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Law/Legislation

The sole intent of this site is to provide information to members of the Hope International University community. It is not intended as legal advice.

California Code of Regulations

California Law
All California codes.

California Legislative Information
The official site for California legislative information. This site is maintained by the Legislative Counsel of California, pursuant to California law.

Code of Federal Regulations
Search the online CFR by keyword, title or volume.

Consumer Law
Search by state.

Cornell Legal Research Encyclopedia
Search subject, country, U.S., or international.

Court Web Sites
A listing, state by state of links to court web sites. Also contains links to federal court related web sites, international court web sites and other lists of courts on the Internet.

Federal Courts Finder
Opinions, summaries of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st-11th Circuit, and the DC and the Federal Circuit Courts.

Federal Register
Search the online Federal Register from 1995-2000.

FindLaw
Subject index to law resources. Includes search engine to find a lawyer.

Jurist
Award winning site, rich in legal information and large in scope, from the University of Pittsburgh Law School. Contains: US legal news including latest cases, opinions, arguments, and decisions of the the US Supreme Court as well as state higher courts; interviews; latest news and decisions from European courts; table of contents from current law reviews; legal newspapers. Many other useful links.

Lawyers Directory from Martindale
Online access to the Lawyers Directory from Martindale which provides access to comprehensive listings of lawyers and law firms around the world.

Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
Short articles on a variety of legal topics including employment, divorce, patents, landlords and tenants, and other subjects.

Supreme Court Decisions
U.S. Supreme Court decisions by year, date or keyword from 1893 to present. Once the court case is on the screen, a link to other court cases citing the current one appears on the left of the screen. This is called, "shepardizing." Also contains links to: Court of Appeals decisions, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Thomas (which includes text of all versions of House and Senate bills), Congressional Record, and many other law/legal links.

THOMAS
This site contains several databases dealing with legislative and legal documents. THOMAS currently offers the following databases: Congress Now, Bills, Congressional Record, Committee Information, The Legislative Process, and Historical Documents. In addition to THOMAS databases, the site provides additional links of interest to those doing research on legislative issues. From the Library of Congress.

United States Code
A searchable database containing the full text of current public laws enacted by Congress. From the U.S. House of Representatives.


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