Tag: Resources

  • Special Areas Conservation Program

    In Legislation Special Areas Conservation Program in the U.S. Code: Title 16, Chapter 54, Subchapter II The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating special areas conservation program are compiled in the United States Code under Title 16, Chapter 54, Subchapter II. It constitutes […]

  • Coastal Barrier Resources

    In Legislation Coastal Barrier Resources in the U.S. Code: Title 16, Chapter 55 The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating coastal barrier resources are compiled in the United States Code under Title 16, Chapter 55. It constitutes "prima facie" evidence of statutes […]

  • Legal Encyclopedias

    Legal Encyclopedias in the United States Legal encyclopedias provide (generally) a brief, integrated statement of the law. They pull together an enormous body of legal literature, definitions, rules, and practice points derived mainly from case law. Indexes and cross-references are provided. […]

  • Legal Treatises

    Legal Treatises in the United States The term treatise usually refers to an in-depth scholarly work on a particular subject area. A treatise may be a single volume or a multi-volume set. Some treatises carry scholarly weight but are not too technical or theoretical to be useful to law […]

  • Legal Treatises

    Legal Treatises in the United States The term treatise usually refers to an in-depth scholarly work on a particular subject area. A treatise may be a single volume or a multi-volume set. Some treatises carry scholarly weight but are not too technical or theoretical to be useful to law […]

  • Law Review

    Law Review in the United States Articles in law reviews have certainly become more obscure in recent decades. Many law professors seem to think they are under no obligation to say anything useful or to say anything well. They take pride in the theoretical and in working in disciplines other […]

  • List of Legal Terms

    List of Legal Terms in the United States List of Legal Terms with meaning of 1920 The following is a list of some of the most important legal terms commonly employed in the United States and Canada. Abalienation. — In civil law, the act of transferring a title in real or personal property […]

  • International Criminal Law. Bibliography

    International Criminal Law. Bibliography in the United States Reference works William A. Schabas (ed.), International Criminal Law, ( 3 vols) 2012 Christopher Safferling, International Criminal Procedure, 2012 Bartram S. Brown (ed.), Research Handbook on International Criminal Law, […]

  • Arbitration Resources

    Arbitration Resources in the United States Arbitration is an alternative to litigation in which an arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators listen to the positions of the disputing parties in a relatively informal proceeding and then issue a decision on how the situation should be resolved. With […]

  • How to search legal journal indexes?

    How to search legal journal indexes? in the United States The recommended method for finding law journal articles is to use an index. Indexes allow searching by author, title, subject, and keyword. Many also include abstracts of articles, and online indexes usually link to the full-text of […]

  • American Jurisprudence (encyclopedia)

    American Jurisprudence (encyclopedia) in United States American Jurisprudence (encyclopedia) American Jurisprudence (Am. Jur.) is, the other popular United states legal encyclopedia Corpus Juris Secundum, also now published by West and is a very practice oriented encyclopedia that is less […]

  • ALR

    American Law Reports (ALR) in the United States American Law Reports (A.L.R.) are a series of reporters begun in 1919 which contain articles, usually referred to as annotations (in fact, they’re detailed law review articles) on over 27,000 different legal topics, written by practicing […]

  • International law today

    International law today in the United States International law emerged as a functional necessity, as a set of rules for the Westphalia state system. International law spread from its Eurocentric base to become a global framework, especially after the break-up of colonial empires and the […]