Law
and Legal Resources
General Websites
Avalon
Project -- Texts of historic legal documents
from all centuries, to present
Finding
Court Opinions on the Web -- Supreme Court,
all levels & types of U.S. courts, and state courts
(adapted from Best & Worst Legal Sites on the Web)
FindLaw -- Extremely comprehensive searchable collection
of links (includes LawCrawler as an advanced search
option)
Guide
to Law Online -- Extensively annotated collection
of links, covering U.S. federal and state, international,
and multinational law; from the Law Library of Congress
Hieros Gamos: Law and Legal
Research Center -- Very
rich law information site, covering U.S. federal and
state, and international law, and much more
Legal Information
Institute -- Another extensive categorized
list of links, from Cornell University Law School
Dictionaries
Everybody's
Legal Dictionary -- Created and maintained
by Nolo Press
Federal (U.S.) Laws, Regulations, etc.
CFR:
Code of Federal Regulations -- All executive agency
regulations currently in effect
Federal Register -- Includes published and proposed
regulations, notices, public laws, Executive Orders, and other Presidential
Documents
GPO Access -- Government resources from all branches
of the government, including Congressional Bills, Congressional Record,
Federal Register, etc.
Historic Supreme
Court Decisions - by Topic -- from Legal Information Institute, Cornell
Law School
Supreme Court -- Official site, providing docket, calendar,
and current opinions
Supreme Court -- Links and landmark cases, from FindLaw
Thomas -- Laws, bills, committee reports, and other
Legislative Branch information
OYEZ -- U.S. Supreme Court
Multimedia
California
California Code of Regulations -- California state regulations
California Codes -- All 29 Codes representing California
law
California Courts Self-Help
Center -- Organized by specific
need, available in several languages
California State Constitution -- Full text, searchable
Current Bills and Legislation -- Full text of Senate & Assembly bills,
resolutions, including history, votes, and analyses
California
Ballot Measures Databases-- from Hastings Law School
Megan's Law
-- From the Office of the Attorney General. Information on registered
sex offenders.
Other (All) States
State and Local Government
on the Net -- Comprehensive
guide to official governmental state, local and city websites
Topical
Index: State Statutes on the Internet -- Over
40 topics, with links to pertinent legislation from all states
U.S. States and Territories -- Links to departments,
legal documents and guides for all U.S. states and territories
Local Government
City of Santa Cruz -- Official website
City of Watsonville -- Official website
County of Santa Cruz -- Official website
Santa
Cruz (City) Municipal Code -- Browsable and searchable
text
Santa Cruz County
Code -- Browsable and searchable text
International and Tribal
International and Multinational -- Legal information
links pertaining to laws governing interactions of nations, from the Guide
to Law Online, by the Law Library of Congress
Nations of the World -- Links to government branches,
legal documents, and general country information, from the Guide to Law
Online, by the Law Library of Congress
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