Electronic Resources
To access electronic resources on campus you must use a computer connected to the Hastings Network. To access electronic resources remotely, you must enter your valid Hastings ID barcode number on our secure proxy server. Some electronic resources are not accessable off-campus or require an additional user ID and password. Information concerning passwords and ID barcode numbers for students and faculty is available at the Reference Desk:(415)565-4751.
Use the library's E-Journals webpage to locate online journals.
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19th
Century Masterfile
The library subscribes to Series I in the 19th Century Masterfile
database. Series I includes periodical indices covering nearly
all of the periodicals of the late eighteenth through early twentieth
century. It includes over 1 million citations. Of particular interest
in this database is the Jones and Chipman Index to Periodical
Literature, 1786-1922.
Coverage: 1786 to 1922
Access: On campus; Off campus restricted to Hastings students, faculty, and staff with current ID
ABI
/ INFORM Complete
Four business, economics, finance and company research databases
provided through ProQuest. ABI/INFORM Dateline covers local
and regional business publications. Provides access to business
information not typically found in national news sources (1985-
current). ABI/INFORM Global covers nearly 1800 worldwide
business periodicals, access to information on 60,000 + companies
with business and executive profiles. Now includes The Wall Street
Journal. (1971 - current). ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
covers trade and industry periodicals and newsletters (1971
- current). Hoover's Company Records provides current profiles
of more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000
key executives.
Coverage: Varies
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ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct
A nationally recognized reference and notification service in the field of professional responsibility. The Lawyers' Manual has three components: Current Reports, Reference Manual, and Ethics Opinions. Current Reports is a topically indexed guide to new opinions as they are issued by courts and disciplinary agencies, and reports on trends in professional responsibility; Reference Manual thoroughly analyzes all subjects that come under the umbrella topic of legal ethics; Ethics Opinions contains full texts of recent ABA ethics opinions and a national collection of digests of state and local ethics opinions on matters of professional responsibility.
Coverage: 1986 to Present
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ACLS Humanities E-Book
ACLS Humanities E-Book is an online collection of over 1,700 books in the humanities. These are works of major importance, from 250 publishers, that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students, and are frequently cited in the literature. (See title list.) Humanities E- Book is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality recommended and reviewed by scholars.
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Biotechnology
Law Report
Covers " ..the evolving body of law and government regulation
concerning biotechnology, particularly in the industries in which
new products from these technologies are developing the most rapidly:
pharmaceuticals, chemicals, agriculture, food processing, energy,
mineral recovery, and waste treatment. All legal aspects are rapidly
reported, and critical and often hard-to-obtain documents are
reproduced."
Coverage: 2/2000 to present
Access: restricted to Hastings students, faculty, and staff
Bloomberg Law
Legal research platform with proprietrary news and business resources from Bloomberg. Includes docket databases, company profiles and filings and corporate practice areas.
Coverage: varies
Access: restricted to Hastings students, faculty, and staff. User ID and Password required, ask a reference librarian to register.
BNA Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report
Weekly summary, analysis news and case reports of federal, state, and international competition and deceptive trade practices law. Covers significant judicial, legislative, administrative, and enforcement actions from US and around the world.
Coverage: February 8, 1996 to Present
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BNA Bankruptcy Law Reporter
Weekly current awareness service of significant legal, legislative, and regulatory developments in bankrupcty. Find out about filings, motions, and decisions, new and proposed legislation, and revisions to bankruptcy rules and forms.
Coverage: March 7, 1996 to Present
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BNA Criminal Law Reporter
Weekly summary, analysis news and case reports of significant criminal law decisions in theU.S. Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals, federal district courts, principal courts of the states, and the Court of Military Appeals. Coverage includes actions and proposals by the Justice Department, U.S. Sentencing Commission, and other federal agencies, significant federal criminal legislation, appointments to federal offices, and upcoming conferences, courses, and seminars.
Coverage: August 7, 1996 to Present
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BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report
Weekly reports covering the major legal issues surrounding digital communications content, transactions, and infrastructure, on federal, state, and international levels
Coverage: April 12, 1996 to Present
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BNA Employment Discrimination Report
Weekly news and reports of judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in the area of equal employment opportunity.
Coverage: January 3, 1996 to Present
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BNA Environment Reporter
Weekly bulletin with coverage of legislative, regulatory, legal, and policy news concerning the environment
Coverage: January 26, 1996 to Present
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BNA
Family Law Reporter
The Current guide to federal and state cases, legislation, trends,
and issues in Family Law. Includes court cases, legislative and
regulatory news, and other developments in key areas of family
law. Covers state and federal issues. Published weekly every Tuesday.
Coverage: 8/6/1996 to present
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BNA Health Law Reporter
Weekly service on the latest legal developments that influence the health care industry, including new cases, federal and state legislation, rules from federal regulators, and enforcement trends.
Coverage: 2/1/1996 to present
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BNA Intellectual Property Library
Searchable full text of all decisions reported in United States Patents Quarterly from 1929 to the present; United States Intellectual Property laws [
Title 35 (Patents), Title 17 (Copyrights), and Chapters 22 and 63 of Title 15 (Trademarks, Chapter 22 and Technology Innovation, Chapter 63) of the United States Code ].
Contains the full text of final federal regulations in Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Coverage: 8/6/1996 to present
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BNA
International Trade Reporter
Comprehensive, current information on developments affecting the
trade and international business policies of the U.S. and major
U.S. trading partners. Covers latest news and trends in U.S. trade
policy, including regulatory, legislative, and judicial developments,
activities of the International Trade Commission, Departments
of State, Treasury, and Commerce, World Trade Organization, and
European Union. Service includes opinions of the U.S. Court of
International Trade, International Trade Administration, and International
Trade Commission.
Coverage:
January 14, 1996 to present
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BNA Labor Relations Reporter/Labor & Employment Law Library
Comprehensive coverage of cases, guidance, and news in all major areas of the field: fair employment practices, individual employment rights, Americans with disabilities, wages and hours, labor-management relations, collective bargaining, and labor arbitration. Coverage includes analysis, guidance and primary source material. Decisions include full text judicial opinions, rulings and memoranda. Update service includes current reports providing news and developments.
Coverage: Varies
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Weekly update on significant developments in intellectual property law
Coverage: February 15, 1996 to Present
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BNA Securities Regulation and Law Report
Weekly summaries and analyses of legislative and regulatory proposals and actions from the of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, industry, courts, and Congress.
Coverage: February 2, 1996 to Present
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BNA
Tax and Accounting Center
Complete coverage of US Income, Estate and Gift, Foreign Income, Multistate, and Accounting Policy and Practice Portfolios and links to primary tax sources. Part of BNA Tax and Accounting Center which also includes access to BNA's Tax Management Weekly Report, Tax Management® Weekly State Tax Report, and Accounting Policy and Practice Report .
Coverage: varies
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BNA
Weekly Email Updates
Hastings students, staff and faculty can login to this page to
receive weekly email updates directly from BNA. The following
weekly BNA Updates are available:
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ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual: Current Reports ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct: Current Reports Accounting Policy & Practice Report Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report Bankruptcy Law Reporter Criminal Law Reporter Electronic Commerce & Law Report Employment Discrimination Report Environment Reporter Family Law Reporter® Health Law Reporter International Trade Reporter Securities Regulation & Law Report US Patents Quarterly 2d - Email update White Collar Crime Report |
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BNA White Collar Crime Report
Current awareness reports on legal developments affecting the prosecution and defense of fraud and other white collar crimes.
Coverage: 2/3/2006- current
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CALI
Internet version of the CALI Library of Lessons, a collection
of over one hundred interactive, computer-based lessons covering
twenty seven legal education subject areas. The lessons are written
by law faculty and librarians and are regularly reviewed and revised.
Coverage: current
Access: requires ID & password (obtain Hastings CALI registration code here.)
CCH
Intelliconnect
Current and retrospective primary and secondary sources for Federal
and State Taxation (incl. Standard Federal Tax Reporter, and CCH
Federal Tax Service), Securities, Banking, Capital Changes, Trade Regulation,
Government Contracts, Public Utilities, Information Technology,
Federal Energy Guidelines, Transportation Law, Products Liability
and Safety. Banking, FinanceLabor and Employment
Law, Human Resources Managment, Health Care Compliance, Food and
Drug Law, Pensions, Benefits, Payroll, Safety/OSHA, and Global
Employment Law.
Coverage: Varies
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CEB OnLAW
Searchable online resource for California practice guides, reporters, and Action Guides published by CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar). This database currently covers 90 publications and includes links to case law, statutes and forms.
Coverage: varies
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China Law Digest
China Law Digest offers the latest news on legal developments and judicial reform in China. The focus of the reported news includes social justice, the protection of disadvantaged minority groups, constitutional reform, advancement of the rule of law, and the intersection between Chinese and international law. China Law Digest derives information from publicly available Chinese and foreign publications.
Coverage: varies
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Columbia International Affairs Online 
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. All sections of CIAO are updated monthly.
Coverage: 1991- present
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Congressional
Research Service (CRS) [connect on-campus] [connnect off-campus]
CRS works exclusively for members and committees of the United
States Congress. An arm of the Library of Congress, the agency
is renowned for its non-partisanship and its in-depth analysis
of issues. CRS Reports provide valuable insight into how
Congress makes decisions and are excellent sources for determining
historical and current legal frameworks on domestic and international
issues.
Coverage: Full-text CRS Reports and Issue Briefs
from January 2003 to present. (Also includes an index to CRS
Reports issued since 1995.) Updated weekly.
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Constitutions
of Dependencies and Territories
Full text of constitutions for the world's dependencies and territories.
Authoritative translations into English are provided and original
language is included when available. Introductory and comparative
notes examine recent amendments and highlight pertinent historical,
political and economic information.
[Please click the "logoff" button when you have finished searching
this database.]
Access: restricted to users on campus
Current
Index to Legal Periodicals
The Current Index to Legal Periodicals provides topical access
to over 500 legal publications, organized within 100 relevant
subject headings. The CILP contains complete tables of contents
of all the journals indexed, with all citations in Bluebook form
and links to articles via Lexis and Westlaw (account passwords
are required to view full text of the articles)
Coverage: 01/1999 - present
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Environmental
Law Reporter
An environmental, natural resources, toxic tort, energy, health/safety,
and land use law research tool containing original source documents,
editorial summaries, and expert analysis on state, federal, and
international issues. ELR consists of twelve components: News
& Analysis; ELR UPDATE; Litigation; Federal Laws and Regulations;
Administrative Materials; Indexes; State Materials; International
Materials; Health and Safety Materials; Guidance & Policy
Collection; Briefs & Pleadings; and Online Seminars.
Coverage: News, Analysis and Litigation (1971- current), other
coverage varies
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Fastcase
Online research service for federal and state case law and statues. Includes outside links to court rules, regulations and newspapers.
Coverage: varies
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FirstSearch
Online access to over 70 databsases, including: WorldCat--
holdings of the much of the world's library collections, millions
of records in over 400 languages; Electronic Collections Online
(ECO)-- access to journals published on the Internet; ArticleFirst--
Index to journal articles (1990- present); NetFirst-- subject
index to useful web sites.
Coverage:
varies
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Foreign
Law Guide
A
comprehensive index and research guide to current sources of codes
and basic legislation in jurisdictions of the world.
Coverage: Current
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GLIN - Global Legal Information Network
Laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources from selected countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Contains full text in the official language of the country of origin and summaries or abstracts in English (There are many linked full text PDF documents).
Coverage: Current
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HeinOnline
Searchable, online collections:
Homeland
Security Digital Library (HSDL)
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is the nation's premier
collection of homeland security policy and strategy related documents.
The HSDL collection provides quick access to important U.S. policy
documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents
as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from
various universities, organizations and local and state agencies.
HSDL features - SeekOnce: a meta-search engine which enables searching
across more than 50 article databases, quick link reference page,
"On the Homefront News and Reports" with links to newly
released reports, breaking news stories, and a calendar of up-coming
homeland security related conferences and events. "Ask a
Librarian" email reference.
Index
to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Index of articles and book reviews from more than 450 legal periodicals,
including journals, essay collections, festschrifts, and congress
reports. Coverage includes international law (public and private),
comparative law, and municipal law of countries other than the
United States, British Isles, and British Commonwealth. Updated
quarterly.
Coverage: 1985 - present
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Index
to Legal Periodicals Full Text & Retrospective
Full text and citations from
legal periodicals. Periodical
coverage includes law reviews, bar association journals, university
publications, yearbooks, institutes, and government publications.
Coverage: 1981 - present; Retrospective
Coverage: 1908-1981
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International Law in Domestic Courts
International Law in Domestic Courts (ILDC) is a case reporting
service that covers the most important public international law
issues being decided today in domestic courts around the world.
ILDC is regularly updated and currently includes international
law cases from over 60 jurisdictions. Each case features expert
commentary, full texts of judgments in their original language,
and translations of key passages of non-English judgments into
English.
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iSinoLaw
Comprehensive source of current legal information of People Republic of China. Includes authoritative English translations of statutes, judicial interpretations, cases, arbitration awards and other legal matters. Secondary sources and weekly updates and news available on various subjects.
Coverage: current
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Note: Certain iSinolaw search features don't work with the Firefox web browser
KluwerArbitration.com Published by Kluwer Law International in conjunction with the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) and the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). A fully-searchable database of primary and secondary materials and commentary in the field, giving you access to full-text downloads of all materials.
LawInfoChina
Searchable database of laws, regulations, annotated statutes, cases, legal news and full text articles from major Chinese law journals. Comprehensive English translations of statutes, regulations & articles. Some information may be available only in Chinese, such as additional notes, links and full-text Chinese journal articles.
Coverage: current
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Lawtel
Index to current United Kingdom and European Union Articles, and
Electronic collection of UK and EU practice materials, case law,
proposed and adopted legislation, treaties, commission reports
and notices. Also includes searchable database of UK barristers
and chambers, and guides to UK practice in Human Rights, Local
Government, Personal Injury, Civil Procedure and Employment Law.
Coverage: current
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Legal
Scholarship Network
A searchable database of abstracts of working papers as well
as articles accepted for publication. Many
links to full text of articles not available on line elsewhere.
The goal of Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is to facilitate the
distribution of scholarly information related to law to legal,
economics, and business scholars and practitioners throughout
the world. LSN is a division of Social Science Research Network
(SSRN).
Coverage: current
Access: restricted to users on campus
LEGALTRAC
A bibliographic database to find articles in all major law reviews,
law journals, specialty law and bar association journals, and
legal newspapers on Federal and State Cases, Laws and Government
Regulations, Legal Practice, and legal subjects.
Coverage: 1980 - present
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LexisNexis
Coverage: varies
Access: requires ID & password
LLMC Digital
A searchable collection of archival legal literature, case reports, statutes and documents.
Coverage: varies
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LOISLAW
Loislaw provides access to selected current Aspen legal treatises in a number of practice areas, comprehensive
state and federal case reports, statutes and regulations.
Coverage: varies
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Making of Modern Law
Searchable digital collection of 19th and 20th century American and British legal treatises compiled largely from Harvard Law School Library’s Special Collections. Materials in Legal Treatises include casebooks, local practice manuals, books on legal form, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, and speeches.
Coverage: 1800-1926
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New
England Journal of Medicine
The full text of the Journal is available beginning with the first
issue of 1993. In addition, the database for searches includes
the citations for all articles published since 1990.
Coverage: current
Access: requires ID & password
Oxford Journals Online
Searchable online access to the full range of journals published by Oxford University. Search in individual or mulitple titles, or by subject areas: Humanities, Law, Life Sciences, Mathemeatics and Physical Science, Medicine and Social Sciences.
Coverage: 1849 - current
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ProQuest
Congressional
Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative histories, indexes
and full text of congressional publications from Congressional
Information Service, Inc.
Coverage: 1789 - present; full text digital Serial Set 1789-1969
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Proquest Health and Medical Complete
Full text database of clinical research journals and consumer and health administration titles. ProQuest Health and Medical Complete provides in-depth coverage from over 1,500 publications with over 1,250 available in full text and of these, over 900 include MEDLINE® indexing. The journals cover all major clinical and healthcare disciplines, including medical sciences, immunology, pharmacy and pharmacology, nursing, physical fitness and hygiene, surgery, and others.
Coverage: 1986 - current
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Proquest Legislative Insight
Federal legislative history resource comprised of fully searchable PDFs of congressional legislative documents. These include the full text of the Public Law itself, all versions of related bills, law-specific Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, and prints. Also included are Presidential signing statements, CRS reports, and miscellaneous congressional publications that provide background material to aid in the understanding of issues related to the making of the law.
Coverage: 1961 - current
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ProQuest
Psychology Journals
ProQuest Psychology Journals covers a wide range of topics from
leading psychology and psychosomatic publications. In addition
to clinical and social psychology, it also provides coverage of
related disciplines including
genetics, psychology of business and economics, addiction, linguistics,
neurology, social welfare, and more.
Coverage: 1992- current
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ProQuest
Research Library
A large collection of journals, magazines and newspapers for information
on a broad range of general reference subjects such as business,
political science, art, literature and psychology.
Coverage: varies
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PsycNET
Research database hosted by the American Psychological Association. Includes PsycARTICLES: Full-text articles from over 50 top APA psychology journals
Coverage: 1985-current; PsycBOOKS: A searchable full-text database of scholarly books dating back
to 1806 from the
APA and other distinguished publishers.
Coverage: 1806-current; PsycINFO: covers all psychology disciplines, plus related articles
from education, business, medicine, nursing, law, and social work.
It provides abstracting and indexing for nearly 2,000 key psychology
titles, with coverage dating from the 1800s. Updated weekly, PsycINFO
contains citations and summaries of articles from journals, books,
book chapters, dissertations, and technical reports.
Coverage: varies
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RIA Checkpoint
Current and retrospective primary and secondary sources for Federal
and State Taxation.
Coverage: varies
Access: restricted to users on campus
Treaties
and International Agreements OnLine
Comprehensive, searchable full text database of 11,000+ US Treaties
and International Agreements and 1500 bilateral tax treaties where
the US is not a party.
Coverage: 1783 to the present
Access: restricted to users on campus
United
Nations Treaty Series
This subscription database offers full-text searching of over
50,000 bilateral and multilateral treaties, and includes other
UNTS databases as well. The texts of treaties and subsequent actions
are in their authentic language(s), along with a translation into
English and French, as appropriate.
Coverage: 1946 to March 2003
Access: free access
United States Law Week
Weekly analyses, summaries and case reports for federal and state court and administrative cases. US Law Week selectively summarizes cases that establish new precedents, address new statutes, contribute to emerging legal doctrines, tackle current controversies, or further splits in the Circuits.
Coverage: June 24, 1997 to Present
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U. S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs (1832-1978)
Full text searchable database of US Supreme Court Briefs includes both argued and cert denied cases.
Coverage: 1832 - 1978
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VERSUSLAW
Webased service that provides Internet access to court opinions
from the US Supreme Court, all Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals
and all state appellate courts.
Coverage: varies
Access: Free to Students, Faculty and Library Staff. Requires registration
(click on law student)
WESTLAW
Coverage: varies
Access: requires ID & password
WorldTradeLaw.net
WorldTradeLaw.net provides access to primary source documents
related to international trade law, including a full-text search
engine for GATT/WTO decisions. It also provides analyses of certain
trade law issues through the "Dispute Settlement Commentary"
subscription service. This Commentary includes summary and analysis
of all new WTO Panel and Appellate Body reports within 1-3 weeks
after they are circulated to the WTO Members.
Coverage: analyses of all past reports/arbitrations back to the
establishment of the WTO
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