Tips on Learning the Law
General
- Law Underground is a new site with the objective to "provide free access to legal information." I looks like a wiki for legal information. Feel free to drop by and add information about your countries. (Remind anyone of a certain project for International business negotiation class?) ;)
International Law
- lots of resources for researching international law.
American Law
Many students want to study about American law. The main problem is finding a good place to start. While law reviews can offer very good analysis, they are a poor place to begin because they usually focus on the small or controversial details.
- American Jurisprudence (Am. Jur.) is similar to an encyclopedia of American law. As such it offers a great place to being your research. You can access Am. Jur. through lexis.
- American Law Reports (ALR). "Although similar in tone to the articles in legal encyclopedias, ALR annotations are different in that they are not organized alphabetically, and they tend to drill more deeply into a specific legal principle or doctrine while in contrast, encyclopedia articles aim for the big picture. In addition, ALR articles are careful to provide cases on both sides of the legal issue and provide listings of cases according to the jurisdiction." Taken from the wikipedia. You can access ALR through lexis.
- The Legal Information Institute (LLI). LLI is a very good free source of legal information on American law. If you do not have access to lexis LLI offers a good alternative. LLI covers cases, statutes, and basic information. LLI also has a very good e-mail service that emails you the latest Supreme Court decisions almost as soon as they are announced.
- Google recently opened Google scholar to help find articles.
- A special Google search for the US government.
Supreme Court
- Supreme Court multimedia information. Video, audio, and more.
State Courts
- Watch video of Florida Supreme court oral arguments. Live broadcasts or archived video.
EU law
Japanese Law
- You can check here for a limited selection of Japanese laws in English.
- JLawonline was recently started by The Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) and the law firm Nagashima Ohno and Tsunematsu. It has very good information in English about Japanese law and the legal system.
- A little dated but Japanlaw has some English translations of Japanese laws. This site is run by a Japanese law firm.
- Is another site run by a Japanese lawyer it has some English translations of Japanese laws with some good information on company laws.
- Japan Considered Is a good resource for Japanese politics and international relations. There is also a weekly podcast which can be accessed here
Juvenile law
- The California Bar Association published a guide When you become 18. This gives a good overview of the legal issues facing a new adult.
Technology and the law
- Free pdf version of Lessig's book "Free Culture: How big media uses technology and the law to lock down culture and control creativity"
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