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	Welcome to InSITE, a current awareness service of Cornell Law Library. InSITE highlights selected law-related 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.
	---- Contributors: I. Haight, C. Hepler, S. Leers, J. Pajerek (editor)
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      <title><![CDATA[Comite&#769; Maritime International]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.comitemaritime.org/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Comite&#769; Maritime International (CMI) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, international organization established in Antwerp in 1897, "the object of which is to contribute by all appropriate means and activities to the unification of maritime law in all its aspects."  CMI&#39;s website provides access to several sources that are of value to the researcher.  First are the organization&#39;s publications.  They include CMI&#39;s Yearbooks, Newsletters, Assembly Minutes, Executive Council Minutes, the Status of Ratification of Maritime Conventions and the Travaux Préparatoires.  These are available in PDF at no cost to the researcher.  These publications include the history, the record of debates and the draft texts for the following conventions: The 1910 Collision Convention and The 1952 Arrest Convention, The Convention on Salvage 1989, The Hague Rules and The Hague-Visby Rules, and The LLMC Convention of 1976 and The Protocol of 1996. Next, the researcher will find several international conventions in draft form under the "Work Product" tab.  This is a significant part of the organization&#39;s work.  Some examples include the Charterer&#39;s Right to Limit Liability, Guidelines on Oil Pollution Damage and Uniform Rules of Sea Waybills.  Finally under the "Work In Progress" tab, is a list of CMI&#39;s current projects.  Some but not all of these projects include the draft documents and other materials related to acts of Piracy and Maritime Violence, Arctic and Antarctic Issues and Fair Treatment of Seafarers.  CMI&#39;s most ambitious project is the development of a database of decisions by national courts on the interpretation of maritime conventions.  Once complete, this database will be accessible via the CMI website. Overall, this site is an excellent resource for accessing the conventions, protocols and guidelines a researcher, professor or practicing attorney would need in this area of the law.  It remains to be seen whether this site will be successful at providing access to the jurisprudence on maritime convention.  If they are successful in completing that project and in creating a database that makes that information easily accessible, this site will then become a very powerful tool for those interested in this area of the law.  This is definitely a site worth using for the wealth of primary materials to which the researcher has access and is worth watching to see how its decisions database develops.<br/>
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	  Vol: 17 Num: 13<br/>
	  Author: C. Hepler
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      <title><![CDATA[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.consumerfinance.gov/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created after the U.S. housing market and economic collapse in 2007, seeks to educate consumers about financial products and services including home loans, student loans, and credit cards. The website reflects the federal government&#39;s recent efforts to provide easy-to-understand websites that encourage citizen participation in government. The site features the "Ask CFPB" page, where consumers can get answers to questions about financial products and submit new questions for the CFPB to answer. Questions and answers are organized by topic and for three audiences: students, servicemembers, and older Americans.  The site provides advice for homeowners who are struggling to make mortgage payments and a tool for individuals who seek information about repaying student loans. Consumers can submit complaints about financial products and services and track the complaint&#39;s status. The website encourages consumers to submit their experiences with financial products to help the CFPB improve the relevance of the site. The site links users to federalregister.gov where consumers can comment on proposed regulations. The site also provides access to other CFPB resources, including regulations, reports, open job opportunities, press releases, speeches, budget, op-eds, the CFPB director&#39;s calendar, and a blog.<br/>
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	  Vol: 17 Num: 13<br/>
	  Author: I. Haight
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      <title><![CDATA[Palestinian Legal and Judicial System &#34;Al-muqtafi&#34; ]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://muqtafi.birzeit.edu/en/]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[&#34;Al-Muqtafi&#34; is the acronym in Arabic for the Palestinian Legal and Judicial system. It was developed by legal scholars at the Birzeit University Institute of Law in Birzeit, Palestine (Birzeit has the largest law library in Palestine and is the most advanced in terms of services offered and technology). Al Muqtafi online was launched in 2003 and is available in Arabic and English. According to the website it is THE  Palestinian legal portal, in use by most Palestinian Authority institutions: academic, judicial and NGOs.  Al-Muqtafi contains the full text of all legislation enacted in Palestine since the mid-nineteenth century until today, through various periods of rule over Palestine.  It also has selected case law, and international legal documents dealing with Palestine or the Palestinians anywhere in the world. There is a Legal Dictionary in Arabic and English, an online catalog containing over 10,000 legal books, links to contacts in the legal community, and links to other legal websites. The information in the Al-Muqtafi databases is searchable and browsable in English as well as Arabic. To use the website users must first register and establish a username and password, though registration is free. The search interface is user-friendly and allows for comprehensive search by keyword as well as a variety of structured fields. Documents are available in Arabic in PDF. Some documents are available in English translation in HTML format. <br/>
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	  Vol: 17 Num: 13<br/>
	  Author: S. Leers
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      <author><![CDATA[S. Leers]]></author>
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