| Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| The BJS publishes most of its reports on its WWW pages as well as in print. Statistics are maintained in the areas of law enforcement, prosecution, courts and sentencing, corrections (including capital punishment), and expenditure and employment. |
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| Code of Federal Regulations |
| This database is sponsored by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. The CFR is divided into 50 titles, each further divided into chapters usually bearing the name of a federal agency. Search or browse one or more CFR titles for current and historical data. |
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| Federal Judicial Center |
| The mission of this government agency is to promote improvement in the judicial administration of the United States federal court system. The Center's site offers publications on court operations and procedures, court history, and educational materials. A database of Judges of the United States Courts provides biographical information on judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court and other life-tenured courts since 1789. |
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| Federal Register |
| Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, 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." Quick and advanced searching as well as browsing capability available. |
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| FedWorld: Supreme Court Decisions |
| This government database contains 7,407 Supreme Court decisions from 1937 to 1975, volumes 300 through 422 of United States Reports. Decisions are available as ASCII text files.
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| FindLaw Court Forms |
| Federal and State court forms available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). |
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| FindLaw: Supreme Court Opinions |
| FindLaw presents a searchable database of Supreme Court decisions since 1893. Browse by year or U.S. Reports volume number or search by citation, case title, or fulltext. |
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| FindLaw: US Circuit Courts |
| FindLaw's database of U.S. Court of Appeals decisions since November 1995. An archive of Opinion Summaries from September 2000 to the present is also available. Browe by year or search by docket number, case title, or fulltext.
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| Guide to Law Online: United States |
| From the Law Library of Congress, links to legal foundations and history as well as historical and current documents and law. |
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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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| Legal Information Institute: Code of Federal Regulations |
| Search the CFR by title and section or browse through a Table of Contents to find dederal regulations in force. Revision dates vary from title to title. |
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| Legal Information Institute: Federal Law Materials-Judicial Opinions |
| Cornell Law School's databases (and search engine for Internet wide searching) for searching U.S. Court of Appeals, District and Bankruptcy Courts, and Courts of Special Jurisdiction decisions. Dates of inclusion vary widely.
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| Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Collection |
| Cornell Law School's collection includes United States Supreme Court decisions since 1990 and thier collection of Selected Historic Decisions of the US Supreme Court, 300 of the court's most important decisions. Search by topic, party name or opinion author. |
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| Legal Information Institute: United States Code |
| Search the entire Code by section number or browse or search within a specific title through a Title Table of Conents. |
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| Office of the Law Revision Counsel: United States Code |
| The Office of the Law Revision Counsel prepares and publishes the United States Code, "a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States." Learn about, search or download the U.S. Code. |
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| Oyez Project: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia |
| The OYEZ Project provides access to more than 2000 hours of Supreme Court audio since 1995 and selective pieces before 1995. Features include On This Day, a calendar of events, U.S. Supreme Court Justices, a listing of all Supreme Court justices, an Oyez Directory to cases sorted by subject and a Supreme Court Virtual Tour.
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| Patriot Act |
| The text of the USA Patriot Act, from the House of Representatives website; also the Act and related documents from the Library of Congress' Thomas site; and the Act with an archive of related materials from the Electronic Privacy Information Center |
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| Supreme Court of the United States |
| The official U.S. Supreme Court site with docket database and Court opinions and orders for the current and previous Terms, Court history and visiting information, Court rules and handling guides, and more. An oral Arguement Transcripts archives arguements from October 2000 to present (10-15 business days after close of session) and fulltext of Bound Volumes of the United States Reports from 1991 on. |
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| U.S. Courts |
| The official site of the Federal Judiciary. Some hightlights include a Library with Federal Judiciary publications and statistics, Federal rules of practice, procedure and evidence for all federal courts, and Understanding the Federal Courts, an introductory textbook on the federal judicial system, its organization, and relationship to the legislative and executive branches of the government. |
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| Web Guide to Supreme Court Research |
| Written by a law librarian at Penn State's Dickinson School of Law annotated, this site provides annotated links to the most reliable, substantive sites for U.S Supreme Court research. It includes official and unofficial Supreme Court sites; sources for both recent and historic decisions, briefs, and oral arguments; links to information about the Justices, commentary on the Supreme Court, Supreme Court rules, history, etc.; as well as the best sources for first amendment law, criminal law, and others. Annotations describe how best to use each resource. |
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| Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents |
| Published every Monday, the Weekly Compilation is the "official publication of presidential statements, messages, remarks, and other materials released by the White House Press Secretary." Available on GPO Access from 1993 forward. |
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