Neal-Schuman Guide to Finding Legal and Regulatory Information on the Internet Book

	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