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U.S. Government Documents
Judicial Branch Resources |
The Columbia Law Library is the location for most legal and judicial materials on campus. If an item you need doesn't appear to be in CLIO, and is of a legal nature, search for it on the Law Library online catalog, Pegasus.
Other useful internet sites for locating judicial and legal materials are:
- ABA LawInfo.org
- This site, provided by the America Bar Association, is designed for the consumer, and is divided into eight sections: Family, Home, Job, Finances, Buying and Selling, Criminal Justice, and Finding a Lawyer.
- The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800.
- New York : Columbia University Press, 1985-2007. 8 vols.
- KF 8742.A45 D66 1985 - Butler
- Encyclopedia of American Law.
- New York : Facts on File, c2002.
- KF 154 .E528 2002 - Lehman
- Federal Judiciary
- The official website for the U.S. Court system.
- It includes links to the Federal Circuit Courts.
- Finding Court Opinions On The Web, from the National Law Journal
- FindLaw
- A commercial site, FindLaw provides free access to a large number of legal materials, including Federal and State cases and codes, forms and software, reference resources, law reviews, information for law students, businesses, and the public. There are separate sections dealing with specific topics such as housing, family law, and immigration.
- Guide to Law Online: United States
- A web resource page, from the Law Library of Congress.
- Judges of the United States Courts
- "The Federal Judges Biographical Database contains the service record and biographical information for all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789."
- Judicial Watch
- Judicial Watch, Inc., a non-partisan, non-profit foundation based in Washington, D.C., was established in 1994 to serve as an ethical and legal "watchdog" over our government, legal, and judicial systems to promote a return to ethics and morality in our nation's public life.
- National Center for State Courts: Court Web Sites
- Provides links to all available state and local court sites.
 The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions- Oyez: Supreme Court Multimedia
- The Supreme Court Compendium : Data, Decisions, and Developments. 3rd ed.
- Washington, DC : CQ Press, 2003.
- KF 8742 .S914 2003 - Lehman
- Supreme Court of the United States
- The official website for the Supreme Court of the U.S. There is information about the Court, and links to its Docket, Arguments, Opinions, and Orders.
- U.S. Supreme Records and Briefs, 1832-1978
- U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 features a fully searchable database of approximately 11 million pages and more than 350,000 separate documents. Approximately 150,000 Supreme Court cases are featured, the majority consisting of those for which the Court did not give a full opinion.
- Understanding the Federal Courts
- A Justice Department publication which explains the structure of the Federal courts, the judicial process, common legal terms, and more. It also includes a directory of Federal courts.
- Web Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research
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