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Subsection Legal Research Links indicates a list of interesting referrals both for lawyers and for people who are interested in law matters.

With regard to Common Law a vast range of sites can be found all over the Web, some with charge, e.g.
Westlaw.com,
LexisNexis.com,
Casetrack.com and
Versus Law.com. Well, here are my favorite ones for each country.

For US-American law issues, there is a variety of interesting sites. For a better orientation you initially might consult
Zimmerman's Research Guide "an online encyclopedia for legal researchers" and
Section Law of the Internet Public Library.

For investigative purposes, first and foremost, you will want to approach the
U.S. Government's official Web Portal and
GPO Access for legisaltive, executive and judicial recources.

If seeking for Congress legal resources you have the
Law Library of Congress, Guide to Law Online and
Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet at your disposal.

Yet some more resources for American law issues:
American Law Sources Online for an overview (also for access on Canadian and Mexican legal sources), the
Internet Law Library, the
Lectric Law Library Reference Room (rarely updated), the
Virtual WWW Law Library, by the Indiana University School of Law and
WashLaw Legal Research on the Web by the Washburn School of Law.

Furthersee some interesting portals dealing with general matters of US-American law.
a) If you are a legal layman/laywoman try Wikipedia's
Free Law Encyclopedia,
Nolo Law for All,
Mojo Law,
US Lawinfo,
Free Advice.com and
All Law.com.
b) For legal professionals there is the
Legal Information Institute driven by the Cornell Law School (with an abundance of plain-written explanations on a variety of legal subjects) and the
Virtual Chase Resources.

Moreover, see:
Law Idea.com,
Rominger Legal, the
Internet Legal Resource Guide and the
Law and Policy Institutions Guide.

Apart from the rather less known law related web addresses mentioned above, there are a few widely and frequently known and used American law portals:
Hieros Gamos Law Research Center,
Find Law,
Law.com along with the National Law Journal (in part only accessible for subscribers) and the American Lawyer and
Lawyers.com (the Martindale-Hubbell law directory).


If you are looking for particular matters of US-American law you might try one of the following portals arranged according to a special law subject. See them listed in alphabetical order.

For Administrative Law, check
Legal Definitions Administrative Law and Procedure and the the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
Administrative Law.

For Administrative Procedural Law, contact the
ABA Administrative Procedure Database for a list of administrative code plus federal and state administrative procedure acts (APA), reform proposals, and organizational and other resources.

For Antitrust Law, see
Wikipedia Competition law Guide , the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
Antitrust Law and the
Atnitrust Lawblog.

For Bankruptcy Law, see the
Bankruptcy Dictionary and/or the (Canadian) Insolvency Dictionary for investigation upon technical expressions. Yet more internet sources about insolvency, respite from creditors, moratorium, bancrupty procedures etc.: the
American Bacruptcy Institute ABI World then, the "premier site for bankruptcy information on the web", the
Internet Bankruptcy Libary and the the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
Bankruptcy: an Overview.

For Business Law (Commercial Law) & Business Litigation, you may wish to approach the
Economist Encyclopedia/Dictionary with abundant technical explanations. Broad approach, descriptive, easy to use: the
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics by Boudewijn Bouckaert and Gerrit De Geest. And then, see the portal
Business and Law. Do you seek for information for starting entrepreneurs or small business owners? See the official address
BusinessLaw.gov.
If you are dealing with the criminal dimension of trust, business, trade and finance, see the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
White Collar Crime: an Overview, the
White Collar Crime Infocenter,
White Collar Crime FYI.com and the weblog
White Collar Crime ProfBlog for the latest news about the spread of enronitis popularis ;-).

For Comparative Law, see the
Institute of Global Law (as part of the Faculty of Laws) of the University College London, the
American Society of Comparative Law, the
British Comparative Law Forum (by the University of Oxford/England) and the
Dutch Electronic Journal of Comparative Law by the renowned Netherlands Comparative Law Association.

For Constitutional Law, see the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
Constitutional Law: an Overview,
Exploring Constitutional Law by Doug Linder, the Chicago's University Library:
Researching Constitutional Law on the Internet and the
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law.

For Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure (Criminal Procedural Law), see the recommendable
Criminal Law Glossary, along with the Criminology Today Glossary to unscramble the specific wording. And then, there is the
Buffalo Criminal Law Center, the
Criminal Justice Links by the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice as part of the Florida State University, the
Criminal Law Search Site of Kim Kruglick (lots of useful links),
Criminal Defense lawyer.com and the weblog
CrimProfBlog. For information about transnational criminal issues, see the
International Criminal Law Links of the American Society of International Law (asil).

For Enterprise Law in general, see
US Enterprise Law: Forming organizations by Carter McNamara and
Corporate Law Blog by Mike O'Sullivan about Corporate Law in particular (includes a comprehensive set of theme-relevant resources).

For Employment & Labor Law first and foremost see the website of the
U.S. Department of Labor which - among other features - offers an comprehensive employment law guide as pdf-file for downloading, and then see the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
Employment Law: an Overview and subsection
Employment and Labor Law of free advice.com for clarification of the basics about labour and employment (wide range of FAQ), the same goes for the site
E Laws of the US Department of Labour and
AFL-CIO of America's Union Movement.

For Environmental Law, see the compilation of
Multilateral Projects and Conventions (atmosphere and space, cutural protection, marine and costal, trade and commercial relations, biodiversity, etc.) as part of the Massachusetts Tufts University's Fletcher School Edwin Ginn Library, the
Environmental Law Net, the e-zine
Environmental Law by the Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland Oregon, the
Canadian Institute for Environmetal Law and Policy and the
Center for International Environmetal Law.

For Family Law, see the the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
Family Law for marriage, parentage, custody, adoption, personal autonomy, emancipation issues, etc.
If it is about divorce in particular approach
Divorce net or
Divorce Source for an even broader idea on the subject.

For Immigaration Law you might fist consult the
Glossary of US Immigration Terms, and then see the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
Immigration Law: an Overview,
Visa Law, the
American Immigration Law Foundation and the linkpage of the
National Immigration Law Center.

For Laws of Intellectual Property, see the
Trademark Law Glossary for your orientation with technical terms. Then, there is the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Website
What is Intellectual Property?, see further the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
Category: Intellectual Property, the
Intellectual Property Law Server (interesting forums, links and news with regard to intellectual property in general,
Intellectual Property Justice (subject-specific news at the homepage), the
Intellectual Property Webguide by the European Patent Office and
Intellectual Property by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. If you are dealing with the criminal dimension of infringement upon intellectual property rights, see the
Criminal Intellectual Property Laws.

For Litigation Law in general and Civil Procedural Law in particular, see the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure printed for the use of the committee on the judiciary (by the US House of Representatives).

For International Law (international and transnational law), in order to keep track on terminology, see the
International Law Dictionary & Directory for international public law terminology and the
Glossary of Conflict of Laws Terms by the Canadian William Telley for international private law terminology. And then, there is the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
International Law: an overview,
International Law by the United Nations, the
International Law Springboard by the American Society of International Law (asil) plus its subsite eisil (Electronic Information System for International Law) for international public law issues and asil Private International Law for international private law issues. If you are curious about international trade law, see the multilingual site
Juris International.

For Maritime Law (Admiralty Law) see for a better orientation the comprehensive
Glossary of Maritime Law by William Tettley (with lots of hyperlinked references),
Admiralty and Maritime Law Guide by Todd Kenyon and
Admiralty Law.com.

For Wills & Trusts see the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
Estates and Trusts: an overview.

For Real Estate Law see the
Real Estate Law subsection by freeadvice.com.

For Tax Law issues see the directory of
Tax and Accounting Sites.

For Tort Law (damage, injury, liability, compensation, punitive damage, insurance, etc.) see the
Glossary of Personal Injury Law Terms for some initial orientation on the subject matter and the LII's (Legal Information Institute) subsite
Tort Law: an overview.



If you are searching Anglo-Canadian law items, see the renowned
Durhaime Law Sources (including Canadian law history subsite and a "law museum" subsite).



If you are searching Australian law items, see the renowned
Weblaw Portal.



For British law issues visit the web-portal
The Lawyer. For leading decisions in recent cases go to the website of the
British and Irish Legal Information Institute, Bailii and the
British Court Service. If you are seeking access to legislation/statutory provisions go to Her Majesty's stationery office:
UK Legislation.
The most recommendable academic internet-sources of the laws in Britain, as far as I'm able to track:
Law Links by the Canterbury Kent Law School and
Law on the Web by the Durham University's Department of Law.
Especially about criminal law, there is
Criminal Law Week Online, offering a concise, but comprehensive, weekly update on all aspects of criminal law for practitioners. Another provision for the latest news about criminal justice issues from around the UK, the
Criminal Solicitor Net and the
Criminal Justice Weblog by Nick Page. Especially about criminal proceeding see
Old Bailey online, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court

Yet some other sources of British Law:
InfoLaw British and other Law Resources,
Jurist UK
Lawbore.net,
Links for Lawyers by Clive Sanders and
Vanables.co.uk, by Delia Venables plus the weblog New on the Legal Internet.

Especially useful for Irish and Northern Irish law matters is the
Irish Law Site hosted by the University College of Cork/Ireland.


If you are searching for a legal glossary, dictionary, lexicon, encyclopedia or list of abbreviations, see the Language Links at eulenhaupt.com.



Interest in Law History? See the
Avalon Project, Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy at Yale law school for research on Common law history, a
Century of Law Making for a new nation, especially about American constitutional law history,
Roman Law Resources by the University of Aberdeen/Scotland for research on Roman law and the Max Planck Institute for research on the
History of Continental European Law (in German).



Eventually, there is the
Global Legal Information Network, providing a database of laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources, as well as the
World Legal Information Institute (WLII) and the British source
Eagle I Service for Law Related Searches all over the Globe.

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© 2007 Michael Eulenhaupt LL.M. (Amsterdam)