General Legal Sites

by Paul Axel-Lute
last revised August 12th, 2008

Abbreviations of Legal Publications (Monash Univ.)
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Cornell Legal Information Institute Includes Wex, a "collaboratively built, freely available legal dictionary and encyclopedia."
Findlaw.
Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
Hieros Gamos
Internet Law Library
Internet Legal Resource Group
Jurist (at Univ.of Pittsburgh) A very current source for legal news, with links to court rulings and other documents; topical pages; and commentaries by law professors.
Law.com Quest. A searchable database of items in the "law.com network" (ALM publications, with full-text access for subscribers only) and in the "legal web" (law firm websites and legal blogs).
Legal Research Engine (Cornell Univ. Law Library)
lexisONE (registration required) Includes Zimmerman's Research Guide:An Online Encyclopedia for Legal Researchers by Andrew Zimmerman.
LLRX.com
Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). And see Citing the law (tutorial by Cathie Jackson and Ian Bradley at Cardiff University).
Research Legal Information (LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell) Layperson-oriented compilation of information on various legal topics.
The Virtual Chase by GenieTyburski (including Legal Research )
Washlaw Web (Washburn Univ.)

LLMC-Digital.
Lexis
Lexis-Nexis Academic This service is available to all Rutgers users through a subscription by the Rutgers Univ. Libraries. It includes many legal sources.
LoisLaw
National Law Library
VersusLaw (primarily caselaw)
Westlaw