Law Libraries, On-line
http://lalaw.lib.ca.us/  Los Angeles County Law Library
http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib114.htm   Internet Law Library Links - Law Guru.Com

Legal Research

Guides to Legal Research
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/lisp/research.htm  Aallnet - American Association of Law Libraries
http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/ResearchGuides/Basics.cfm  What We Do - Cornell Law Unviersity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_research  Wikipedia.Org - Basic legal research
http://www.njlla.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=33#how  New Jersey Law Librarians Association -- Additional links

Law Dictionaries

Law dictionaries, On-line
http://www.lectlaw.com/def.htm A-Z ‘Lectric Law’s Dictionary
http://www.duhaime.org/dictionary/diction.aspx A-Z Duhaime’s Law Dictionary
http://www.nolo.com/dictionary/wordindex.cfm By specific topic, A-Z

Basic Legal Information

Nolo Law Centers
http://www.nolo.com/index.cfm  Everyday topics for the lay person

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Legal Forms

Legal Forms and Checklists
http://forms.lawguru.com/xcart/customer/home.php  Law Guru.Com - Efficient, for fee
http://lectlaw.com/usforms/  "Lectric Law Library - Premium legal forms by topic, fee
http://www.findforms.com/  Findforms.Com - Free legal forms & search engine for premium forms for a fee
http://www.theopticon.com/index.asp?section=3&page=59  Legal forms for lawyers and those who are representing themselves pro se
http://www.washlaw.edu/legalforms/  Additional hyperlinks resources for legal forms and legal forms by topic

Also, see U.S. Government Forms.  You will be taken to another web page.

Legal Citations

Introduction to Legal Citations
http://www.asl.edu/library/pubs/lrg_alwcit.pdf  Appalachian School of Law Library; Grundy, Virginia - With excerpt from ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_citation  Wikipedia.Org - Legal citations in the U.S. and other countries

Legal Questions & Answers

Law Guru: Free answers to your law questions, & more.
Free answers to over Over 100,000 previously asked law questions answered, by over 400 law firms in the lawguru.com database.   Or ask your own questions.
http://lawguru.com/  (Homepage)

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International Law  

International Law, A-Z - Links to Resources Compiled by Q'Quin Law Library - University of Oregon
http://www.law.uh.edu/libraries/fi/foreignlaw.html

International Law, by Category - Resource Links - J.W. Long Library, Willamette University; Salem, Oregon
http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/forint.htm

Enter or return to Foreign Government Sources on the Web.

U.S. Consitution - Supreme Court Decisions

U.S. Constitution
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html  U.S. Constitution Online - US Constitution.Net
http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?us1#Z2Q  Links to U.S. Constitution, annotated (with notes) - Law Source.Com

Constitutional Law  (Supreme Court Decisions on U.S. Constitution)
Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: Major Cases  The 'Lectric Law Library
Major U.S. Supreme Court Decisions  Cornell.edu
Major Landmark Cases  LandmarkCases.Org
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, by Topic  Cornell.edu

U.S. Constitution Annotated with Explanations of Case Law (court decisions and interpretations) for most Clauses of the Constitution.  Very comprehensive
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/.html
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/constitution/

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U.S. Law

Searchable Index to U.S. Code Titles - Law.Cornell.Edu
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/#TITLES   

Table of Popular Names of Many Laws - Law.Cornell.Edu
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/topn/   

Law in the U.S., by Subject - Findlaw.Com
http://library.lp.findlaw.com/index.html#subject

Nolo.com - U.S. Code, U.S. Constitution, Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.nolo.com/statute/federal.cfm

Search U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cfr/  Legal Information Institute - Law.cornell.edu

U.S. Case Law

Search U.S. Federal Court Cases
http://www.lexisone.com/lx1/caselaw/freecaselaw  Lexis One - Free Case Law Search or Browse

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/#federal   Findlaw.com - U.S. Cases & Code - Browse Supreme Court decisions, search or browse opinions of U.S. Court of Appeals, state resources

http://www.lawsource.com/also/usa.cgi?us1  Law Source.Com - Search Supreme & Federal Ct. Decisions

U.S. Law Comprehensive

FedLaw - Comprehensive, by Category
http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm

Law Library of Congress - Guide with Hyperlinks
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/judicial-decisions.php

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State Law & Courts

Search State Constitutions, Statutes & Related Legislative Information
http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html  Freedomlaw.com - State constitution, statues, judicial opinions - Scroll down!
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/state.html  FindLaw.Com - Click on state you need, and check under the "Legislative" heading for state consitution, statutes, some court opinions
http://www.megalaw.com/states.php  MegaLaw.Com - State statues, codes, resources, cases & case law for some states, some court opinions

State Statutes, by Law Topic
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/state_statutes  Law.cornell.edu
http://www.megalaw.com/top/top.php  MegaLaw.Com - Choose law topic, and scroll down for state statutes on your topic.

State of California Law
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html  California codes, with links to California Constitution and statutes.
http://www.megalaw.com/ca/ca.php  Megalaw.Com - California Constitution, statues by category, case law, regulations, web sites of California courts, counties, and cities plus more

Municipal Codes On-Line
http://www.spl.org/?pageID=collection_municodes  Seattle Public Library - Some free municipal codes online
http://www.municode.com/library/library.aspx  Search free municipal code library
http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/index.html  FindLaw.Com - Click on a state, click on "Primary resources" link, and scroll down to find city ordinances.

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Business and Commercial Law

Fields of Commercial Law
http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Commercial_law  Overview of Commercial Law, Universal Commercial CodeWex - Legal Information Institute - Law.cornell.edu

Comprehensive Business Law Site - Methvenlaw.Com
http://www.methvenlaw.com

Universal Commercial Code
http://www.megalaw.com/top/commercial.php  megalaw.com - Universal Commercial Code, state commercial codes, sales law, consumer law
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/ucc.table.html  Articles 1-9
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/ucc.html  Links to state statutes that correspond to articles of the Universal Commercial Code

Business Contract Law

Contracts
http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/  Universal Commercial Code Art. 2, Contracts
http://contracts.corporate.findlaw.com/index.html  Contract samples, by industry and by category - Findlaw.com

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Intellectual Property Law  (Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright)

Selected Resources on Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, and Intellectual Property
http://www.uspto.gov/  Homepage of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office  Site index
http://www.benedict.com/
"Internet's first and premiere copyright registration and information resource" - The Copyright Website
http://www.nolo.com/resource (Patents, copyright and art)  Nolo.com resources
http://www.ggmark.com/  All About Copyright - Gregory H. Guillot
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/  Copyright and Fair Use Center - Stanford University Libraries

Additional Hyperlinks of Intellectual Property Resources
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/web_resources/web_sites.html  Copyright and Fair Use Center - Stanford University Libraries

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Employment and Labor Law

U.S. Labor Code
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/29/

California Labor Code
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=lab&codebody=&hits=20

Employment Law Guide, U.S.
http://www.dol.gov/compliance/guide/index.htm
U.S. Dept. of Labor.  Readible summaries and compliance advice on major labor and employment laws
http://www.nolo.com/resource.cfm (Employment law)
Nolo.com - Employer's rights and responsibilities

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Income Tax Law

Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Title 26 of the United States Code (26 U.S.C.)
http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id=98137,00.html  IRS web page
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode26/usc_sup_01_26.html  law.cornell.edu

Taxes for Businesses - IRS web page
Small Business & Self-Employed One-Stop Resource

IRS Forms and Publications
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/   IRS Forms and Publications
By form number
Topical index to forms with instructions

California Franchise Tax Board - forms
http://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/

You may also look at other government forms.  

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Cyber Law & E-Commerce Law

Cyber Law Journal (News) - New York Times, Carl S. Kaplan
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/reference/indexcyberlaw.html

Cyber Law Cases
http://www.internetlibrary.com/  Internet Library.Com - Internet Law Cases for Topics
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/cyberlaw-clinic  Stanford University Cyber Law Clinic - Cases

Laws by Subject

Topics - State Statutes, by Topic
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/state_statutes.html  Law.cornell.edu
http://www.methvenlaw.com  Methven Law.Com

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