Berkman Center for Internet & Society
URL: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/

The Berkman Center for Internet and Society (BCIS) at Harvard Law School is a multidisciplinary research program founded to not only explore cyberspace but to further its development. Major Internet research areas include the questions of open governance, education, code (or architecture), content, security, and the relation of law to each. Besides materials on these topics, the BCIS web site contains online lectures and discussions, a selection of materials from Harvard Law School courses relating to the Internet, proceedings from conferences and panels sponsored by the Center, and archived issues of The Filter (public interest Internet news and commentary). The site also gives contact information for BCIS faculty, fellows, affiliates, and sponsors, as well as details on fellowships and internships. The site has a search engine and is otherwise easily navigable.

 

Equal Justice Network
URL: http://www.equaljustice.org/

The Equal Justice Network (EJN) is the web site of the Project for the Future of Equal Justice, a joint initiative of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association and the Center for Law and Social Policy. Funded by grants from the Open Society Institute and the Ford Foundation, the Project does not provide legal assistance to individuals, but does support numerous programs that in turn assist low-income clients with civil legal problems. The EJN site offers abundant online resources to equal justice advocates, including information on the use of technology and innovative services, directories of legal services and pro bono organizations, job listings, a compilation of listservs and newsletters, training opportunities and resource development, state advocacy and state partnership programs, the current issue of Legal Hotline Quarterly, and much other related material. A useful site for those concerned with legal services for low-income communities.

 

Holocaust-Era Assets
URL: http://www.nara.gov/research/assets/

Holocaust-Era Assets is a web site maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and provides information on both primary and secondary sources as well as current research and programs. In the primary sources section, researchers can find extensive online finding aids, and information on declassifications and new acquisitions. Access to secondary sources is facilitated by bibliographies of print and online resources arranged by subject; in addition, the site offers a collection of links to significant United States, international, academic, and organization web sites related to Holocaust-Era assets. The site also provides a useful guide to performing research at NARA, full-text papers and proceedings relating to the NARA's Holocaust-Era Assets Symposium and Conference (December 1998), unpublished research papers, special reports, and a calendar of events sponsored by NARA. Highly recommended.

 

Maori Legal Resources
URL: http://www2.waikato.ac.nz/lawlib/site/mr.html

Maintained by the University of Waikato Law Library in New Zealand, Maori Legal Resources is a simple but quite useful web site featuring links to a range of legal and non-legal resources concerning the Maoris. Legal resources include the full text of the Declaration of Independence (1835) and the Treaty of Waitangi; a searchable dictionary of Maori customary law; an archive of the Maori Law Review; a database of Waitangi Tribunal Reports; the Maori Land Information Base; and a bibliography of Maori legal material held by the University of Waikato. Non-legal resources include links to sites providing information on Maori history, politics, society, culture, and current events. Other resources include the Te Matahauariki Institute, the Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development), the Tainui Corporation, and Maori Fisheries. A good starting point for Maori research.

 

Roman Law Resources
URL: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/%7Elaw113/rl/rl.htm

The Roman Law Resources web site has been maintained by Professor Ernest Metzger since its inception in January 1995. Made available by the Centre for Study of the Civil Law Tradition at the University of Aberdeen since fall 1995, the site aims to provide a single source of information and materials related to Roman and Civil law, and its scope is indeed broad. Here the researcher can find full-text primary and secondary sources online, including a compendium of corrections to a recent English translation of Justinian's Digest (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985) and a palingenesia of Latin private rescripts. Also available are directories of historians of ancient law, antiquarian booksellers who deal in Roman law, and faculties, institutes, and chairs around the world. The site provides information on the programs and activities of the Centre and its publications; in addition, an unmoderated bulletin board allows for commentary on Roman and Civil law topics. Links to related legal history sites round out this very useful, bilingual (English and German) site.

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InSITE contributors: A. Carson, J. Luke, J. Pajerek, D. Smith, B. Whittington.

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