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Publisher: Yale Law School

LawMeme view detail comment email this

"LawMeme, a law and technology blog at Yale Law School, has been in operation since 2001. The organization focuses on the mutual influence of technological development and legal doctrine, with a particular focus on civil rights online, intellectual property, and the first amendment." The site includes links to news stories and related commentary. "In order to moderate comments, you must be a registered user." Searchable and browsable by topic or month.
http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/
Topics: Blogs & Podcasts by Subject, Law, Technology

Last updated Sep 9, 2003


curiae.law.yale.edu: United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs view detail comment email this

"The Curiae Project provides Supreme Court records and briefs and other relevant materials free of charge on the Internet. Cases are selected for addition to the site based on a ranking developed from citation data in historical and constitutional texts." Searchable, or browsable by most commonly cited cases or most frequently viewed cases. From the Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.
http://curiae.law.yale.edu
Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Judicial Process, Law

Last updated Jun 4, 2006


Documents on Terrorism view detail comment email this

A collection of resolutions, testimony, declarations, and other documents from a number of official sources including the United States government, other national governments, and various international conferences and organizations. Part of The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/terrorism/terror.htm
Topics: Terrorism

Last updated Apr 28, 2005


The Code of Hammurabi (The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School) view detail comment email this

Hammurabi, king of Babylonia from 1792-1750 B.C., created one of the earliest written collections of laws. The preamble, text, and epilogue of the Code of Hammurabi are listed at this site. Also included are commentary by a scholar and an article from the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica , as well as a dictionary of terms.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/hammenu.htm
Topics: Law, Law

Last updated Oct 26, 2001


The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: A Decade of American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents 1941-1949 view detail comment email this

A collection of documents relating to American World War II and related peacetime foreign relations. Includes documents such as those arising from the Yalta (Crimea) and the Berlin (Potsdam) Conferences, United Nations materials, the Inter-American system, the North Atlantic Treaty, and other areas of interest to the U.S. (atomic energy, Palestine, arms reduction). From the Lillian Goldman Law Library in Memory of Sol Goldman at Yale Law School.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/decade/decade.htm
Topics: History, International Governments, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, United States History, World War II

Last updated Jul 27, 2005


The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: The War of 1812 view detail comment email this

A collection of documents relating to the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. Includes documents such as the U.S. act declaring war and the 1814 Treaty of Ghent. From the Lillian Goldman Law Library in Memory of Sol Goldman at Yale Law School.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/britain/br1814m.htm
Topics: History, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, United States History, Wars & Conflicts

Last updated Mar 9, 2006


September 11, 2001: Attack on America view detail comment email this

A collection of documents related to the September 11, 2001, events, including press releases, briefings, public laws, executive orders, proclamations, and more. From the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/sept_11/sept_11.htm
Topics: September 11 & Beyond

Last updated Aug 16, 2005


Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy view detail comment email this

A collection of documents "relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government." International in scope. Includes documents dating back to Ancient Greece. Searchable, and browsable by date, subject, author, and title.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/
Topics: Law, Law

Last updated May 22, 2005


The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: The Federalist Papers view detail comment email this

Complete collection of the 85 articles urging the citizens of New York to ratify the new United States Constitution. They were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, and were first published from October 1787 to August 1788. From the Lillian Goldman Law Library in Memory of Sol Goldman at Yale Law School.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed.htm
Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Government, United States History

Last updated Oct 23, 2006


The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans view detail comment email this

The site presents the full text of approximately 30 treaties signed between various Native American groups and the United States government between 1778 and 1868. Includes treaties with the Six Nations, Chocktaw, Chicksaw, Cherokee, Shawnee, Wyandot, Apache, Oneida, Potawatami, and Kiowa groups. Searchable and browsable.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ntreaty/ntreaty.htm
Topics: Government, Government, Law, Law by Subject, Native Americans, Regions of the World

Last updated Oct 1, 2003


The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials view detail comment email this

A collection of documents relating to the charges against Nazi organizations and individuals, brought before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in October 1945, following the end of World War II. Includes documents such as the indictment, testimony of witnesses, the charter of the IMT, the Nuremberg code, documents cited in the record, and reports. From the Lillian Goldman Law Library in Memory of Sol Goldman at Yale Law School.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/imt.htm
Topics: Crime, World War II

Last updated Nov 22, 2005


The Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary Record view detail comment email this

Compilation of documents related to Palestine, Israel, and other countries and regions in the Middle East. Includes the Balfour Declaration (1917), the Alexandria Protocol (1944), the Israeli Declaration of Independence (1948), the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt (1979), the Hamas Covenant (1988), and many documents from the United Nations. Part of the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/mideast.htm
Topics: International Governments, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements

Last updated Feb 1, 2006


Representing Children Worldwide view detail comment email this

"A research project which compiles information and resources on how children's voices are heard in child protective proceedings around the country and around the world in the year 2005." Includes a summary of the practices of the 194 signatories to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC), background information on the jurisdiction's child protective practices, and related links. From Yale Law School.
http://www.law.yale.edu/rcw/
Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Social Issues

Last updated May 13, 2009





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