gamblingandthelaw.com/columns/2006_act.htm
According to Prof. Rose, "The Act is title VIII of a completely unrelated bill, the Safe Port Act, HR 4954, dealing with port security." Text of the Unlawful Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 can be found on pages 213-244:
http://www.saveonlinegaming.com/hr49543.pdf
"News Reports," bibliography by Cat Galileo (notecard)
http://sllawspot.pbwiki.com/News%20Reports
"Litigation," bibliography by Cat Galileo (notecard)
These will mostly be news reports but will include any published cases located.
Becker, David "Game Exchange Suit Goes to Court," C|Net News.com, Feb. 7, 2002, http://news.com.com/Game+exchange+dispute+goes+to+court/2100-1040_3-832347.html
Lawsuit Fires Up in Case of Vanishing Virtual Weapons, China Daily, Nov. 20, 2003, at http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/20/content_283202.htm
Qualters, Sheri. "A suit over land that exists in a computer.(California)." The National Law Journal (Oct 23, 2006): NA. InfoTrac OneFile. Thomson Gale. Alameda Free Library. 15 Jan. 2007 (Bragg v Linden)
<http://find.galegroup.com/ips/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=IPS&docId=A153504032&source=gale&userGroupName=alamedafree_main&version=1.0>.
Full Text:COPYRIGHT 2006 American Lawyer Media L.P.
Bragg v. Linden
Bragg v. Linden Research, Inc. and Philip Rosedale (06-cv-04925, US DC (ED Penn)) is an on-going lawsuit between a Resident and landowner, Mark Bragg, and Linden. Bragg used what LL characterizes as an exploit to purchase land below market value. In response, LL disabled his account. Bragg filed suit in Pennsylvania state court; Linden removed the case to federal court, and later moved to compel arbitration. The case was the basis for an in-world mock trial held as part of Harvard Law School’s three-week “Evidence 2007" course (which was conducted partly in Second Life) .
2. The documents filed with the Courts are available as downloads from this site, along with links to many articles of news and analysis about legal and economic issues related to Second Life. Note: sponsorship of the site is unknown.
http://secondlife.typepad.com/second_life_lawsuit_bragg/
3. The Evidence 2007 (Harvard Law School) "CyberOne wiki" contains class material and discussions, and includes material from the mock trial.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/wiki/Evidence_2007
4. The transcript of the jury deliberations in the mock trial can be found here:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/wiki/Jury_deliberation_Transcript
"Books," bibliography by Cat Galileo (notecard)
http://sllawspot.pbwiki.com/Books
DOPA Dies on the Vine (Deleting Online Predators Act) info (notecard)
http://sllawspot.pbwiki.com/DOPA%20%20Dies%20on%20the%20Vine
S. 49, Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act
"More bad news for libraries. According to THOMAS, the latest iteration of DOPA is b-a-a-ack. That's the bill that would require libraries and schools with erate to block MySpace etc.
"DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act) is now part of S 49, Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act introduced by Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) Jan. 4, 2007. It's now in referral to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
"It's time to contact your senator if he or she is on this committee. Last year, it sailed through the House, but didn't make it to the Senate."
-Mary Minow, J.D., A.M.L.S., "LibraryLaw Blog"
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2007/01/fate_of_myspace.html
Text (as introduced 1/4/07):
Overview of 2006 legislation (Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deleting_Online_Predators_Act_of_2006
Legislative history:
S. 49, Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act
"More bad news for libraries. According to THOMAS, the latest iteration of DOPA is b-a-a-ack. That's the bill that would require libraries and schools with erate to block MySpace etc.
"DOPA (Deleting Online Predators Act) is now part of S 49, Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act introduced by Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) Jan. 4, 2007. It's now in referral to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
"It's time to contact your senator if he or she is on this committee. Last year, it sailed through the House, but didn't make it to the Senate."
-Mary Minow, J.D., A.M.L.S., "LibraryLaw Blog"
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2007/01/fate_of_myspace.html
Text (as introduced 1/4/07):
Overview of 2006 legislation (Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deleting_Online_Predators_Act_of_2006
Legislative history:
Second Life - Lawsuit. Bragg v. Linden, et al.
Bragg v. Linden Research, Inc. and Philip Rosedale (06-cv-04925, US DC (ED Penn)) is an on-going lawsuit between a Resident and landowner, Mark Bragg, and Linden. Bragg used what LL characterizes as an exploit to purchase land below market value. In response, LL disabled his account. Bragg filed suit in Pennsylvania state court; Linden removed the case to federal court, and later moved to compel arbitration. The case was the basis for an in-world mock trial held as part of Harvard Law School’s three-week “Evidence 2007" course (which was conducted partly in Second Life) .
The documents filed with the Courts are available as downloads from this site, along with links to many articles of news and analysis about legal and economic issues related to Second Life. Note: sponsorship of the site is unknown.
http://secondlife.typepad.com/second_life_lawsuit_bragg/
The Evidence 2007 (Harvard Law School) "CyberOne wiki" contains class material and discussions, and includes material from the mock trial.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/wiki/Evidence_2007
The transcript of the jury deliberations in the mock trial can be found here:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/wiki/Jury_deliberation_Transcript
***New***Linden Economy and Legalities
Terms of Service:
http://secondlife.com/corporate/tos.php
Economic stats for Second Life
http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php
"The Marketplace:
http://secondlife.com/whatis/marketplace.php
Links to the official Linden statements and info on:
Official Linden blog entries on the economy
http://blog.secondlife.com/tag/economy/
SL History Wiki
http://www.slhistory.org/index.php/Main_Page
Are Linden Dollars Real Money?
Ginsu Linden
Linden Lab Employee
http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=140841 (must log in to view)
***New*** Ultima Online: Justice in a Virtual World
Original article:
Ultima Online: Justice in a Virtual World
by Paul Joseph, Nova Southeastern University Law Center (January 1998)
http://www.usfca.edu/pj/articles/Ultima.htm
Comments:
Virtually Blind, January 22nd, 2007 by Benjamin Duranske
http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/01/22/justice-in-ultima-online-predictions-from-1998/
Posters containing notecard and links to:
-Constitution of the United States
For more information about the Constitution, including the full text, visit:
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html
- speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Audio clips located at http://www-leland.stanford.edu/group/King/liberation_curriculum/
"I Have a Dream"
Address Delivered at the March on Washington
August 28, 1963
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/speeches/address_at_march_on_washington.pdf
Letter from Birminham Jail
April 16, 1963
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf
Beyond Vietnam
New York City
April 4, 1967
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/speeches/Beyond_Vietnam.pdf
"I've Been to the Mountaintop"
April 3, 1968
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/speeches/I%27ve_been_to_the_mountaintop.pdf
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biographical Sketch
LSU Libraries, Loiusiana State University
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
"The 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." This site features papers, speeches, sermons, a biography, an excerpt from his autobiography, a chronology, and articles. Includes related links. From Stanford University."
URL: http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/ (lii.org)
Citizen King
"Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that "explores the last five years in King's life by drawing on the personal recollections and eyewitness accounts of friends, movement associates, journalists, law enforcement officers, and historians, to illuminate this little-known chapter in the story of America's most important and influential moral leader." Includes interview, an opinion poll, links to timelines, maps, and a teacher's guide."
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/ (lii.org)
Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Civil Rights Movement
"Information on Martin Luther King, Jr., including a biography, text of speeches and writings, some audio features, photographs, and a timeline of Dr. King's life and the civil rights movement. Also provides study guides, a quiz, and resource links, as well as reflections from others and an article about the holiday."
URL: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/ (lli.org)
***New***Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Prior to being a jurist, he was a lawyer who was best remembered for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for his victory in the Brown v. Board of Education case. --Wikipedia, Feb. 11, 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall)
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary, by Juan Williams
http://www.thurgoodmarshall.com/
This website (which promotes a biography by Juan Williams) contains links to speeches, photos, and interviews with Justice Marshall.
8 Computer monitors on desks with links to:
Travel Guide: Law in Second Life
Travel Guide to Law Related Places and Activities within Second Life
1. The SL Law Spot, Info Island, Parvenu Tower, Third Floor
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info Island/216/24/44/?title=Info Island
2. NSU Law in Cybrary City 2
Nova Southeastern University Law Library
3. Second Life Bar Association (SLBA)
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sallow/185/247/27/?title=Sallow
Founded by Benjamin Noble
An informal professional organization to promote the development of civil law in Second Life and assist attorney and scholar members navigate the Second Life legal landscape. Membership is free. Meetings are held regularly. Attorneys, legal scholars, and other legal professionals are encouraged to join.
4. Berkman Island
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/106/70/24/?title=Berkman
"The Berkman Island is a collaboration between individuals associated with the real-life Berkman Center and Second Life citizens. Members of the community have helped landscape, enrich and create unique content." The island includes "an in-world broadcasting center and a 3D replica of the Ames Courtroom at the Harvard Law School."
You can visit the website of the fall, 2006 course "CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion," taught partially in-world by Professor Charles Nesson, Rebecca Nesson, and Gene Koo, at:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/
5. Confederation of Democratic Simulators (”CDS”)
Neufreistadt
Colonia Nova
"The Confederation of Democratic Simulators is a Democratic Republic forged to provide residents with a secure environment to work, live and play in. Currently, the CDS consists of one region, Neufreistadt, with another region in the planning process, Colonia Nova. Neufreistadt is one of Second Life’s oldest resident-governed regions and is widely known for its unique combination of politics, fog, and Bavarian architecture. Colonia Nova, a Roman themed simulator, is currently under development."
The CDS constitution provides for a Representative Assembly, an Artisanal Collective (guild),the Philosophic Branch (Scientific Council), and Judiciary Branch.
CDS Blog: http://colonianova.wordpress.com/new-residents/
Law and Virtual Worlds - Blogs, etc
Law and Virtual Worlds discussions: Blogs etc
1. Virtually Blind: Justice, Law and Politics of Virtual Worlds
by Benjamin Duranske
"About Virtually Blind: Virtually Blind is a regularly updated blog on "virtual law." It follows legal issues related to virtual worlds, covering both virtual-world and real-world news and events."
Second Life - Lawsuit. Bragg v. Linden, et al.
Bragg v. Linden Research, Inc. and Philip Rosedale (06-cv-04925, US DC (ED Penn)) is an on-going lawsuit between a Resident and landowner, Mark Bragg, and Linden. Bragg used what LL characterizes as an exploit to purchase land below market value. In response, LL disabled his account. Bragg filed suit in Pennsylvania state court; Linden removed the case to federal court, and later moved to compel arbitration. The case was the basis for an in-world mock trial held as part of Harvard Law School’s three-week “Evidence 2007" course (which was conducted partly in Second Life) .
2. The documents filed with the Courts are available as downloads from this site, along with links to many articles of news and analysis about legal and economic issues related to Second Life. Note: sponsorship of the site is unknown.
http://secondlife.typepad.com/second_life_lawsuit_bragg/
3. The Evidence 2007 (Harvard Law School) "CyberOne wiki" contains class material and discussions, and includes material from the mock trial.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/wiki/Evidence_2007
4. The transcript of the jury deliberations in the mock trial can be found here:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/wiki/Jury_deliberation_Transcript
United States Code (House of Rep. site)
1. United States Code
The United States Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. The Code is available free online via the House of Representatives Office of the Law Revision Counsel. The Codes can be keyword searched or pulled up by citation. You can also download titles and chapters of the U.S. Code or view a list of titles, or view the Classification Tables listing sections of the U.S. Code affected by recently enacted laws.
2. Thomas - " legislative information from the Library of Congress"
The Library of Congress' legislative tracking site, where you can follow current legislation and research the history of previous legislation for free online. It offers links to:
# Bills, Resolutions
# Congressional Record
# Presidential Nominations
# Treaties
# Committee Reports
# Government Resources
1. Lectric Law Library's Layperson's Lounge
The 'Lectric Law Library collects and presents a vast array of legal resources, leavening the collection with a healthy dose of sarcastic humor. The Layperson's Lounge, one section of this site, provides info geared at non-lawyers on commonly encountered issues, including:
--Dealing with the Legal System
--Dealing with the LAWYER System
--Wills, Estate Planning & the Like
--Consumer Rights & Protection
--Employment Issues
--Information For Investors
--Other Assorted Items -Flotsam & Jetsam on an Eclectic Multitude of Subjects
http://www.lectlaw.com/lay.html
2. Cornell Legal Research Engine
This "custom Google" search engine provides "easy access to authoritative legal research guides on every subject." There are also links to a "New Student Survival Guide," "Legal Research Fundamentals," "U.S. Research Guides by Topic," and "Foreign & Int'l Research Guides."
http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/guides/researchengine.asp
3. Justia
Provides brief and informative articles on dozens of legal practice areas, with plain English explanations and links to additional Web resources. From the founder of FindLaw.
4. Emory Law School Megasite
A collection of links to hundreds of subject-specific pages on five major free law megasites (Cornell LII, FindLaw, Hieros Gamos, MegaLaw, and WashLaw Web). If you need an article on a particular topic, this chart will show you which of the megasites to visit.
http://www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/index.php?id=2565
5. Washlaw WEB
Washlaw (a service of Washburn University School of Law) strives to provide users with links to all known law-related materials on the Internet. Its subject index "includes links to all law specialty sites and is organized according to the 'section' breakdown for the Association of American Law Schools (AALS)."
http://www.washlaw.edu/subject/
6. Cornell LII "Wex"
Wex is an ambitious effort to construct a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia. It is sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School (http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/).
http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Category:Overview
7. FindLaw
Resources by practice area. Includes articles as well as links to resources like Classifieds, Attorneys who specialize in the area, , government agencies, laws and government documents, and related web sites.
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/
8. Hieros Gamos
Similar to FindLaw's index, HG provides links to articles as well as many other resources by topic.
http://www.hg.org/practiceareas.html
9. MegaLaw
MegaLaw has over 230 law topics. Provides links to relevant cases, statutes, and related web sites.
1. GLIN (Global Legal Information Network) (Law Library of Congress)
The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) is a public database of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations. These GLIN members contribute the official full texts of published documents to the database in their original language. Each document is accompanied by a summary in English and subject terms selected from the multilingual index to GLIN. All summaries are available to the public, and public access to full texts is also available in participating jurisdictions.
http://www.glin.gov/search.action
2. GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
Reference Sources for Nations and Regions. Aggregates links to Constitutions, Executive, Judicial, Legislative information for many nations, research strategies for international law, and general information on the legal systems and governments of nations around the world.
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/multiref.html
3. GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR, an electronic publication of the Law Library of Congress, is intended for those who have an interest in legal developments from around the world. This online publication will be updated frequently, drawing upon information selected from the Global Legal Network, official national legal publications, and reliable press sources. Occasionally, a special section may be added to include lectures, conferences, symposia, and exhibits on timely legal topics sponsored by the Law Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/law/public/glm/index.html
4. HURIDOCS (Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International)
HuriSearch
HURIDOCS is "a global capacity-building network of organisations that uses documentation techniques, monitoring methods, information management systems and available technologies in the defence of human rights and the prevention of abuses." HuriSearch is the orgainzations' "comprehensive search engine specialised in human rights information," with direct access to the content of over 3000 human rights websites.
"Possible ways to use HuriSearch:
* To search for information on the fate of an individual, the human rights situation in a country, or information about any human rights issue or theme.
* To search the content of a particular website, perhaps even your own! HuriSearch will probably offer you a more powerful way of searching your own website than the search engine provided by your ISP. HURIDOCS can make a dedicated search box available to webmasters on request.
* To look for newsletters on a particular topic (just type "newsletter" and the name of your topic), RSS feeds, or even job vacancies."
5. Cornell University Law School Foreign and International Law
Includes links to:
* Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic
* Australia
* Chile Declassification Project
* European Union
* Foreign and International Law Guide
* French Law in Action
* Germain's French Law Guide
* Germain's Int'l Court of Justice Guide
* International Commercial Arbitration Guide
* International Intellectual Property Guide
* International Labour Organization Guide
http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/guides/foreign.asp
6. ForIntLaw (Washburn University School of Law Library)
"The foreign and international law web is a service of the Washburn University School of Law Library. Our goal is to provide links to primary foreign and international legal resources, research aids, and sites useful in conducting research in these areas of the law."
http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/forintmain.html
7. American Society of International Law
ASILEX is a searchable bibliographic index devoted exclusively to ASIL publications, including:
* American Journal of International Law – from 1990 to present
* International Legal Materials -- from 1990 to the present
* ASIL Proceedings – from 1990 to present
* ASIL Newsletter -- from 1990 to present
and selected books and occasional papers from 1964 to present.
http://www.asil.org/system/asilex.htm
8. Center for International Environmental Law
"The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a nonprofit organization working to use international law and institutions to protect the environment, promote human health, and ensure a just and sustainable society. "
9. Electronic Information System for International Law
"EISIL has been developed, with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, by the American Society of International Law (ASIL), a scholarly association that has been a leader in the analysis, dissemination and development of international law since 1906.
..."EISIL offers the international law expert the depth of resources for sophisticated legal research. At the same time, EISIL can provide the novice researcher with the information needed to undertake a successful search. The comprehensive scope of EISIL enhances its potential as a research and teaching tool."
10. European Journal of International Law
"Each issue of the EJIL provides a forum for the exploration of the conceptual and theoretical dimensions of international law as well as for up-to-date analysis of topical issues. Additionally, it is the only journal to provide systematic coverage of the relationship between international law and the law of the European Union and its Member States."
11. GlobaLex from Hauser Global Law School Program
"GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research. Published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law, GlobaLex is committed to the dissemination of high-level international, foreign, and comparative law research tools in order to accommodate the needs of an increasingly global educational and practicing legal world.
"The information and articles published by GlobaLex represent both research and teaching resources used by legal academics, practitioners and other specialists around the world who are active either in foreign, international, and comparative law research or those focusing on their own domestic law. The guides and articles published are written by scholars well known in their respective fields and are recommended as a legal resource by universities, library schools, and legal training courses. The tools available in GlobaLex will continue to expand to cover international law topics, countries and legal systems thus providing a coherent and encompassing research tool for all constituencies."
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/
12. Hieros Gamos International Law
"This section deals only with the principal international documents, treaties and governmental agencies. Specific treaties, laws, or agencies for a specific practice area have been placed in the appropriate area for your ease of use. The principal practice areas related to private and public international law are trade, commercial, human rights, war & peace, intellectual property, and litigation."
http://www.hg.org/internat.html
13. International Law Institute
"Since its founding as part of Georgetown University in 1955, the ILI has provided training and technical assistance to find practical solutions to the legal, economic and financial problems of developing countries — training over 14,000 officials, managers, and practitioners from more than 185 countries since its first seminar in 1971. Since 1983, ILI has been an independent, non-profit educational institution serving an international constituency of government officials, legal and business professionals and scholars from its headquarters in Washington, D.C."
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1. US Codes, Regulations, Case law (FindLaw)
FindLaw provides a search interface for major federal resources online. In some cases, links are to the original government agency version rather than a FindLaw search screen.
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/#federal
2. State codes, regs, case law (FindLaw)
FindLaw provides a portal to the major online sources of all 50 states. In some cases (for instancee, California) FindLaw provides its own search interface for state case law.
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/#statelaw
3. Internet Law Library (hosted by the 'Lectric Law Library)
Internet Law Library was originally created by the U.S. House of Representatives as a site that provided links to a large number of topics of legal issues for American (federal and state) and foreign laws. The House no longer hosts it, but several independent websites host it and continue adding to it. This is 'Lectric Law Library's portal to it.
http://www.lectlaw.com/inll/1.htm
4. U.S. Court Forms (free) = http://www.uscourtforms.com/
5. LexisOne.com (forms, many free) = http://www.lexisone.com/lx1/store/catalog?action=main
6. Overview of law topics (FindLaw) = http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/
7. Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, is an historically significant, seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes. The volumes cover U.S. Government treaties with Native Americans from 1778-1883 (Volume II) and U.S. laws and executive orders concerning Native Americans from 1871-1970 (Volumes I, III-VII). The work was first published in 1903-04 by the U.S. Government Printing Office. Enhanced by the editors' use of margin notations and a comprehensive index, the information contained in Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties is in high demand by Native peoples, researchers, journalists, attorneys, legislators, teachers and others of both Native and non-Native origins.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/
8. List of many legal resource sites = http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/other/index.html
1. Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated once each calendar year and is issued on a quarterly basis.
Each title is divided into chapters, which usually bear the name of the issuing agency. Each chapter is further subdivided into parts that cover specific regulatory areas. Large parts may be subdivided into subparts. All parts are organized in sections, and most citations in the CFR are provided at the section level.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
2. United States Government Manual
A list of agencies and where they appear in the CFR may be found in Appendix C of the U.S. Government Manual.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html
3. List of Sections Affected
Due to the update schedule of the CFR, the List of Sections Affected (LSA) provides a cumulative list of CFR sections that have been changed at any time since each CFR title was last updated.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/lsa/about.html
4. Regulations.gov
On this U.S. Government Web site you can find, view, and comment on regulations and other actions for all Federal agencies.
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main
5. Federal Register
Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. It is updated daily by 6 a.m. and is published Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. GPO Access contains Federal Register volumes from 59 (1994) to the present.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
US State & Territorial Laws ('Lectric Law Library)