Identifies, describes, and evaluates some 900 sites on the World Wide Web that offer legal and governmental information at the local, state, federal, and international levels. Covers such sources as meta indexes, Presidential documents, Census Bureau data, legal encyclopedias, citation manuals, congressional directories, and online law journals. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

List of Figures	vii
Preface	xi
Chapter 1 The Nature of Legal Information on the Internet	1
Sources of the Law	3
The Characteristics of Legal Information Sources and Internet Access	3
Chapter 2 Guides and Meta-Indexes to Legal Information Sources on the Internet	7
Legal Information Guides and Pathfinders on the Internet	7
Legal and Government Information Search Engines, Meta-Indexes, and Directories	16
Legal Search Engines	17
Meta-Indexes and Directories	19
Chandler's Best Bets for Legal Information Guides, Search Engines, Meta-Indexes, and Directories	39
Chapter 3 Legal Information Resources: Judicial Law	45
Judicial Resources: Federal and State Case Law	45
Components of a Published Court Decision	45
United States Court System	46
Internet Access to Federal and State Court Decisions	47
United States Federal Multi-Court Decision Sites	48
Supreme Court Case Law	57
Supreme Court Case Decisions	58
Historic Supreme Court Decision Sites	58
Supreme Court Decisions Databases	59
Electronic Mail Access for Supreme Court Decisions	62
Supreme Court Oral Arguments	64
U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals Decisions	65
Online Access to Federal Appellate Court Reports	65
WWW Addresses for the Thirteen Judicial Circuit Courts of Appeals	69
Federal District Court Cases	74
District Court Case Sites	75
Specialized Federal Courts Case Law	76
Federal Court Rules and Procedures	79
District Court Rules	80
State Case Law Reports	83
Multiple State Case Law Sites	83
State Court Opinion Sites on the Internet	92
Chandler's Best Bets for Federal and State Case Law	122
Chapter 4 Gpo Access and Meta-Indexes to Government Information Sources on the Internet	127
GPO Access	128
Federal Information Dissemination for Electronic Access	128
Federal Locator Service	130
GILS--Pointer Recorder	136
GILS--Pathway Records	136
GPO Access--GILS Database Search Engine	138
Federal Bulletin Board Service	138
Online Interactive Service	139
List of Databases Online via GPO Access	140
Federal Depository Library Access	143
Federal Depository Library Program	144
Federal Depository Library Gateways for Free Public Use	149
Government Information Sources--Guides and Meta-Indexes	151
Guides and Directories for Government Information	151
Chandler's Best Bets for Government Information	161
Chapter 5 Federal and State Legislative Information Sources	167
Federal Constitution	167
Historical Texts of the U.S. Constitution	171
U.S. Constitution--Translations	173
State Constitutions	174
Multi-State State Constitution Sites	174
State Constitutions	176
Legislative and Statutory Resources	196
Federal, State, and Local Laws and Codes	196
Congressional Documents	197
Congressional Servers	198
Legislative Information Sites	202
Congressional Reports	209
Legislative History	211
Session Laws	212
Codification of Federal Statutes	216
State Laws and Codes	221
Uniform State Laws	221
Multi-State State Law Sites	224
State Statutory and Legislative Information Sources	229
Municipal Laws and Codes	282
Chandler's Best Bets for Legislative Information	284
Chapter 6 Federal and State Administrative Law Resources	291
Guides to Administrative and Regulatory Information Sites	292
Federal Register Internet Sites	294
Unified Agenda	296
Code of Federal Regulations Internet Sites	298
Multi-State Internet Sites for Regulatory and Administrative Information	302
State Regulatory and Administrative Information Sources	306
Presidential Documents and Information Resources	315
Presidential Documents--The White House	316
Executive Orders	317
Other Sites for Presidential Information	320
Presidential Agencies	320
Federal Government Departments and Independent Agencies	321
Guides and Directories to Federal Departments and Agencies	322
Federal Administrative Departments and Regulatory Agencies	329
Independent Regulatory Agencies	344
Decisions of Federal Administrative Agencies	353
State Government Departments and Agencies Information Sources	355
Chandler's Best Bets for Administrative, Regulatory, and Executive Branch Information Resources--Federal and State Administrative Law Resources	372
Chapter 7 Secondary Reference Sources for Legal and Government Information	379
Legal Citation Manuals	379
Legal Encyclopedias	381
Legal Dictionaries and World Books	382
Legal Directories	385
Attorney and Court Directories	385
Law Firm Directories	392
Law School Directories	394
Directories of Experts	401
Bar Association Sites and Directories	404
Biographical Information	405
Law Journals, Reviews, and Newspapers--Guides or Directories to Electronic Periodicals--Law Journals, Law Reviews, and Newspapers	406
Keeping Up with Legal Resources on the Internet	409
Legal Newspapers	410
Topical Law Information Resources--Guides, Pathfinders, and Directories to Topical Law	412
Government Information Secondary Sources	418
Government Manuals, Handbooks, Guides, and Catalogs	418
Government Dictionaries and Glossaries	424
Congressional and Government Directories	424
Congressional Directories	425
Federal Government Directories	432
State Government Information	434
International Legal Information Resources	434
Guides to Foreign and International Law	434
Guides to Foreign Countries	441
Foreign and International Constitutions	444
Foreign and International Case Law	446
Treaties, Agreements, and International Conventions	449
Foreign and International Laws or Statutes	452
International Legal Journals and Periodicals	454
International Organizations	454
Guides and Directories to International Organizations	455
International Government Organization Sites	458
Chandler's Best Bets for Secondary Reference Sources for Legal and Government Information	462
Endnotes	481
General Index	485
Web Site Index	497

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