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  • Selective Publication of Cases

    Selective Publication of Cases In the United States, in the late 18th Century, at the time that West was developing its National Reporter System , other publishers were trying other alternatives to case reporting. One of these approaches were the publication of fulltext cases, but only of selected “leading cases”. In those selected set of…

  • U.S. States Court Reports

    State Court Reports The West National Reporter System organizes state court cases by region of the United States. See a list of U.S. States Court Reports with their abbreviations: Atlantic Reporter (A.; A.2d; A.3d) California Reporter (Cal. Rptr.; Cal. Rptr. 2d; Cal. Rptr. 3d) New York Supplement (N.Y.S.; N.Y.S.2d) North Eastern Reporter (N.E.; N.E.2d) North…

  • List of U.S. Federal Court Reports

    List of U.S. Federal Court Reports , with Abbreviations This list identifies some of the major reports of judicial U.S. (federal) decisions and their abbreviations. This list does not include courts that no longer exist and some specialized courts. It is divided by U. S. Court: Supreme Court United States Reports (U.S.) Supreme Court reporter…

  • Court Reports

    Court reports (also called “reports”) are published collections of histories of legal cases, with the arguments used by counsel and the reasons given for the decision of the court. They are volumes of printed (or online) opinions of magistrates, judges or justices. Case report may be official or unofficial, authoritatives or not. Most unofficial reports…

  • European Union

    Legal Materials Two sources for E.U. information stand out in my mind. First, the European Union'sEuropa, which posts (a) EU news and press releases, (b) links to EU Web sites, including the European Parliament, banks, courts and agencies and (c) the best collection of EU legal materials on […]

  • European Union

    Legal Materials Two sources for E.U. information stand out in my mind. First, the European Union'sEuropa, which posts (a) EU news and press releases, (b) links to EU Web sites, including the European Parliament, banks, courts and agencies and (c) the best collection of EU legal materials on […]

  • Religion

    The Legal History of Religion This section provides an overview of Religion. Religion & Law Pages Online Legal Resources The Islamic Law entry The Jewish Law entry U.S. Federal Religion Law Decisions Recent U.S. Supreme Court Religion Law Decisions – at the Legal […]

  • Comparative Law

    Comparative law may be defined as the study of the similarities and differences between the laws or legal rules of two or more countries, or between two or more legal systems (i.e. the study of legal systems and laws in different countries). It is not a body of rules and principle. It is a […]

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…

  • Un Suspension of Libya

    Suspension of Libya From Membership in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On March 1, 2011, the General Assembly unanimously voted to suspend Libya's rights of membership on the Human Rights […]

  • UNIDROIT Principles

    The task of harmonizing world commercial law turns out to be different from what might have appeared to be the case a decade ago. It is now clear that there will not be one single monumental document that will harmonize all legal rules. Instead, the situation I have described, in which at least seven kinds…

  • UNIDROIT Principles

    The task of harmonizing world commercial law turns out to be different from what might have appeared to be the case a decade ago. It is now clear that there will not be one single monumental document that will harmonize all legal rules. Instead, the situation I have described, in which at least seven kinds…

  • North American Free Trade Agreement

    North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) On January 1, 1994 the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) established a single trade zone. North American Free Trade Agreement Resources There is a great deal of research material available on this subject. The difficulty is not in […]

  • North American Free Trade Agreement

    North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) On January 1, 1994 the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) established a single trade zone. North American Free Trade Agreement Resources There is a great deal of research material available on this subject. The difficulty is not in […]

  • Environmental Crime

    Environmental Crime Environmental Crime: Factors for Presecution in the United States Introduction to Factors to be Considered Where the law and evidence would otherwise be sufficient for prosecution, the Attorney for the Department should consider the factors contained herein [1], to the extent they are applicable, along with any other relevant factors, in determining whether…