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Links
The U.S. Constitution & Other Historic Documents :
- The Magna Carta
- Blackstone's Commentaries by Tucker (written in 1803, with notes relating the commentaries to the laws of the United States)
- The Mayflower Compact
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Declaration of Independence, Indiana University Law
School site
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Declarations and Resolves of the First Continental Congress,
October, 1774
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Documents From The Continental Congress And The Constitutional Convention - Library of Congress
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Articles
of Confederation
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Debates in the Convention of 1787, by James Madison
(searchable proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 leading to the
adoption of the US Constitution, beginning with the first day)
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The
Federalist Papers Online, FoundingFathers.info
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FindLaw Constitutional Law Center (The US Constitution
annotated, plus links to materials on the Founding
Fathers, the Articles of Confederation, and the Federalist Papers)
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GPO Site...The Constitution Annotated...by the Congressional
Research Service
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Web Guide to the Constitution of the United States
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Constitution of the United States of America, National Archives Site
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FindLaw Constitution Search (search engine for the U.S. Constitution)
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National Archives and Records Administration's "Our Documents" - Milestone Documents
(Constitution, Declaration of
Independence, Federalist Papers, plus many others, such as the Lee
Resolution, the Virginia Plan of 1787, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787,
Articles of Confederation, Treaty of Paris, etc)
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U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
(searchable archive of scanned images and full text of nine separate
government documents covering the period from the Continental Congress, the
Constitutional Convention, and the First through Twelfth Federal Congresses.
It includes the House Journal, Senate Journal, Annals of Congress, Journals
of the Continental Congress, Elliot's Debates, Farrand's Records, Maclay's
Journal.)
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Hinds' Precedents of the House Of Representatives of the United
States
International Constitutions and Treaties:
Supreme Court Decisions
:
Federal Court Homepages
and Federal Court Decisions:
Federal Court Rules:
Federal Laws
and Administrative Agency Sites:
- Cornell, Full Text of the U.S. Code
- Search the U.S. Code, Government Printing Office Site
- Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act Resources - U.S.
Department of Justice - Office of Information and Privacy
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Resources - Washington State Medical Association
- Whistleblower Resources, Office of Administrative Law Judges'
Law Library
- COBRA
Resources - Continuation of Health Insurance Coverage - US Department of
Labor
- Firstgov.gov - Government Sponsored Search Engine for Government
Sites
- Infomine, Government Resource Search Engine
- FedWorld
Information Network (government site with search engines for finding
government Web sites, databases and reports)
- The FDA Search Page (search the entire Food and Drug
Administration web site)
- Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Homepage
- Carolina-Disability.com - Social Security Disability and SSI law
and information (questions answered for lawyers and the disabled by an
attorney who handles disability cases in North and South Carolina)
- Social Security Handbook (entire handbook available for
download or for viewing on-line--click the "Table of Contents" link)
- NOSSCR,
National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
(FAQ on Social Security Disability...This organization runs an excellent
lawyer referral service for Social Security lawyers...Not available online,
but you can call their toll free number)
- Social
Security Advisory Service (full service, non-governmental site with
extensive resources on Social Security, including a news letter and a
bulletin board for online discussions, questions and answers)
- Videotape - Preparing For Your Social Security Hearing
(Produced by Social Security vocational expert, Martin Kranitz)
- Severe.Net
(Great resource site on Social Security Disability law and news)
- Navigating Medicare and Medicaid (resource guides for people
with disabilities, their families, and their advocates)
- Medicare Set Asides
Federal
Administrative Agency Regulations:
State Courts and State Law Sites
(*no fee based listings) :
- LexisOne - State Resource Center (links to state
government, courts & law sites in all 50 states)
- State and Local Government on the Net (directory of Web
sites for all states having a site)
- Rominger Legal (links to state court resources)
- Alalinc,
Alabama Court decisions (telnet registration required first)
- Alaska Court System (some appellate opinions)
- Arizona Judicial Department (Supreme Court and Court of
Appeals decisions)
- Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Decisions
(1994 to the present only)
- California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal Decisions
(slip opinions for past 60 days only)
- Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions
(Colorado Bar Association site. Public has only limited access. Colorado
Bar members have access back to 1996.)
- District of Columbia Resident Agent Information
- Florida Supreme Court Opinions (September, 1995 to present
only)
- Idaho Judicial Branch (Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
opinions for past 60 days only)
- Illinois Supreme and Appellate Court Opinions (going back
to May, 1996)
- IllinoisLaw, Supreme and Appellate Court Decisions
(includes a daily emailing of new decisions)
- Indiana Judicial Decisions
- Iowa Judicial Branch - Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
Decisions
- Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions
(October, 1996 to present)
- Maryland Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals Opinions
(1995 to present)
- Maryland Judicial Branch
- Maryland Judiciary Homepage
- Maryland Judiciary Case Search (look up trial court level
cases filed throughout Maryland)
- Maryland District Court Forms & Procedures
- Maryland
General Assembly, Full Text and Status of Bills
- COMAR, Code of Maryland Regulations
- Maryland State Law Library
- Maryland State Department of Assessments & Taxation
(A wealth of private real estate, corporate, company and partnership
information is included in this State database. Information on resident
agents, principal offices and an index of documents filed are also
available, as well as business personal property and tax information.)
- Maryland Municipal/County Codes - E-Codes, Municipal Codes on
the Internet (Some Maryland County Codes are online here... but not
all)
- Maryland Business Licenses Online
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Opinions (current
only)
- Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions
(February 1996 to present)
- Virginia Code, Rules of the Virginia Supreme Court, Virginia
Administrative Code (searchable databases for each. Also includes
pending legislation.)
- Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission
General Personal Injury &
Damages Sites :
- Ashcraft and
Gerel's Personal Injury Litigation Forum (informative articles on all
forms of personal injury litigation and links to personal injury resources
throughout the Web)
- Title 26, Section 104, U.S. Code (Federal tax law on
taxability of workers' compensation and personal injury recoveries)
- IRS
Guide to Taxability of Lawsuit Awards and Settlements
- Registered Agent Information
- A Judges Guide to Service Members Civil Relief Act - PDF
Document
- LLRX - Business Filings Databases (links to state corporate
records databases online)
- The Daubert Tracker (Fee based subscriptions to
searchable database of all reported Daubert, Kumho Tire and Joiner cases,
along with direct links to core documents, including opinions, docket
sheets, briefs and transcripts)
- Mythbuster! - Center for Justice and Democracy - The "McDonald's
Coffee Case" And Other Fictions
- Statutes of Limitations in Personal Injury Cases For the Fifty
States (Scroll down the page to see table showing statutes of
limitations in all 50 states...Not verified for accuracy)
- Statutes of Limitations By State - Edgar Snyder & Associates
(statutes of limitations for all 50 states for personal injury, medical
malpractice and product liability claims - not verified for accuracy)
- Free Advice - Personal Injury Statutes of Limitations
(statutes of limitations for all 50 states for personal injury cases with
some code citations - not verified for accuracy)
- Soldiers and Sailors
Relief Act Certificates (U.S. Department of Defense site giving
addresses and procedures for obtaining certificates showing a defendant to
not be in the military, required under the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act
of 1940 to obtain default judgments)
- Military Search
(Fee based service that will check for current military membership and
provide an affidavit, with a quick turn around)
- A.M. Best Insurance Ratings Online
- Standard & Poor's Insurance Company Ratings
- Duff & Phelps Insurance Company Credit Ratings
- DepoConnect (Deposition data bank exclusively for
plaintiffs' attorneys...Currently limited to members of the trial lawyers'
associations of 34 participating states)
- Medical
Legal Exhibits by The Doe Report (thousands of free, downloadable but
watermarked exhibits of the anatomy, also available in small or large size
for purchase without the watermark)
- Anatomical Chart Company
- APS International - International Service of Process
- Internet Law Library - Formerly House of Representatives Law
Library - Tort Law
- OSHA
Homepage
- InjuryResources.Com (excellent resource containing articles
on back and neck injuries and pain, whiplash, repetitive stress injuries,
low impact injuries, etc.)
- Neurotrauma Law Nexus (Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries)
- Neuropsychology Central (neuropsychology resources)
- Human Brain Tutorial, Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory,
University of Scranton
- Fibromyalgia Network (educational materials on fibromyalgia
and chronic fatigue syndrome)
- Mass Disaster: A Victims' Guide (Arizona State Bar
Association)
- Internet
Prospector - Locating U.S. Corporation Records Online (links to state
corporation databases accessible online)
- Internet Prospector - Corporate Directories Online
- CorpWatch - Guide for Corporate Research on the Internet
- CompaniesOnline.Com (Search engines for companies with an
online presence)
- CommerceInc (Searchable database of over 11 million
companies, both public and private)
- Hoover's Online (Searchable database of companies)
- Vital
Records Information in the United States (information about where to
obtain vital records, such as birth, death, marriage certificates and
divorce decrees from each state)
- Contingent Fees in Personal Injury Litigation (from the
authors of this site)
- Bazelon
Center for Mental Health Law
- Mortality Data from the National Vital Statistics System
- Life Tables - Vital Statistics of the United States - Latest
edition (.pdf format)
- The Longevity Game - Life Expectancy Calculator from
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
- Scholarly Societies Project - Standards & Specifications Written
By Scholarly Societies (invaluable resource containing standards in all
areas, industries, etc.)
- Article: The Valuation of Household Services - Conceptual Issues
- Qui Tam Litigation
(explanatory article on whistleblower litigation, from the authors of
this site)
- Central
Notice (notices of product recalls, class actions, etc.)
- Classactionlitigation.com
- Understanding Mass Personal Injury Litigation (Rand
Organization Publication)
- Weather Underground (historical weather data...You must
first go to the local area in which you're searching, and then click on the
link for historical weather data)
Negligence and Auto Tort
Sites :
Product Liability Sites :
- http://www.recalls.gov/ (Government sponsored portal site
for all product recalls)
- Consumer Product Safety Commission Press Releases and Recalls
Page (also contains instructions for subscribing to their email
newsletter for recalls)
- Consumer Reports Recalls Page
- Food and Drug
Administration Homepage
- Food and
Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health
(includes a search engine for medical devices)
- Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health - Search Engine for Registered Devices
- Fen Phen Litigation
(links to the FDA and medical sites giving rise to this latest mass tort
litigation)
- Vioxx - New England Journal of Medicine - "Failing the Public
Health — Rofecoxib, Merck, and the FDA"
- Vioxx Claims
- Vioxx Study - the journal Atherosclerosis (Volume
177, Issue 2, December 2004, Pages 235-243; Sulfone COX-2 inhibitors, as
opposed to to sulfonamide COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs, increase
susceptibility to atherothrombotic events)
- Sulzer Defective Hip
Implant Claims
- MAUDE, Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database
(Searchable database of reports of adverse events involving medical
devices. Database consists of all voluntary reports since June, 1993, user
facility reports since 1991, distributor reports since 1993, and
manufacturer reports since August, 1996)
- Consumer
Product Safety Commission Homepage
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers (comprehensive
listing, with search engine, of manufacturers...handy tool for product
liability litigators)
- Vermont Safety Information Resources, Inc., SIRI
(Articles and resources, including Material Safety Data Sheets, MSDS, on
safety issues)
- Minnesota Tobacco Trial Transcript
- National
Vaccine Information Center
- The Vaccine
Page - Vaccine News & Database
- Centers for
Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services
- NIOSH Alert: Preventing Allergic Reactions to Natural Rubber
Latex in the Workplace
- Latex Allergy Links (portal to large number of latex
allergy sites on the Web)
- Latex Allergy
- The Chemical Industry Archives (from the Environmental
Working Group... 37,0000 searchable pages of internal company documents
discovered during litigation)
- Trade Secrets - PBS Show on Chemical Industry
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(Government Site, includes search engine for HazDat Database)
- TSCATS - Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions Database
(searchable collection of unpublished technical reports on over 8,000
chemicals submitted by industries to the Environmental Protection Agency
since 1985)
- Oxford University - Material Safety Data Sheets, Chemical and
Other Safety Information
- Vermont
Safety Information Resources - MSDS Collection
- ToxNet
- Toxicology Data Network - National Library of Medicine (a cluster of
databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas)
- Extoxnet, The Extension Toxicology Network (variety of
information about pesticides, pesticide information profiles, resources for
toxicology information, and technical information)
- ToxLaw.Com
(all things related to the law of toxic torts...chatboards, resources,
etc.)