Monday, June 13, 2005

GlobalLex : A Guide to the U. S. Federal Legal System

"This guide was originally prepared to be added with similar guides for legal research of many foreign jurisdictions. The intended audience was global in scope and one without access to the printed sources and fee-based databases in American federal law. Since its first publication I have come to realize that the audience includes many internet users who require reliable legal sources through publicly accessible web-based databases. Many of the materials here are recent and not comprehensive in scope and date coverage. The guide is not intended to supplant traditional sources of legal research. It is my hope that it serves as an introduction to the field and leads the user to a more comprehensive exploration of American federal law."
Author: Gretchen Feltes, Faculty Services/Reference Librarian at New York University School of Law Library

What makes this site valuable to academic and scholarly researchers are the collected links to a wide variety of federal sources such as a list of presidential vetoes as far back as 1789, committee reports and documents, executive orders and proclimations, biographical information on federal judges etc.

There is also a link to the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents which include "statements, nominations, messages, speeches, press conferences and other Presidential materials released by the White House in the preceding week."

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