ABA Administrative Procedure Database
URL: http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/admin/

Sponsored jointly by the American Bar Association's Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice and the Florida State University College of Law, this site is a good resource for finding primary and secondary administrative procedure material on the World Wide Web. Most links to material are to off-site and reliable sources, such as Findlaw for state administrative law resources. The on-site text, which is fully searchable, includes the "1997 Survey of Administrative Law Judge Salaries," the "ABA Model ALJ Act," "Recommendations of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS)", and the Attorney General's Report and Manual on the Administrative Procedure Act. The site offers a table of State Administrative Procedure Acts, some of which are hyperlinked to content on the World Wide Web. It also contains several pages of related links and short annotations to the recommended sites and organizations. This page hosts a "news" section, which provides links to related acts, bills, reports and articles, including ABA publications, some of which are available online at no charge. The site does not seem to be updated frequently.

 

Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
URL: http://fjsrc.urban.org/

The Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (FJSRC) maintains the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) database. This database contains information about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system. The FJSP compiles comprehensive information describing defendants from each stage of Federal criminal case processing using data obtained from Federal agencies. The site contains a "data dictionary" which which describes each element in the FJSP database. Visitors may download datasets for more in-depth analysis, or use the site's powerful search engine to find data about specific events and outcomes. The site is very well-maintained, easy to navigate and the data is easy to access. There are several pages devoted to the FJS Program, including extensive documentation of the origin and use of the compiled statistical data. The site has been active since March 1999.

 

Revista Electronica de Derecho Informatico
URL: http://derecho.org/redi/

The Revista Electrónica de Derecho Informático (monthly, Aug. 1998--) is an online journal based in Spain, covering cyberlaw, the Internet, intellectual property, e-commerce, computer crime, and electronic legal resources. Contributors are scholars, attorneys, and jurists from Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. Most articles are in Spanish; some are in English, Portuguese, or Italian. The website includes several pages of links to other computer/communications-related sites from Europe, the United States, and elsewhere. Many important online resources are listed, although not in any apparent order. Nonetheless, for the researcher who reads Spanish, this journal is a useful publication.

 

South African Legislation
URL: http://www.polity.org.za/govdocs/legislation/

Developed and maintained by a private web development company, the page "South African Legislation" is one page in a site entitled "South African Government Information" at http://www.polity.org.za/. This small page, which is simple and easy-to-use, is broken down into two sections: Legislation and Legal Resources Links. Under the "Legislation" section there is a brief guide to the South African legislative process, which is well-written and contains hyperlinks to defined terms. There are hyperlinks to an index of acts by year, from 1993 to 1999. It is impossible to tell if the coverage is comprehensive. Starting in 1997, the texts of the legislation is only available in .pdf format, which requires Adobe's Acrobat Reader, available for free. The 1996 Constitution is available, as well as the Bills of Parliament, and an index entitled "Legislation Relating to Broadcasting, Posts and Telecommunications." The page states that this particular index is comprehensive as of July 1997. The section entitled "Links to SA Legal Resources" covers sites that also contain the full text of South African legislation.

 

USPTO Web Patent Databases
URL: http://www.uspto.gov/patft/

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office offers web access to their bibliographic and full-text patent databases, covering January 1, 1976 to the most recent weekly issue date (usually each Tuesday). Full page images are available as well, but require a brower plugin for viewing. Each database has a table of contents, a help file, and an elaborate search engine offering Boolean, manual and patent number searching. In addition, the main page has an extensive set of scope notes to assist the reader in doing efficient searches.

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