ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law

Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)
Study of crime and criminal justice in Australia and criminal justice information including criminal justice statistics, libraries, and news releases related to Australia and New Zealand

Australasian Legal Information Institute
Links to Australian Law and World Law Links

British Columbia Superior Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Canadian Government Links

Canadian Department of Justice

Canadian Intellectual Property Office
“The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is a Special Operating Agency of Industry Canada. CIPO administers the intellectual property (IP) system in Canada and disseminates IP information.”

Supreme Court of Canada
Decisions in French and English

Government of Canada
Includes Federal Organizations, Telephone Directory

Provincial and Territorial Governments of Canada

Chinese Law Resources on the Internet
Site is in English

Chinese Legal Research Center
The site is divided into three sections: Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Each section has a
collection of numerous, often annotated links to legal, governmental, and background news
and information resources on the web, both in Chinese and English

Danish and International Law
In Danish only

Denmark, Danish Law Site in English

Denmark Magnus Legal Database
– Contains codes, regulations and cases

Denmark’s Retsinformation
The official law database of the government of Denmark, including all legislation adopted in the past 15 years

Folketinget Denmark Parliament database
Newest law proposals

El Web Juridico
Spanish only

European Commission Libraries Catalogue
Bibliographic database of the European Commission library, containing approximately 172,000 catalogue records in a searchable database

European Center for Space Law

European Roma Rights Center
The European Roma (meaning Gypsies) Rights Center (ERRC) is an international organization, based in
Hungary, which monitors the legal and socio-economic position of European Rom communities

European Union Internet Resources
Collection of European Union-related links. Access to EU servers, bibliographic databases,
document collections, journals, legislative information and treaties

European Union Outline
Treaties, Legislation, Commission decisions, Case law, Press releases, and
other documents concerning competition policy

Finland:Law Information Center

Foreign and International Regulation of Securities
Also includes U.S. Securities Resources

Foreign Trade Information System
Collection of trade and investment resources on Foreign Trade Information System.
Summaries of the provisions of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), CARICOM
the agreement establishing the Caribbean Community), and the Uruguay Round are available

Fiji Government

France’s Juriscom.net
Case summaries, press releases pertaining to the law and the Internet (site in French only)

Germany’s Juristisches Internetprojekt Saarbrucken
German primary legal statutes and court reports

German Law and Government

Governmental institutions
Includes links to parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-national organizations etc. More than 12000 entries from 219 countries and territories

Greece’s Constitution
Site in English

Guide to Foreign & International Databases
Legal search engines, directories, virtual libraries, foreign databases and topic banking, bankruptcy, civil codes, constitutions, intellectual property, international trade, international criminal law and the United Nations

High Court of Australia
Link to a database containing over 6,500 reported and unreported decisions

Hong Kong Legal Resources
Site is in English

House of Commons
Library Research Papers (United Kingdom)

House of Lords
English Judgments delivered since 14 November 1996

Institute for Legal Documentation of the Italian National Research Council
Created by the Istituto per la Documentazione Giuridica (IDG) containing a variety of materials on Italian law

International Association of Law
Enforcement Intelligence Analysts

International Law Dictionary
Definitions of words and phrases used in private and public international law with cross-references (by link) to related words and phrases. (And more.)

International Law Commission
Work of International Law Commission which met in Geneva and New York in
1998 for its fiftieth session. The Commission prepares articles to promote
both the progressive development and codification of international law

International Telephone Directories on the Web

International Money Laundering Information Net work

International Supreme Court Decisions

Irish Law Site

Legal Guide to the Kosovo Conflict

Lex Mercatoria
This site provides information on international commercial law with subsidiary interests in commerce and information technologies that may be of interest to law academics and professionals worldwide.

LLRX.com
This site includes links to over 1,400 sources for state and federal court rules, forms and dockets. You can browse to find the resource you need, or search by keyword. International laws and resources are provided as well.

National Centre of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus
Database contains more than 20000 legal acts issued by the President, Parliament, Government, National Bank, ministries, Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, Supreme Economic Court, and international treaties (in Russian and Belarussian)

The Netherlands National Library
Site in English

Netherlands’ The Dutchess
English version of search engine for Dutch Internet Resources

New York University Journal of International Law & Politics

Norwegian Maritime Laws

One Stop Shopping for European Copy Right Law

Pacific Law Sites
From the University of Waikato Law Library

Privacy and Human Rights
An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Practice

Private International Law
Web site is in English and French and provides the full text of the Hague conventions and
reports on their present status

REESWEB
University of Pittsburgh’s comprehensive index of electronic resources on the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Central Europe, the CIS, Eastern Europe, the NIS, the Russian Federation, and the former Soviet Union

Riksdagen
Sweden’s Parliament Site documents: private members’ motions, committee reports, records, interpellations and questions, Information about elections and referendums as well as the political parties represented in the Riksdag, Databases containing parliamentary documents and various registers

Republic of Turkey, State Institute of Statistics

Roman Law
Available in English, German, Italian and Latin. The English portion provides introductory
material on Roman law and fragments of Latin texts from the Digests, Code of Justinian, and some glosses

Slovenian Law
This fee-for-view site contains 8 databases including: legislation (start date unknown), all regulations
(starting in 1995), court decisions, the official gazette and a bibliographic database of journal articles.
Without paying, one can search in many of the databases, but the results will be only the titles
that may be of interest. NOTE: only the summary area is currently in English

Bank of Slovenia
Laws and Regulations, Exchange Rates, Interbank Interest Rates, Base Rate, Bank Rates and Coins.
The laws in Slovene are generally on a different site and will require language support for the diacritics.
The English language material requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader

South African Government Information

Systematische Sammlung des Bundesrechts
Recueil Systematique du Droit Federal (Swiss federal law). Official site of Switzerland, Constitution, laws, ordinances in French, German, Italian

Taiwan Legal Resources
Site is in English

United Nations
Provides a wealth of international information including specific laws and issues.

University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
World Legal Systems, sponsored by the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa,
Classifies countries of the world into six categories of legal systems: civil law, common
law, customary law, Islamic law, Talmudic law and mixed law. Available in English, French
and Spanish

URLAW Legal Research Center
Access to international laws, resources and forms.

U.S. Committee For Refugees

U.S. State Department
Authentication documents foreign countries

U.S. Committee for Refugees

Portal to UK (United Kingdom) Legal Resources
Venables

Videlex
Ronald S. Huttner LL.B (Hons) Computer-Assisted Legal Research links

American Liberty Law
The Law Offices of David J. Chapman

American Immigration Attorneys on the Web

Immigration Attorney
Immigration Web site of Douglas Holmes

Immigration Links
By Suskind Susser Haas & Devine

Mildred Phillips US Immigration Law Firm, Boston, MA – (617) 624-3800

Statutes on Immigration Law
Links to the full text of Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution (“Congressional Authority To Establish Uniform Rules of Naturalization”); 8 U.S.C., Chapter 12 (“Immigration and Nationality”); and 8 U.S.C., Chapter 13 (“Immigration and Naturalization Service”)

U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service

U.S. State Department

U.S. Supreme Court Immigration
ABA links

ABA Family Law Tables
All 50 states

Articles on Family Law
Broken down by subject matter

Child Custody Laws and Overview
From Cornell University

Divorce Net
State by State Resource Center

Family Laws
Laws concerning Military and Civil Service

Family Law Custody Interrogatory Clauses

Legal Services Corporation’s Lifeline
Helps Those With Nowhere Else To Turn Opinion-
Editorial By Philip S. Anderson, President, American Bar Association, 1998-99

Military Divorce Online

Family: For those wanting to talk about family and adoption related issues and just general chat. To Subscribe: Send email to Mothers, Adoption And Family Discussion List

Support Guidelines.com
Developed to enable “the interpretation and application of child support guidelines in the United States and contains the text of such guidelines for each state and the District of Columbia, plus online support calculators for about a dozen states plus Japan

The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information

North Carolina Family Law Firms
Arthur M. Blue Law Office, P.A., Carthage & Southern Pines, NC
Smith Debnam Narron Wyche Story & Myers, L.L.P., Raleigh, NC
Tharrington Smith, LLP, Raleigh, NC
North Carolina Family Attorney Charles Ullman offers legal assistance with divorce & child custody in Raleigh & Cary, NC

Thurman Wilson & Boutwell, Charlotte, NC

Online Child Support Calculators
California (Pegasus)
Ohio Child Support Calculator

Uniform Matrimonial, Family, and Health Laws Locator List by State

U.S. Adoption Law
Cornell University site includes links to recent Supreme Court and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Decisions, State Statutes and International Law

U.S. Child Custody Law
Cornell University site includes links to recent Supreme Court and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Decisions, State Statutes and International Law

Unified Family Courts
Information from the American Bar Association

Maryland Family Law Attorneys

Oakland County Familiy Lawyer / Bloomfield Hills Divorce Attorney, Troy Child Support, West Bloomfield Child Custody, Domestic Violence, throughout Michigan – (248) 451-2200

AAPR (American Association of Retired Persons)

The ABA Real Property, Probate &Trust Law Section

ABA Section of Individual Rights & Responsibilities
Spring 1998 and Summer 1998 issues with full text articles

The American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys

The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Two recent articles on the same subject of internet links and resources, both of which contain a whole host of links to all sorts of estate planning and administration Web sites, listservs and other Internet resources, neither of which are currently available in full
text on the Web, are the following: “There’s More Out There Than You Think – A Guide to the Internet”,Joseph G. Hodges Jr. Esq., Trusts & Estates, December 1997. ~ Part I “Tips for Using the Internet to Best Advantage” Kenneth P. Barczak Esq.,
Estate Planning, October 1997, and~ Part II “How to Use the Internet for Estate Planning and Tax Research “, Estate Planning,
November 1997. Both of these authors are Fellows of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Arizona Tax Forms

Charitable Remainder Trust Planning
Updated Planning Links with links regarding proposed governmental changes

Cornell Probate Statutes on line by State

Crash Course in Wills and Trusts
By Kentucky Attorney Michael J. Palmero

Dan Brady
Comprehensive estate planning information, forms, resources and links.

ElderLaw Resources

Elder Law
Site by The Massachusetts by the Newton, Mass. law firm of Feigenbaum & Uddo, P.C.

Estate and Gift proposals
From 1999 Treasury Greenbook

Estate Information from the Artful Dodger
By Thomas Hart Hawley, Esq. Author of “The Artful Dodger’s Guide To Planning Your Estate

Estate Planning Links
By the San Francisco-based law firm of Pillsbury, Madison & Sturo’s SF Estate Site

Estate Planning Links
Dennis Kennedy’s Comprehensive List of Best Estate Planning Web Sites

Estate Planning
By Hale & Dorr with Main office in Boston, Massachusetts

Estate Valuations & Pricing Systems, Inc.
Valuation of stocks and bonds for estates. Free Software, but charge for each valuation. This is the same program the IRS uses in analyzing estates

Findlaw’s Topical Links for Estates

FTA State Tax Rates & Structure

1999 Proposed changes to the Internal Revenue Code

The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

The National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys

Planned Giving Resources
Links to State Regulations and contracts, Model Act, Gift Annuities, Pooled Income Funds

Probate and Property Magazine

Senior Law Home Page

National Handbook on Laws and Programs Affecting Senior Citizens
Available for download from The Senior Lawyers Division

TaxAct ’99 Software
Free Download from ZA Net, The TaxACT ’98 Preview Edition is a free tax software that will let you get a jump start on your 1998 taxes. It includes more than 80 forms, schedules and worksheets, plus an interview that steps you through completing your return. The final edition of TaxACT will also be free. There is a Deluxe version of the program with additional documentation, more life events, and greater tech support for only $9.95. State tax modules are $12.95

SecureTax.com
An Online income tax preparation service, fast, friendly and free! Do Your Own 1998 Federal and State tax returns, Prepare and electronically file your taxes on-line and obtain a FAST refund

The Center for the Study of Taxation
Conducts research for legislators, staffers, families, family businesses and others on the destructive effects of estate, gift and generation skipping tax, A.K.A. the Death Tax

Tax, Elder Law and Related Financial Planning
By Pennsylvania attorney Robert Clofine Esq

Elder Law, Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts
By the Ganderson Law Firm of Norfolk, Virgina

The Tax Prophet
By San Francisco, California attorney Robert L. Sommers

Taxsites.com
Tax and Accounting Sites, Links to Federal, States, International, IRS, Articles, Forms and Tax Software

Taxwire

1999 Treasury Greenbook
Must be downloaded in PDF or WordPerfect

Trusts and Estates.com

Trust and Estates Lawschool Links and Tests
University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Uncle Fed
Uncle Fed’s Tax Board is a one-stop webpage for help with your taxes. Uncle Fed has Tax Information, Tax Forms, Tax Help, Tax News, Tax Publications, Tax Articles, On-Line Filing, IRS Information, IRS Procedures, IRS Help, and much more. Find out how to audit proof your tax return at Uncle Fed’s

Uniform Probate Code Draft Amendments
Section 5 Guardianships

Uniform Probate Code Draft Amendments
Section 6

Uniform Trust Code Draft Amendments

U.S. Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure

Viatical and Senior Settlements

U.S. Tax Code