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The Reference Shelf:  Law

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Famous Trials
Primary and secondary source information on 48 (and counting) famous court trials through the century.  Trials include:  Socrates, Oscar Wilde, the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, My Lai Courts-Martial, Lenny Bruce, and Zacarias Moussaoui.  Information for each includes:  transcript excerpts; chronology; and video clips and images.

 

Finding Court Opinions on the Web 
Links to court opinion sites for the U.S. Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, specialized courts, and state courts.  From the National Law Journal.


FindLaw
"Findlaw links to statutes, case law, government sites, legal news, law journals and law reviews, legal publishers' homepages, information on consultants and experts, law firms and law libraries. Findlaw is a free public site with links to both free and pay-for-use resources. Following growth in its popularity as a free alternative, Findlaw was acquired by West Thomson."

 

Guide to Law Online
An annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.  Very comprehensive.  From the Library of Congress.


Hamline University Law Library

Heiros Gamos
This site is one of the largest legal portal sites, featuring links to a variety of law-related information.

Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law 
"This book provides answers to frequently asked questions about more than 100 subjects you might encounter in your personal life—topics that range from buying a house to getting a divorce, from paying your debts to starting and running a small business."

 


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OYEZ:  US Supreme Court Multimedia
"The OYEZ Project provides access to more than 2000 hours of Supreme Court audio. All audio in the Court recorded since 1995 is included in the project. Before 1995, the audio collection is selective. It remains our aim to create a complete and authoritative archive of Supreme Court audio covering the entire span from October 1955 through the most recent release."

 

 


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