| Dying Speeches and Bloody Murders: Crime Broadsides Collected by the Harvard Law School Library |
| Website with full text and images of more than 500 broadsides relating to public executions in 18th and 19th century Britain. |
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| VictimLaw |
| Database about victims rights and protections that includes Constitutional provisions, statutes, court rules, administrative code provisions, case summaries, and attorney general opinions. Also included are overviews of the justice system, and a glossary of legal terms. |
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| Trade and Environment Database (TED) |
| TED is a collection of over 700 case studies on international matters concerning trade: September 1992 to May 2007. The cases originally focused on environmental issues; but newer categories include economic consequences of social policy choices, such as culture, human rights, or other issues. This is a project at American University. |
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| New York State Board of Elections |
| Information on how to register to vote (together with forms) in New York State, as well as election results, district maps and requirements for running for office. New York's presidential primary is Feb. 5, 2008 and applications to register by mail must be postmarked by Jan. 11 to vote in that primary. |
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| CQ Politics |
| Excellent website with general information about American politics, including a guide to the presidential primaries and summaries of public opinion polls about the election as well as CQ?s own political blogs. |
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| CNN Election Center 2008 |
| CNN's Election website provides information on the primaries and the candidates with a nice section summarizing where they stand on the issues. Of particular note is the Debates page listing past and future debates with (in many cases) the ability to download video of the debates. |
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| History of the Supreme Court |
| A companion website to the 2007 PBS series, The History of the Supreme Court site includes essays and teaching materials on gender equality, social rights, personal
liberties, and equal access to schools. Also included is an interactive timeline of landmark cases handed down since 1792 and a searchable encyclopedia of terms and court cases of note. |
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| FactCheck.org |
| FactCheck.Org from the Annenberg Public Policy Center aims to hold politicians accountable by researching the fact of their public statements. "We monitor 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." |
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| Annenberg Public Policy Center |
| By conducting and releasing research, staging conferences and hosting policy discussions, Annenberg scholars have addressed the role of communication in politics, adolescent behavior, child development, health care, civics and mental health, among other important arenas. Past reports and surveys are archived. |
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| Pew Global Attitudes Project |
| The Project is a series of worldwide public opinion surveys that encompasses a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world. Subjects include globalization, immigration, and the environment. |
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