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 Switzerland
(in German)
The Amsterdam Circle
for Language and Law
Italian site (Eurac)
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 (Northwestern University Journalism School)
Constitutions
of the world
The Legal Information
Institute at Cornell University
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.)
The Federal Death Penalty System: A Statistical Survey
Election 2000 materials (Stanford Law School)
National Conference of
Commissioners
on Uniform State Laws
Welsh legislation
(in both English and Welsh)
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
Mexico, under the iniatitive of President Vicente Fox to make
govenment more accountable to the people, has also begun a plain
language movement, called lenguaje ciudadano ("citizen's
language"). Visit their website.