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InSITE
ISSN 1521-9046
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InSITE highlights selected law-related World Wide Web sites in two ways: as an annotated
publication issued electronically and in print; and as a keyword-searchable database.
The law librarians at Cornell evaluate potentially useful Web sites, select the most valuable ones, and provide commentary and subject access to them. These information can be accessed as following:
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Bracton's De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae
URL: http://bracton.law.cornell.edu/bracton/Common/index.html
- "On the Laws and Customs of England" is attributed to the 13th
century jurist Henry of Bratton, or Bracton. A treatise on
English common law and the Roman and canon law of the day,
it was the most comprehensive treatment of English law until
Blackstone in the 18th century. The major topics
include feudal law, criminal law, and property rights. The
online version is in two forms: a frame version in
which the Latin and English texts can be viewed side by side,
and no-frame versions of both Latin and English texts. There
is a Calendar, or table of contents. This website is a
co-production of Cornell's Legal Information Institute, the
Ames Foundation, and the Harvard Law School Library.
The Latin text is from the George Woodbine edition, and the
English translation is by S.E. Thorne, originally published
in four volumes by the Belknap Press in 1968; thus Volume I
of the printed text, which is the translator's introduction,
is omitted from this online version. Full-text searching is
available for all the online versions, although low-grade
browsers may have some difficulties.
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Computer Policy and Law Program
URL: http://www.cornell.edu/cpl/
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Cornell University is a leader in development of policy for use of
computers and in educating users on how to take advantage of
technologies without violating ethical or legal standards. Through the
web site of Cornell's Computer Policy and Law Program, there is now
access to over 700 written computer-use policies of universities,
corporations, school districts, municipalities, and other groups. Full
text of this valuable policy collection is searchable by name or type
of organization and by 12 policy categories, including privacy, e-mail,
responsible use, and security. In addition to the extensive policies
collection, this site links to selected web pages on relevant legal
resources, higher education organizations, and online arbitrators for
settling online disputes.
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Law and Politics Internet Guide
URL: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5011
- A major legal research website which provides access to legal
gateways such as CounselQuest and Findlaw and links, with
annotations, to many law-related Internet sites, both
general (Jurist, Law Lists, Law Street, laws of the 50 states)
and specific (e.g. DivorceNet). Other sections include law
journals, associations, the U.S. government (federal statistics,
Congress, public opinion), legal forms, continuing legal
education, treaties, legal research guides published by law
librarians, and a section on international trade and law,
which contains general resources as well as major sites for
Asia, Africa, Canada and Europe, and further gateways to
public international law. Informative annotations will guide
the user to appropriate resources, and users are encouraged
to add the URLs of additional websites.
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Policy.com
URL: http://www.policy.com
- Policy.com was established as a free, non-partisan online
resource devoted to issues of public policy and current legislation.
Besides publishing news, a calendar of public policy-related events,
and several discussion groups, Policy.com collects background
information on current legislative issues (e.g. fast-track authority)
with an "issues library" containing press releases, reports,
and statements by cabinet members and lawmakers. Issue of
the Week treats topics such as the future of banking,
women's issues, or tax policy in depth. Issues can be accessed
by topic, e.g. agriculture,
constitutional rights, civil justice, regulatory policy. The
site includes links to government agencies and advocacy groups,
the judicial and legislative branches of government, and
state resources. The "policy newsstand" gives summaries of recent
issues of a wide array of periodicals specializing in public
policy matters, from "American Spectator" to "Mother Jones".
This website is a useful resource for background on Congressional
positions and decisions on policy matters. It is utilized by
lobbyists and citizen activists, and would also be useful
for students.
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Republic of Slovenia: Government Centre for Informatics
URL: http://www.sigov.si/
- The Government Centre for Informatics was created in 1993 in order
for the Slovenian government to disseminate more effectively its
information. This official government web site is part of that effort.
It provides general information on Slovenia and its government and
legal framework. It lists in alphabetical order links to every
Slovenian embassy that has a home page, to Slovenian government
ministries, and various other political and legal sites. Several of
the Slovenian government sites to which it links look as if the Centre
created those web sites as well. The site is searchable in both
English and Slovenian. Use of the search engine brings up information
from other government sites (this reviewer's search brought up
Constitutional Court decisions found at the Constitutional Court's
site). Extremely useful as a gateway to Slovenian government resources
on the Internet. It is updated frequently. If you are using the site
in Slovenian, the Centre offers you a choice of formats (Windows 1250,
USI 8859-2, etc.) for loading the diacritics.
©1998 Cornell Law Library
The contents of this publication and any recommendations therein are the opinions of the authors and do not reflect the views of Cornell University.
The contents of this publication and any recommendations therein are the opinions of the authors and do not reflect the views of Cornell University.