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Legal Sites

Find additional sites at InSITE (Cornell Univ. Law Library)

Legal Search Tools

Law.com Quest

Legal Reference Tools

Civil Law Dictionary
Everybody's Legal Glossary (NOLO)
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (LII)
Juristische Abkürzungen, German legal abbreviations
SearchSystems.net Public Records Directory
Spanish Legal Abbreviations
Zimmerman's Research Guide: An Online Encyclopedia for Legal Researchers (LexisNexisInfoPro)

Louisiana Law

Louisiana Laws (Louisiana State Legislature site; click on left hand link to Louisiana laws)
Louisiana Civil Code (FindLaw)
Louisiana Administrative Code
Louisiana Executive Orders (1996 - present)
Louisiana Supreme Court
Louisiana Supreme Court Historical Archives (UNO)
Louisiana.gov: The Official Web Site of the State of Louisiana
Louisiana Dept. of State Civil Service
Louisiana Dept. of Revenue, includes tax forms.
Louisiana Secretary of State Commercial Division, includes corporation forms.
Louisiana State Legislature
Louisiana Codes of Ordinances (Municode.com)
Louisiana (American Law Sources On-line)
Louisiana Law & Government Resources (WashLaw)
Your Louisiana Government: An Owner's Manual (Public Affairs Research Council)

Baton Rouge
City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge Government Website
Code of Ordinances (Municode.com)
List of Legal Service Providers (LawHelp.org/LA)

Associations
Baton Rouge Bar Association
Louisiana State Bar Association
Louisiana State Law Institute
Louisiana State Paralegal Association
Louisiana Sea Grant Law and Policy Program at LSU
Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana


Comprehensive Legal Sites

American Law Sources On-line, includes Canadian and Mexican law.
FindLaw
GLIN (Global Legal Information Network)
Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
HG.org: Worldwide Legal Directories (formerly Hieros Gamos)
PublicLegal, a product of the Internet Legal Research Group (ILRG).
JURIST: Legal News & Research (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
Law and Policy Institutions Guide
Law.com, includes keyword search of legal subjects (American Lawyers Media)
LexisONE
LII: Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)
LLRX.com
WashLaw (Washburn University School of Law)
WWW Virtual Library--Law
The Virtual Chase: Legal Research on the Internet (Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP)


United States Law and Government

(See also comprehensive legal sites above)
The Public Library of Law, the largest free law library.
United States Code (GPO Access) (HeinOnline Access)
Public and Private Laws (GPO Access)
Code of Federal Regulations (GPO Access) (HeinOnline Access)
Federal Register (GPO Access) (HeinOnline Access)
RegInfo.gov, find federal regulatory information
GPO Access (Government Printing Office), includes Federal Register, Congressional Record and bills.
Thomas, legislative information from the Library of Congress.
USA.gov, a comprehensive portal to information and services from U.S. federal, state, local, and tribal governments.
Administrative Decisions & Other Actions - By Agency (University of Virginia Library)
U.S. Department of State
White House
American Law Sources On-line
Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy (Yale Law School)
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation (American Memory Project), provides access to U.S. congressional documents and debates from 1774-1875.
Federal Agency Directory (LSU Libraries)
Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
Justia.com, law & legal information lawyers, students, business and the public.
LawBrain.com (FindLaw), a legal wiki.
Lawyers.com, includes forms and legal informartion
LII: Legal Information Institute (Cornell Law School)
LLMC-Digital, an LSU Law Center subscription database containing full text primary and secondary source materials, including agency decisions and federal court decisions.
NCCUSL Drafts and Final Acts
Public.Resource.Org, full text legal materials in the public domain.
Uniform Law Commissioners (National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws), includes final acts and legislation.
State Agency Databases
State Legal Sources on the Web (University of Michigan Document Center)
Municode.com ( Municipal Code Corporation), a compilation of city and county/parish ordinances.


US Courts

Appellate Court Web Sites
Court Web Sites (National Center for State Courts)
Court Locator (US Courts)
Dates of Supreme Court Decisions, 1791-1882.
Federal Judicial Center, includes database of biographies of federal judges.
FindACase Network, search state and federal case law.
Free Court Dockets, access to over 33 million court case dockets.
HeinOnline U.S. Supreme Court Library, an LSU Law Center subscription database containing U.S. Reports, preliminary prints and slip opinions in pdf format.
Judges of the United States Courts, includes a biographical database.
On the Docket: U.S. Supreme Court News, coverage since 1998 term, includes current Supreme Court docket.
OpenJurist, free case law site includes Supreme Court cases since 1754 and Federal Reporter since 1880.
Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia, includes over 2000 recorded oral arguments.
Public Access to Court Records: State Links (National Center for State Courts)
Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases (ABA), 2003/2004 term-present.
Supreme Court of the United States, includes transcripts of oral arguments since 2000.
Supreme Court Database, information about each case decided by the Court between the 1953 and 2008 terms.
Supreme Court Decisions 1937-1975 (FedWorld)
Supreme Court Collection (LII)
Supreme Court Historical Society
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court Cases (Justia, Oyez and US Court Forms), includes opinions vol. 1-present.
U.S. Courts, the Federal Judiciary
U.S. Court Forms (free; registration required)
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978, an LSU Law Center subscription database.


Forms

See also the LSU Law Library's Selected Guide to Legal Forms or use forms on our CD Workstation. See Forms Index for forms available on CD Workstation.
Louisiana Legal Forms, an LSU Law Center subscription database
Baton Rouge City Court Civil Suit Interactive Forms
Forms.gov
, the U.S. Government's official hub for federal forms
FindLaw Forms
Internal Revenue Service Forms and Publications
ILRG Legal Forms Archive
LawHelp.org/LA, some sample forms under the self-help tab
The 'Lectric Law Library Forms Room
LexisONE Free Forms (registration required)
LLRX Court Rules, Forms and Dockets
Louisiana Dept. of Revenue Tax Forms
Louisiana Forms (American Law Sources On-Line)
The Public Library of Law: Legal Forms & Documents
U.S. Court Forms (free; registration required)
WashLaw Legal Forms


Self Help

See also the LSU Law Library's For the Public page.
American Bar Association Public Resources
Learn About the Law (FindLaw)
LawHelp.org/LA, guide to free legal help in Louisiana.
Lemon Law America

Foreign and International Law

Basic Guide to Researching Foreign Law (GlobaLex)
Civil Law in the World, includes codes & legislation (LSU Law)
Comparative/Foreign Law (LLRX)
Findlaw: International Resources
FLARE: Foreign Law Research, collaboration of UK libraries to provide research guides to the law of foreign jurisdicitons
Foreign and International Law Collection Research Guides and Bibliographies (University of Houston Law Library)
Foreign Law Guide, an LSU Law Center subscription database.
Foreign Law Resources (LSU Law Library)
Global Courts: Supreme Courts Decisions Around the World
GlobaLex (New York University School of Law)
Government Gazettes Online (Univ. of Michigan Documents Center)
Guide to European Legal Databases (LLRX)
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases (NYU Law Library)
Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
Institute of Global Law, includes translations of cases and statutes, especially French and German.
International Legal Research Tutorial, a joint project of Duke University School of Law and University of California, Berkeley, School of Law,
International Constitutional Law
International Law Resources (LSU Law Library)
ISN: International Relations and Security Network (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)

National Parliaments (Washington University in St. Louis)
National Parliaments (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
World Legal Information Institute


Treaties

AccessUN, includes UN Treaty Series citations. This is an LSU Libraries database; use your LSU ID and LSU Libraries PIN to logon.
The Australian Treaties Library (Australian Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Council of Europe Treaty Series
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Official Website

HeinOnline Treaties and Agreements Library, an LSU Law Center subscription database which includes major treaty sources in pdf format.
Multilaterals Project, multilateral conventions organized by subject or chronologically.
SICE (OAS Trade Unit’s Foreign Trade Information System), includes full text of trade agreements between countries of the Western Hemisphere.
Treaties (THOMAS), US treaties since the 90th Congress and earlier.
Treaty Research (LSU Law Library)
United Nations Treaty Collection, including the UN Treaty Series (Dec. 1946-Feb. 2005).
World Intellectual Property Organization, includes treaties concerning industrial property, copyright and neighboring rights.


Civil Law Jurisdictions

Civil Law in the World, includes codes & legislation (LSU Law)
Civil Law Dictionary
Latin Laws (Biblioteca Legal Latinoamerica)
vLex, an LSU Law Center subscription database. Covers 130 jurisdictions.

Austria

Brazil

Europe/European Union France Italy
  • infoius.it, court decisions and codes in Italian.
Mexico

Spain

Switzerland


International Organizations

American Society for International Law
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Court of Justice, includes decisions of the Court.
International Governmental Organizations (Northwestern University Library)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Organization of American States
World Bank
World Intellectual Property Organization
World Trade Organization


United Nations

Locator for the UN System of Organizations
United Nations
UN Documentation: Research Guide (United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library)
AccessUN, index to United Nations documents, 1991-present, plus full text of several thousand UN documents. This is an LSU Libraries database; use your LSU ID and LSU Libraries PIN to logon.


Human Rights

Amnesty International
Australian Human Rights Centre
Center for the Study of Human Rights (Columbia University)
European Court of Human Rights, includes pending cases, recent judgments, basic texts and database of case law.
Human Rights (U.S. State Dept.)
Human Rights (U.K. National Archives), supporting documents from 1215 to 1945.
Human Rights First, formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.
Human Rights Library (University of Minnesota)
Human Rights Watch
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (University of Minnesota), includes basic documents, case law and press releases
International Human Rights (LSU Law Library)
Project Diana, Human Rights Cases (Yale Law School Library)
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, includes international human rights instruments.
UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency
Women's Human Rights Resources Programme (University of Toronto), offers links, documents and bibliographies.

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