SITES
ON LANGUAGE AND LAW
International Association of
Forensic
Linguists (academic organization)
International Association for
Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics
The Center for
Forensic Linguistics at Aston University (Birmingham, U.K.)
Semiotics of Law
Website
Fiat Lex (a blog on
language and law run by law prof Jim Chen)
Language in the
Judicial
Process (online
journal)
Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts: Linguistics
and
the Law
Site on language
and law in Germany
(in German)
Arbeitskreis der Universität
Regensburg Sprache und Recht
Recht und Sprache
(another
German site)
The Amsterdam Circle
for Language and Law
Italian site (Eurac)
German site (Brandenburgische
Akademie der Wissenschaften)
Peter Tiersma's site on Language
and Law
Chinese site on language
and
law
Institute for
Forensic
Linguistics (in Chinese or English)
Cerlis
(Centro di
Ricerca sui Linguaggi Specialistici)
Dennis Baron's blog
on
language (deals with legal and bilingual issues also)
Russian site on
forensic linguistics
Peter Patrick's site on Linguistic
Human Rights
GENERAL LEGAL INFORMATION
World Legal Information Institute
United States cases
and
codes
(at findlaw.com)
Legal news, statutes, and
additional legal information (findlaw.com)
Information about
the Federal
Government of the U.S. (very useful site! Also available in Spanish)
California state
legislative information (including the state constitution and codes)
Information on cases
before
the US Supreme Court (Oyez Project of Chicago-Kent Law School)
Constitutions
of the world
The Legal Information
Institute at Cornell University
International &
Foreign Law Alphabetically by Subject (Washburn U. Law School)
Legal materials
from France
(constitution, laws, etc. in French; also available in
English)
Eur-lex (European
Union law--in about 20 different languages!)
Legal documents
on
the
CourtTV website
Proceedings at
the Old Bailey (contains brief descriptions of many criminal trials,
mostly 18th century)
Information about
famous American trials (Kellermann)
Legal Engine Search Index
(collection of the web's most useful legal resources and information).
Internet Legal Resource Guide
(index to more than 4,000 websites in 238 nations concerning law and
the legal
profession, with an emphasis on the United States.)
Bureau
of Justice
Statistics
The
Federal
Death Penalty System: A Statistical Survey
National Conference of
Commissioners
on Uniform State Laws
UK legislation
(including Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
PLAIN LEGAL LANGUAGE
Plain
Language
Network: US
organization that works to improve communication between the federal
government and the public
Federal government's
plain language site
Securities and
Exchange Commission Plain English Handbook
Bryan Garner's interviews
with
Supreme Court Justices on legal writing and advocacy
Federal Register
Document Drafting
Handbook
Clarity: An
international
movement that promotes the use of plain legal and official language
Plain English Campaign:
A
British organization that publishes books, rewrites documents and
certifies
clear, well-written documents
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