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Go to: Abortion
Abortion Clinics Partial Birth Abortion Born Alive Infants Roe v. Wade Abortion Clinics
11 January 2001
National Task Force on Violence Against Health Care Providers
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/faceweb.htmNovember 1998
Abortion Clinics : Information on the Effectiveness of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act
Report to the Ranking Minority Member, House Subcommittee on Crime, Committee on the Judiciary
General Accounting Office Report GGD-99-2
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS22506 (PDF)
Go to: Abortion5 August 2002
An Act to Protect Infants Who Are Born Alive
Public Law 107-207
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS23197 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS23198 (PDF)2 August 2001
Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2001
Report together with Additional and Dissenting Views (to accompany H.R. 2175)
(including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
House Report 107-186
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS14468 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS14469 (PDF)12 July 2001
Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2001
Hearing before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary
Serial No. 32
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42936 (PDF)11 September 2000
Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000
Report, together with Additional and Dissenting Views (to accompany H.R. 4292)
(including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
House Report 106-835
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8473 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8474 (PDF)20 July 2000
Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000
Hearing before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary
Serial No. 120
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8072 (HTML)
Go to: Abortion5 November 2003
An Act to Prohibit the Procedure Commonly Known as Partial-Birth Abortion
Public Law 108-105
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42614 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42615 (PDF)1 October 2003
Waiving Points of Order against the Conference Report to accompany S. 3, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
Report (to accompany H. Res. 383)
House Report 108-290
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS44089 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS44090 (PDF)30 September 2003
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
Conference Report (to accompany S. 3)
House Report 108-288
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS38839 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS38840 (PDF)3 June 2003
Providing for Consideration of H.R. 760, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
Report (to accompany H. Res. 257)
House Report 108-139
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS33268 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS33270 (PDF)3 April 2003
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
Report together with Dissenting Views (to accompany H.R. 760) (including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
House Report 108-58
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS30430 (PDF)25 March 2003
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
Hearing before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, of the Committee on the Judiciary
House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 760
Serial No. 14
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3317523 July 2002
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002
Report together with Dissenting Views (to accompany H.R. 4965) (including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office)
House Report 107-604
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21874 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21875 (PDF)23 July 2002
Providing for Consideration of H.R. 4965, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002
Report (to accompany H. Res. 498)
House Report 107-608
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21881 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21882 (PDF)9 July 2002
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002
Hearing before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary
One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 4965
Serial No.93
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42404 (PDF)
"A Pregnant Single Woman (Roe) Brought a Class Action challenging the Constitutionality of the Texas Criminal Abortion Laws which prescribe Procuring or Attempting an Abortion except on Medical Advice for the Purpose of Saving the Mother's Life. ... A Three-Judge District Court ... declared the Abortion Statutes Void as vague and overbroadly infringing those Plantiffs' Ninth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights"Go to: Abortion(The District Court's decision was then appealed to the Supreme Court.)
"We find it unnecessary to decide whether the District Court erred in withholding Innunctive Relief, for we assume the Texas Prosecutorial Authorities will give full Credence to this Decision that the Present Criminal Abortion Statutes of that State are Unconstitutional.""The Judgment of the District Court as to Intervenor Hallford is Reversed, and Dr. Hallford's Complaint in Intervention is Dismissed in all other Respects, the Judgement of the District Court is Affirmed."
Above from Roe v Wade - The Decision (see below)Roe v Wade - The Decision
"ROE ET AL. V. WADE, District Attorney of Dallas County Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas No. 70-18. Argued December 13, 1971 -- Reargued October 11, 1972 -- Decided January 22, 1973 "
Case Name : ROE V. WADE, 410 U.S. 113
Text of Supreme Court Decision
Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0410_0113_ZS.htmlScope and Myths of Roe v. Wade
Hearing before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary
One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, 2 March 2006
Serial No. 109-84, 2 volumes
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS72050 (PDF)
Go to: Adoption - International14 November 2006
Hague Convention on International Adoptions: Status and Framework for Implementation
Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations of the Committee on International Relations
One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session
Serial No. 109-241
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS78151 (PDF)28 February 2006
Romania’s Ban on Intercountry Adoptions
Markup before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations of the Committee on International Relations
One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session
Serial No. 109-156
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS71791 (PDF)October 2005
Foreign Affairs Agencies have Improved the Intercountry Adoption Process, but Further Enhancements are Needed
Government Accountability Office Report to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS65116 (PDF)22 May 2002
International Adoptions: Problems and Solutions
Hearing before the House Committee on International Relations
One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42860 (PDF)6 October 2000
An Act to Provide for Implementation by the United States of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption and for Other Purposes
Public Law 106-279
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8817 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS8818 (PDF)
22 March 2000
H.R. 2909, The Intercountry Adoption Act of 1999
Markup before the House Committee on International Relations
Serial No. 106-157
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS9100 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS9101 (PDF)20 October 1999
Implementation of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption
Hearing before the House Committee on International Relations
Serial No. 106-110
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS5168 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS5169 (PDF)5 October 1999
The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
Treaty Document 105-51 and its Implementing Legislation, S. 682
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Hearing 106-257
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4063 (PDF)11 June 1998
Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
Message from the President of the United States transmitting Convention ... adopted and opened for signature at the conclusion of the Seventeenth Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law on May 29, 1993
.S. Senate Treaty Document 105-51
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS54033 (PDF)
Go to: BankruptcyCurrent
Title 11, Bankruptcy
U.S. Code
http://uscode.house.gov/download/title_11.shtmlCurrent
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts
U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts.htmlFebruary 2007
2007 Onwards - Quarterly U.S. Bankruptcy Statistics
Report of Survey on Proposed Amendments to Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
American Bankruptcy Institute Task Force on Bankruptcy Rules
http://www.abiworld.org/Rules_CommentsFinal.pdf
American Bankruptcy Institute
http://www.abiworld.org/am/template.cfm?section=Bankruptcy_Statistics110 October 2006
Bankruptcy
Legal Information Institute
Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Bankruptcy8 May 2006
Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
Communication from the Chief Justice, the Supreme Court of the United States transmitting Amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that have been adopted by the Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2075
House Document 109-107
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS70433 (PDF)April 2006
Bankruptcy Basics
Revised 3rd Edition
Bankruptcy Judges Division, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS78369 (PDF)26 July 2005
Implementation of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Hearing before House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary
One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session
Serial No. 109-55
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS67038 (PDF)20 April 2005
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Public Law 109-8
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS61937 (Text version)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS61939 (PDF version)
Go to: Brown v. Board of Education - 1954Brown v. Board of Education : 50th Anniversary
Statistics include School Enrollment, High School Graduates, College Graduates and Total Number of Students (Nursery School through College)
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features/001676.html
Go to: Brown v. Board of Education - 195415 December 2003
An Act to Award Congressional Gold Medals Posthumously on Behalf of Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs and Levi Pearson in Recognition of Their Contributions to the Nation as Pioneers in the Effort to Desgregate Public Schools that Led Directly to the Landmark Desegregation Case of Brown et al. . the Board of Education of Topeka et al
Public Law 108-180
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS44499 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS44500 (PDF)
Go to: Brown v. Board of Education - 1954March/April 2004
"Brown v. Board : 50 Years Later"
Michael J. Klarman
An overview of factors in the decision making process of the Supreme Court Justices in this case
Humanities Magazine National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2004-03/brown.html1954
Brown v. Board of Education
Transcript and images of the Supreme Court decision ourdocuments.gov
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=87Introduction to the Court Opinion on the Brown v. Board of Education Case
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/36.htm
Go to: Brown v. Board of Education - 1954Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission
"On September 18, 2001, Public Law 107-41 established the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission for the purpose of encouraging and providing for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education."
http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/brownvboard50th/index.html19 September 2001
Transcript of remarks by President George W. Bush on the signing of the Law to establish the Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010919-16.html18 September 2001
Act to Establish a Commission for the Purpose of Encouraging and Providing for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education
Public Law 107-41
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS16522 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS16523 (PDF)
Go to: Brown v. Board of Education - 1954"With All Deliberate Speed"
Information re the implementation of the Brown v. Board of Education decision --- included is an image of page 2 of the draft decree with Justice Felix Frankfurter's annotations
American Treasures of the Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr007.html
In June 1952 when the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Brown v. Board of Education case, the Court consisted of Chief Justice Fred Vinson and Associate Justices Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Stanley Reed, William O. Douglas, Tom Clark, Robert Jackson, Harold Burton and Sherman Minton. Chief Justice Vinson died on 8 September 1953. On 30 September President Eisenhower nominated Earl Warren, the then Governor of California, to replace Vinson. Warren was sworn in as the Court's 14th Chief Justice on 5 October 1953.
Go to: Brown v. Board of Education - 1954Felix Frankfurter's Draft Decree to enforce the Brown v. Board of Education Decision, [8 April 1955]
(Click on the image to enlarge)
The Felix Frankfurter Papers
The Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/073))The Justices : Coming to a Decision
The Smithsonian
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/5-decision/justices.htmlNotes, William O. Douglas to Earl Warren, 11 May 1954; Harold H. Burton to Warren, 17 May 1954; and Felix Frankfurter to Warren, 17 May 1954, concerning Chief Justice Warren's decision in Brown v. Board of Education
The Earl Warren Papers
The Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/052))
Go to: Brown v. Board of Education - 1954Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan
Documents relating to Brown v. Board of Education
The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brown-v-board/
Go to: Brown v. Board of Education - 1954Brown v. Board of Education - National Historic Site
"On October 26, 1992, Congress passed Public Law 102-525 establishing Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site to commemorate the landmark Supreme Court decision aimed at ending segregation in public schools. ... The site consists of the Monroe Elementary School, one of the four segregated elementary schools for African American children in Topeka and the adjacent grounds."
National Parks Service
http://www.nps.gov/brvb/
Go to: Brown v. Board of Education - 1954March/April 2004
"Brown v. Board : 50 Years Later"
Michael J. Klarman
An overview of factors in the decision making process of the Supreme Court Justices in this case
Humanities Magazine National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2004-03/brown.htmlSeparate is Not Equal
The Brown v. Board of Education Case
The Smithsonian
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/brown/index.html
In this 1896 Supreme Court decision, the Court ruled that as long as separate facilities for Blacks were not inferior, that such separate facilities were constitutional. The Majority Opinion ended with the words: "If the civil and political rights of both races be equal one cannot be inferior to the other civilly or politically. If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane."
Justice Harlen wrote a famous dissent to the Majority Opinion in which he said: "in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law."
This decision stood until 1954 when the unanimous Court declared the "separate but equal" segregation of public schools to be unconstitutional in the case of Brown v. Board of Education.
Go to: Brown v. Board of Education - 1954Introduction to the Court Opinion on the Plessy v. Ferguson Case
U.S. Department of State
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/33.htmPlessy v. Ferguson
Transcript and image of the decision
ourdocuments.gov
The National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=52
Go to: Brown v. Board of Education - 1954Photograph of Louis L. Redding and Thurgood Marshall outside the Supreme Court at a recess during the Brown v. Board of Education Case
Prints & Photographs Division
The Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3c17797))Photo of Thurgood Marshall (center) with George E.C. Hayes and James Nabri in front of the Supreme Court after the Brown v. Board of Education decision
Copyprint, 1954. New York World-Telegram and Sun Photograph Collection
Courtesy of AP/Wide World Photos
The African American Odyssey, Library of Congress
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_marshall_1_e.htmlThurgood Marshall
Brief biography and links to information about Thurgood Marshall
Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct02.htmlThurgood Marshall : A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Tha Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?faid/faid:@field(DOCID%2Bms001047)
| Background - Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Lesson Plan |
| Civil Rights Act (1964) | President Johnson |
"This Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public
places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities and made employment discrimination illegal. This document was the most sweeping civil rights discrimination since Reconstruction."
Above from ourdocuments.gov website (see below)
Go to: Civil Rights Act of 1964Backgrounder on the Civil Rights Act
U.S. Senate
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/39.htmCivil Rights Filibuster Ended
"At 9:51 on the morning of June 10, 1964, Senator Robert C. Byrd completed an address that he had begun fourteen hours and thirteen minutes earlier. The subject was the pending Civil Rights Act of 1964, a measure that occupied the Senate for fifty-seven working days, including six Saturdays. A day earlier, Democratic Whip Hubert Humphrey, the bill's manager, concluded he had the sixty-seven votes required at that time to end the debate."
U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Civil_Rights_Filibuster_Ended.htm
Go to: Civil Rights Act of 1964Civil Rights Act - 1964
Transcript and images of the Act
Public Law 88-352
ourdocuments.gov, The National Archives
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=97
Go to: Civil Rights Act of 1964Lesson Plan
Teaching with Documents Lesson Plan
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act/
Go to: Civil Rights Act of 1964President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
jpeg photograph of President Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act into law. The law was signed in the East Room of the White House on 2 July 1964. Martin Luther King, Jr. is standing directly behind the President.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/av.hom/images/276-10-64.JPGTranscript of Remarks broadcast by President Johnson on 2 July 1964 upon signing the Civil Rights Act
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/speeches.hom/640702.asp
Go to: Code of Federal RegulationsCode of Federal Regulations (CFR)
"The Code of Federal Regulations is an annual codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government."
"The CFR is divided into 50 titles representing broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each Title is divided into chapters that are assigned to agencies issuing regulations pertaining to that broad subject area. Each chapter is divided into parts and each part is then divided into sections -- the basic unit of the CFR."
Federal Register, The National Archives
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.htmlSearchable database of the Code of Federal Regulations
1996 onwards
GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
Go to: The ConstitutionThe Constitution of the United States
Images of the original document and a transcript
The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.htmlElliot's Debates
"The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution is a five-volume collection compiled by Jonathan Elliot in the mid-nineteenth century. The volumes remain the best source for materials about the national government's transitional period between the closing of the Constitutional Convention in September 1787 and the opening of the First Federal Congress in March 1789."
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwed.htmlA More Perfect Union : The Creation of the U.S. Constitution
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_history.html1992 edition onwards
The Constitution : Analysis & Interpretation
Annotations of Cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS29924
"The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their will and lives only by their will. Chief Justice John Marshall, 1821"
Above from the National Archives website (see below)
There are currently 27 Amendments to the United States Constitution, of which the first 10 are collectively known as The Bill of Rights.
Go to: Constitutional AmendmentsAmendments 1-10 (The Bill of Rights)
The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/bill_of_rights.htmlAmendments 11-27
The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.htmlText of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
Government Printing Office
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/html/conamt.html
Go to: Constitutional ConventionFarrand's Records: The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787
"One of the great scholarly works of the early twentieth century was Max Farrand's The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. Published in 1911, Farrand's work gathered the documentary records of the Constitutional Convention into four volumes--three of which are included in this online collection--containing the materials necessary to study the workings of the Constitutional Convention. ... Farrand's Records remains the single best source for discussions of the Constitutional Convention. The notes taken at that time by James Madison, and later revised by him, form the largest single block of material other than the official proceedings."
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwfr.html
Go to: Constitutional LawCentre for Constitutional Studies
"The object of the Centre’s program of research activities has been to stimulate thinking about subjects of constitutional concern from a variety of perspectives and disciplines."
University of Alberta, Canada
http://www.law.ualberta.ca/centres/ccs/Constitution Finder
Links to International Constitutions arranged alphabetically by Country name
Emily Haenselman
T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond
http://confinder.richmond.edu/Researching Constitutional Law on the Internet
University of Chicago
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/conlaw.htmlWalter Hallstein Institute for European Constitutional Law
Humbolt University, Berlin, Germany
http://www.rewi.hu-berlin.de/WHI/english/index.htm (English)
http://www.whi-berlin.de/ (German)
Go to: CourtsCurrent
Main website
International Court of Justice
(Mirror site hosted by Cornell Law School)
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/cijwww/icjwww/icj002.htm
Go to: CourtsCurrent
International Criminal Court
"The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an independent, permanent court that tries persons accused of the most serious crimes of international concern, namely genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ICC is based on a treaty, joined by 104 countries.
The ICC is a court of last resort. It will not act if a case is investigated or prosecuted by a national judicial system unless the national proceedings are not genuine, for example if formal proceedings were undertaken solely to shield a person from criminal responsibility. In addition, the ICC only tries those accused of the gravest crimes."
http://www.icc-cpi.int/home.html&l=en
Go to: CourtsInternational Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
“The mechanism established by the Convention [on the Law of the Sea] provides for four alternative means for the settlement of disputes: the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Court of Justice, an arbitral tribunal constituted in accordance with Annex VII to the Convention and a special arbitral tribunal constituted in accordance with Annex VIII to the Convention.”
Documents & Publications:
http://www.itlos.org/documents_publications/documents/doc_doc_en.shtml
General Information:
http://www.itlos.org/general_information/overview/overview_en.shtml
List of Cases :
http://www.itlos.org/cgi-bin/cases/list_of_cases.pl?language=en
Procedure:
http://www.itlos.org/procedings/procedures/howto_start_en.shtml
Go to: CourtsManual for Courts-Martial : United States
2000 Edition
Joint Service Committee on Military Justice
http://www.jag.navy.mil/documents/mcm2000.pdf (PDF)
Go to: CourtsProceedings of the Old Bailey Court, London, 1634-1834
"A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court." The database "contains 100,621 trials, from April 1674 to October 1834."
Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield and the Higher Education Digitisation Service, University of Hertfordshire
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/
Go to: CourtsU.S. Bankruptcy Courts
U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts.html
Go to: CourtsU.S. Courts of Appeals
"The 94 U.S. judicial districts are organized into 12 regional circuits, each of which has a United States court of appeals. A court of appeals hears appeals from the district courts located within its circuit, as well as appeals from decisions of federal administrative agencies. In addition, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has nationwide jurisdiction to hear appeals in specialized cases, such as those involving patent laws and cases decided by the Court of International Trade and the Court of Federal Claims."
U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/courtsofappeals.html
Go to: CourtsU.S. District Courts
"The United States district courts are the trial courts of the federal court system. Within limits set by Congress and the Constitution, the district courts have jurisdiction to hear nearly all categories of federal cases, including both civil and criminal matters. There are 94 federal judicial districts, including at least one district in each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Three territories of the United States -- the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands -- have district courts that hear federal cases, including bankruptcy cases."
http://www.uscourts.gov/districtcourts.html
Go to: CourtsAdmission to the Supreme Court Bar
Admission Form
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/05sep20020730/www.supremecourtus.gov/bar/barapplication.pdf (PDF)Instructions for Admission to the Supreme Court Bar
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/bar/barinstructions.pdf (PDF)Justices of the Supreme Court from 1789 onwards
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/members.pdf (PDF)Main website
The Supreme Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/Rules of the Court
"These are the Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States as revised on March 14, 2005. The amended Rules became effective May 2, 2005, as provided in Rule 48. For previous revisions of the Rules of the Supreme Court see 346 U.S. 949, 388 U.S. 931, 398 U.S. 1013, 445 U.S. 985, 493 U.S. 1099, 515 U.S. 1197, 519 U.S. 1161, 525 U.S. 1189, and 537 U.S. 1247."
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ctrules/ctrules.htmlSupreme Court Docket
(The Case Tracking System for Supreme Court Cases)
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/docket.htmlThe Supreme Court Fellows Program
"For the past 30 years, the Supreme Court Fellows Program has enabled exceptionally talented people to contribute to the work of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Federal Judicial Center, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and more recently the United States Sentencing Commission."
http://www.fellows.supremecourtus.gov/index.htmlThe Supreme Court Historical Society
http://www.supremecourthistory.org/Supreme Court Opinions
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/opinions.htmlSupreme Court Opinions (Historic) - By Topic
Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm
Go to: Death PenaltyLegislation - Death Penalty for Aircraft Piracy
Criminal Resource Manual 1410
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm01410.htm
Go to: Death Penalty6 June 2001
The Federal Death Penalty System : Supplementary Data, Analysis and Revised Protocols for Capital Case Review
U.S. Department of Justice
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS12622
Go to: Death Penalty30 March 2006
Death Penalty Reform Act of 2006
Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary
One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 5040
Serial No. 109-93
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS71560 (PDF)1 February 2006
An Examination of the Death Penalty in the United States
Hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary
One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session
Senate Hearing 109-540
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS74819 (PDF)30 June 2005
Terrorist Death Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005 and the Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005
Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary
One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3060 and H.R. 3035
Serial No. 109-46
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS65374 (PDF)18 June 2002
Innocence Protection Act of 2001
Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary
Serial No. 89
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS42476 (PDF)18 June 2002
Protecting the Innocent : Proposals to Reform the Death Penalty
Hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Senate Hearing 107-917
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS31493 (PDF)12 June 2002
Reducing the Risk of Executing the Innocent:
The Report of the Illinois Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment
Hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary
Senate Hearing 107-907
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3149327 June 2001
Protecting the Innocent : Ensuring Competent Counsel in Death Penalty Cases
Hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Senate Hearing 107-485 (Corrected Print)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS23863 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS23865 (PDF)13 June 2001
Racial and Geographic Disparities in the Federal Death Penalty System
Hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary
Senate Hearing 107-396
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS20958 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS20960 (PDF)
Go to: Death Penalty18 June 2002
Testimony of Beth Wilkinson before the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary
"I presently serve as co-chair of the Constitution Project’s Death Penalty Initiative. I am here today to speak on behalf of the Committee and personally, as a former prosecutor, about the importance of competent counsel for defendants facing capital punishment."
House Judiciary Committee
http://www.house.gov/judiciary/wilkinson061802.htm
N.B....This site is no longer active, but has been kept in the bibliography for purposes of historical continuity.December 2000
Compendium of Standards for Indigent Defense Systems - Capital Case Representation
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/indigentdefense/compendium/standardsv3/welcome.html15 September 1998
Federal Death Penalty Cases : Recommendations Concerning the Cost and Quality of Defense
The Subcommittee on Federal Death Penalty Cases
Committee on Defender Services
Judicial Conference of the United States
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2760
Go to: Death PenaltyA Broken System : Error Rates in Capital Cases, 1973-1995
"In 1991 the Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary asked Professor James Liebman of the Columbia University School of Law to calculate the frequency of relief in habeas corpus cases. In late 1995, the study was expanded from a single count of cases and their outcomes to a search for information that might help explain why relief is granted in so many capital cases."
This study is often referred to as the Liebman Study.
Columbia University Law School
http://www2.law.columbia.edu/instructionalservices/liebman/index.html
Go to: Death Penalty23 July 2002
Capital Punishment : An Overview of Federal Death Penalty Statutes
Congressional Research Service Report
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/rights/hrpage/rl30962.pdfOctober 1997 onwards
Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994
Criminal Resource Manual
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm00069.htm
Go to: Death PenaltyMilitary Case Precedents - Capital Punishment
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Armed Forces
http://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/digest/1999dig/IVC6.htm
Go to: Death Penalty12 September 2000
The Federal Death Penalty System : A Statistical Survey (1988-2000)
U.S. Department of Justice
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS61161993 onwards
Capital Punishment
"This annual BJS [Bureau of Justice Statistics] Bulletin presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death ... and of persons executed .... The report summarizes the movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during the year."
Bureau of Justice Statistics
U.S. Department of Justice
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2430
Criminal Resource Manual
U.S. Department of Justice
Chapter 9-10 - Capital Crimes
9-10.010 Federal Prosecutions in Which the Death Penalty May be Sought
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.0109-10.020 Authorization and Consultation in Capital Cases
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.0209-10.030 Notice of Intention to Seek the Death Penalty
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.0309-10.040 Submissions to the Department of Justice in Death Penalty Cases
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.0409-10.050 Department of Justice Review of Cases Seeking Death Penalty
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.0509-10.055 Review of Recommendations Not to Seek Death Penalty
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.0559-10.060 Consultation with Family of Victim
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.0609-10.070 Substantial Federal Interest
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.0709-10.080 Standards for Determination
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.0809-10.090 Withdrawal of Notice of Intention to Seek the Death Penalty
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.0909-10.100 Plea Agreements
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.1009-10.110 Forms and Procedures
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.1109-10.120 Exceptions for the Proper Administration of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm#9-10.120
Chapter 9-16 - Pleas -- Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11
9-16.320 Plea Agreements and Restitution under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/16mcrm.htm#9-16.320
Chapter 9-37 - Federal Habeus Corpus
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/37mcrm.htm
Chapter 9-60 - Protection of the Individual
Go to: Death Penalty9-60.711 Prosecution Policy in Hostage Taking Cases When the Death Penalty is Authorized by Statute
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/60mcrm.htm#9-60.7119-60.910 Prosecution Policy and the Death Penalty
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/60mcrm.htm#9-60.9109-60.1015 Department Approval When Death Penalty is Applicable
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/60mcrm.htm#9-60.1015
Go to: Declaration of IndependenceDeclaration of Independence
Text and image of the Declaration of Independence
OurDocuments.gov
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=2
Go to: Declaration of IndependenceThe "Declaration Committee"
In 1876 Currier and Ives created this lithograph as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Declaration.
From left to right, the figures are Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and John Adams.
jpeg image, Prints and Photographs Division
The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/images/committ.jpgThe Jefferson Memorial
"As one climbs the steps that lead to the chamber of the Jefferson Memorial they are greeted by an engraving on the front pendiment. The engraving depicts the Declaration Committee presenting the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress."
Image and descriptive text
The National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/thje/rebel/vp.htm
Go to: Declaration of IndependenceDeclaring Independence : Drafting the Documents
Library of Congress
Main website:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html
Chronology of Events --- 7 June 1776 to 18 January 1777
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara2.html
Drafting the Documents
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara3.html"Fragment of the earliest known Draft of the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson in June 1776"
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Transcription
(Italic words in parentheses are those crossed out by Jefferson in the original)
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/frag.html
jpeg image of Fragment 1
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/images/frag1.jpg
jpeg image of Fragment 2
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/images/frag2.jpg"Jefferson's 'original Rough draught' of the Declaration of Independence, written in June 1776, including all the changes made later by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and other members of the committee and by Congress"
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Transcription
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/ruffdrft.html
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http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/images/draft1.jpg
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http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/images/draft2.jpg
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http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/images/draft4.jpg
Go to: Declaration of IndependenceThe Stylistic Artistry of the Declaration of Independence
Stephen E. Lucas
Prologue , Spring 1990
The National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration_style.html
Go to: Declaration of IndependenceCapitol Plaque
In March of 1976 a plaque commemorating the Signers of the Declaration of Independence was mounted in the East Foyer of the Capitol. The plaque was a gift of the Descendents of the Signers.
Image and descriptive text
The Architect of the Capitol
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/plaques/declaration_ind_sign.cfmThe NARA Mural
The 1936 (fictional) mural of the Signers of the Declaration is on display in the Rotunda of the Charter of Freedoms in the National Archives building. The mural, which was restored from 2001-2003, is one half of a pair of murals painted by Barry Faulkner. The other mural is also in NARA's Rotunda and depicts the Constitution.
The mural shows Thomas Jefferson about to hand the Declaration to John Hancock of Massachusetts, the President of the Congress. Jefferson and Handcock are surrounded by a number of other Signers.
Place your cursor over the image and numbers will appear which correspond to the legend below the image.
The National Archives and Record Administration
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters_mural_declaration_b.htmlThe Signers Fact Sheet
The Signers are listed alphabetically and information for each Signer includes which Colony they represented, their birthdate and birthplace, their age in 1776, their occupation, their date of death and how old they were when they died. The chart also includes the number of times they were married and how many children they had.
The National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration_signers_gallery.html
Go to: European UnionCourt of Justice of the European Communities
“The Court of Justice is made up of 25 Judges and 8 Advocates-General. … The Judges and Advocates-General are appointed by common accord of the governments of the Member States and hold office for a renewable term of six years.”
http://curia.eu.int/en/instit/presentationfr/index_cje.htmEurLex - The Portal to European Union Law
Access in 20 languages to: Official Journal, Treaties, Legislation, Legislation in Preparation, Case Law, Parliamentary Questions and Documents of Public Interest
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htmEuropa
European Union Homepage
http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htmEuropean Union Legal Materials : A Guide for Infrequent Users
Duncan E. Alford
Law Library Journal, vol. 97, no. 1 (Winter 2005)
American Association of Law Libraries
http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_llj_v97n01/2005-03.pdf (PDF)Maastricht Treaty on European Union (1992)
"By this Treaty, the High Contracting Parties establish among themselves a European Union"
The European Union
http://europa.eu.int/en/record/mt/top.html
Go to: Federal RegisterCurrent
The Federal Register
"Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents."
Searchable Database of the Federal Register, 1994 onwards
GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
Go to: International Legal ResourcesConstitution Finder
Links to International Constitutions arranged alphabetically by Country name
Emily Haenselman
T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond
http://confinder.richmond.edu/Foreign Primary Law on the Web
O'Quinn Law Library
University of Houston
http://www.law.uh.edu/libraries/fi/foreignlaw.htmlGlobal Legal Materials
Legal Information Institute
Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/world/Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases
New York University School of Law
http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/index.htmlGuide to French Legal Resources
Molly Brownfield
Rutgers University Law Library
http://law-library.rutgers.edu/resources/flr.phpInternational Documents
Northwestern University Library
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/resource/internat/foreign.htmlInternational Law Research
Hauser Global Law School Program
New York University School of Law
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/index.html#International Migration Law
International Organization for Migration
Link to Databases containing Resources re International Instruments, Regional Instruments and National Instruments
http://www.iml.iom.int/section.do
| Congressional Oversight of Judges | History - Judges |
| Ethics - Judges | Salaries - Judges |
Go to: JudgesHouse Committee on the Judiciary
http://judiciary.house.gov/Senate Committee on the Judiciary
http://judiciary.senate.gov/
Go to: Judges24 July 2003
Toward the Development of Ethics Guidelines for International Courts
Report of a Workshop on Judicial Ethics held in Conjunction with the Brandeis Institute for International Judges - Salzburg, Austria
The International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life
Brandeis University
http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/publications/EthicsGuidelines.pdf (PDF)25-26 November 2002
The Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct 2002
"The Bangalore Draft Code of Judicial Conduct 2001 adopted by the Judicial Group on Strengthening Judicial Integrity, as revised at the Round Table Meeting of Chief Justices held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, November 25-26, 2002"
http://www.ajs.org/ethics/pdfs/Bangalore_principles.pdf (PDF)September 2000
Code of Conduct for United States Judges
"This Code governs the conduct of United States Circuit Judges, District Judges, Court of International Trade Judges, Court of Federal Claims Judges, Bankruptcy Judges and Magistrate Judges. In addition, certain provisions of this Code apply to special masters and commissioners as indicated in the 'Compliance' section."
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/guide/vol2/ch1.html
Go to: JudgesHistory of Federal Judgeships
"The History of Federal Judgeships documents the process for soliciting and evaluating requests for additional appellate and district court judgeships, as well as for forwarding recommendations for these judgeships to Congress. Information on this site focuses on appellate and district court judgeships, but also includes historic information on authorized judgeships for all courts and judgeship appointments by presidents since 1933."
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/history/contents.html
Go to: Judges5 November 2003
Authorization of Salary Adjustments for Federal Justices and Judges
Congressional Record , pages H10348 - H10349
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r108:H05NO3-0022:15 July 2002
Judicial Compensation
Statement of William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States before the National Commission on the Public Service
The Supreme Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/publicinfo/speeches/sp_07-15-02.html4 March 2002
Williams v. United States
"The Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for automatic annual adjustments in judicial pay to take account of inflation. In each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1999, Congress included language in appropriations legislation that prevented the Ethics Act adjustments from taking effect for that fiscal year. The petitioners in this case, federal judges sitting when the Ethics Act became law, claim that the latter legislation violates the Constitution’s Compensation Clause."
"The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied ... Justice Breyer, with whom Justice Scalia and Justice Kennedy join, dissenting from denial of certiorari."
Supreme Court Decision
Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/01-175.ZD.htmlFebruary 2001
Federal Judicial Pay Erosion : A Report on the Need for Reform
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/judicialpay.pdf (PDF)
| Arrests - Juveniles | Juveniles in the Courts |
| Death Penalty - Juveniles | School Crime |
| Illegal Drugs - Juveniles | Youth Violence |
Go to: Juveniles - Criminal Justice2004
Arrest of Juveniles for Drug Abuse Violations, 1994-2003
Crime in the United States 2004
FBI - U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/special_reports/arrest_juveniles.htmlApril 2003
Race as a Factor in Juvenile Arrests
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
U.S. Department of Justice
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS34535 (PDF)1995 onwards
Juvenile Arrests
Annual Report - Scroll down to date wanted
U.S. Department of Justice
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3190 (Text and PDF versions of Reports)
Go to: Juveniles - Criminal Justice1 March 2005
Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Corrrectional Center v. Simmons
U.S. Supreme Court holds that "the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid imposition of the death penalty on offenders who were under the age of 18 when their crimes were committed."
FindLaw
http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/03-633.html
Go to: Juveniles - Criminal Justice2004
Arrest of Juveniles for Drug Abuse Violations, 1994-2003
Crime in the United States 2004
FBI - U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/special_reports/arrest_juveniles.htmlSeptember 2001
Drug Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 1989-1998
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
U.S. Department of Justice
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS15141 (PDF)May 2000
Ten Steps for Implementing a Program of Controlled Substance Testing of Juveniles
U.S. Department of Justice
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS41077 (PDF)24 June 1997
Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention : Multiple Youth Programs raise Questions of Efficiency and Effectiveness : Statement of Carlotta C. Joyner, Director, Education and Employment Issues, Health, Education and Human Services Division, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives
General Accounting Office Report T-HEHS-97-166
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS13859April 1997
Hair Assays and Urinalysis Results for Juvenile Drug Offenders : A Summary of Research
National Institute of Justice
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/fs000171.txt29 December 1993
Drug use among Youth : No Simple Answers to Guide Prevention
Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate
General Accounting Office Report HRD-94-24
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS39773
Go to: Juveniles - Criminal Justice1993 onwards
Juvenile Court Statistics
National Center for Juvenile Justice
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Annual Report - Scroll down to date wanted
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS163271992 onwards
Offenders in Juvenile Courts
Annual Report - Scroll down to date wanted
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
U.S. Department of Justice
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4089
Go to: Juveniles - Criminal JusticeJuly 2005
Student reports of Bullying
Results from the 2001 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey
Statistical Analysis Report
National Center for Education Statistics
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS72861August 2002
School Crime Patterns : A National Profile of U.S. Public High Schools using Rates of Crime Reported to Police
Report on the Study on School Violence and Prevention
David Cantor
U.S. Dept. of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS24086 (PDF)August 2002
Wide Scope, Questionable Quality: Three Reports from the Study on School Violence and Prevention
U.S. Dept. of Education, Planning and Evaluation Service
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2537315 May 2000
School Crime Prevention Programs : Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session
Senate Hearing 106-1010
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS15572 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS15573 (PDF)1999 onwards
Indicators of School Crime and Safety
Annual Report
National Center of Education Statistics
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS9947 (PDF)
Go to: Juveniles - Criminal JusticeJune 2002
Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention : a Sourcebook for Community Action
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS27223 (PDF versions in both English and Spanish)2000
Youth Violence Prevention Resources
January 1990 through September 2000 : 3723 Citations
Current Bibliographies in Medicine 2000-8
"This bibliography reviews what has been written in the literature on the topic of youth violence for the past ten years. It focuses on the professional literature but newspaper articles have also been included. Its primary focus is youth violence in the United States with the exclusion of violence as it relates to war trauma. The citations are mainly in English or Spanish. Internet addresses have been provided for those citations that link back to PubMed, ERIC and other systems that allow free access to abstracts or full text of the citations."
The National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS14580 (PDF)28 September 1999
Juvenile Intervention Programs that Work
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Youth Violence of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session on Examining Juvenile Crime Prevention and Intervention Funding and Strategies, Focusing on State Juvenile Court System Assistance, Detention Space, Alternative Intervention Programs; and the Boys and Girls Club of America
Senate Hearing 106-900
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS11294 (Text)
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS11295 (PDF)
| Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) | Federal Bureau of Prisons (FOP) |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | U.S. Marshals Service |
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
"The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States, or any other competent jurisdiction, those
organizations and principal members of organizations, involved in the growing, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substances appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the United States"
Above from main website (see below)
Go to: Law EnforcementDrug Trafficking
Drug Trafficking in the United States
Factsheets for each State - Scroll down for text
Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.dea.gov/pubs/state_factsheets.htmlHistory of the DEA
A Tradition of Excellence : The History of the DEA from 1973 to 1998
Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/history/index.htmlMain website
Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/Statistics - Drug Enforcement Administration
Drug Enforcement Administration
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/statistics.html
Go to: Law EnforcementFBI Field Offices
http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htmFBI History
http://www.fbi.gov/fbihistory.htmFBI Main website
http://www.fbi.gov/
Main website - Federal Bureau of Prisons
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.bop.gov/index.jsp
Inmates - Federal Bureau of Prisons
Inmate Locator
"You may search the database using the inmate's Register Number, DCDC Number, FBI Number, INS Number, or by using the inmate's first and last name. Our database includes all Federal inmates from 1982 to present."
Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/inmate_locator/index.jspInmate Programs and Services
"Each Bureau facility offers the following programs and services, which vary based on the characteristics and needs of the specific inmate population ... Institution Designation and Orientation, Classification and Unit Management, Work Programs, Education, Vocational Training, and Job Training, Substance Abuse Treatment, Health Care Services, Mental Health Treatment and Counseling, Religious Programs, Personal Property, Visiting, Telephones and Correspondence, Temporary Releases From Custody [and] Release and Employment Preparation."
Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/inmate_programs/index.jsp
Statistics - Federal Bureau of Prisons
Go to: Law EnforcementQuick Facts - Statistics
Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/about/facts.jsp
Go to: Law EnforcementFacts & Figures - U.S. Marshals
2005:
http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/duties/factsheets/facts.pdf (PDF)
2004:
http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/falcon/facts/factsfigures.pdf (PDF)15 Most Wanted - U.S. Marshals
http://www.usmarshals.gov/investigations/most_wanted/index.htmlHistory of the U.S. Marshals Service
http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/usmshist.htmlMain Website - U.S. Marshals
http://www.usdoj.gov/marshals/Witness Security Program - U.S. Marshals
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/21mcrm.htm
Go to: Legal EducationAmerican Bar Association Approved Law Schools
"As of December 2006, a total of 195 institutions are approved by the American Bar Association: 194 confer the first degree in law (the J.D. degree); the other ABA approved school is the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School, which offers an officer's resident graduate course, a specialized program beyond the first degree in law."
Law Schools Alphabetically:
http://www.abanet.org/legaled/approvedlawschools/alpha.html
Public Law Schools:
http://www.abanet.org/legaled/approvedlawschools/public.html
Private Law Schools:
http://www.abanet.org/legaled/approvedlawschools/private.html
Law Schools by Year Approved:
http://www.abanet.org/legaled/approvedlawschools/year.htmlLaw School Admission Process
Law School Admission Council, Inc.
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U.S. Department of Labor Fact Sheet
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Review of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
Hearing before the House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management of the Committee on Agriculture
Serial No. 108-30
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS52709 (PDF)13 May 2002
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
Public Law 107-171
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS21534 (Text)
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United States Attorneys' Manual
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Chapters 401-501 - Aviation
http://uscode.house.gov/download/title_49.shtml29 July 1958
National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
Public Law 85-568
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http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/app-a.htm#2323 June 1938
Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938
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http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4103/app-a.htm#820 May 1926
Air Commerce Act of 1926
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http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/cra91.htmlOverview of Civil Rights Law
Cornell Law School
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act
"Act to Amend Title 17, United States Code, to Implement the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and Performances and Phonograms Treaty and for Other Purposes"
Public Law 105-304
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Message from the President [William J. Clinton] of the United States transmitting World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and the World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty, done at Geneva on December 20, 1996 and signed by