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- Tennessee Code Annotated, 1955- . R345.12
T295
- A Dictionary of Law. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Oxford
Reference Online eBook
- Encyclopedia of American law. Facts on File, 2002.
R349.73 E528
- The Oxford companion to American law. Oxford University
Press, 2002. R349.73 O96
- Historic U.S. court cases: an encyclopedia. 2 vol.,
Routledge, 2001. R349.72 J64
- Criminal justice. 3 vol., Salem Press, 2006.
R345.73 C75 2006
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GENERAL
LAW
- American Bar Association
- FindLaw
FindLaw provides the most comprehensive set of legal resources
on the Internet for legal professionals, corporate counsel,
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include Web search utilities, cases and codes, legal news,
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- Guide
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The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the U.S. Law Library
of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated
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available online. It includes selected links to useful
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- Finding
Court Opinions On The Web
Presented by the National Law Journal and adapted from
The Best and Worst Legal Sites on the Web, a book written
by Robert J. Ambrogi, the site serves as a gateway to
resources on Supreme, circuit, and district court links,
as well as presents courts and cases on a state-by-state
basis. Copyright Internet Scout Project, 1994-2002.
http://scout.wisc.edu/
- THOMAS: Legislative
Information on the Internet
Launched in January of 1995 to make federal legislative
information freely available to the public, THOMAS includes:
Bills & Resolutions, Activity in Congress, Congressional
Record, Schedules & Calendars, Committee Information,
Presidential Nominations, and Treaties.
- Everybody's
Legal Glossary
This glossary contains plain-English definitions for hundreds
of legal terms, from the common to the bizarre.
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
- National Criminal Justice
Reference Service
NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice
and substance abuse information to support research, policy,
and program development worldwide. Search full-text documents
and web links from U.S. government agencies.
- Corrections
Library
National Institute of Corrections' Digital Resource Library
provides access to resources targeted toward corrections
practitioners and research. Offers online publications
on offender reentry among other topics.
- CrimDoc
(Criminology Library Grey Literature)
Comprises the "grey literature" from the field
of Criminology, as well as other related areas of specialization,
including criminal justice, penology and corrections,
juvenile deliquency/young offenders, policing and law
enforcement, and private policing. Housed in the Univ.
of Toronto Centre of Criminology Library, this file is
composed of institute, association, and government publications,
as well as unpublished papers, working papers, research
reports, etc.
- VictimLaw
VictimLaw is a comprehensive database of victims’
rights statutes, tribal laws, constitutional amendments,
court rules, administrative code provisions, and case
summaries of related court decisions.
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
Official website of the agency that oversees Federal corrections
institutions. It is part of the U.S. Department of Justice.
BUSINESS LAW
- Business.gov
This government site for small business provides a wealth
of information and guides on licensing, financing, and
starting your own business. Overseen by the Small Business
Administration General Counsel, it provides a gateway
to federal, state, and local information, with links to
online forms needed for filing licenses and other information.
- Cornell
Law School - Commercial Law
Cornell Law Schools' public access law dictionary and
encyclopedia. Collaboratively created by users and overseen
by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University.
Links for commercial and business law. Includes links
for the complete Uniform
Commercial Code, which governs business law in most
states
- ABA
Business Law
Provides information/services to section members, law
students, businesses, and the general public about business
law. Includes free full text of Business Law Today,
a news magazine for business lawyers.
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