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Law Links
This page contains links to information on a variety of legal topics related to the Office of General Counsel's responsibilities. They may be of interest to those who need to find reliable and up-to-date sources of legal information on the web.
Topics on this page:
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Administrative Law
- Administrative Decisions and Other Actions by Agency (University of Virginia Library)
- Administrative Procedure Act full text (Legal Information Institute)
Civil Rights Law
- EPA Civil Rights Home Page
- EPA Program for Title VI (Non-discrimination in programs receiving federal financial assistance)
- EPA Program for Title VII (Equal employment opportunity)
- EPA Programs for other federal non-discrimination laws
- Department Of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Title VI Home Page
Courts
- Federal Judiciary Home Page (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)
- Government Briefs (Office of the Solicitor General)
- Supreme Court Briefs (FindLaw)
- Supreme Court Official Web Page
- Supreme Court Opinions 1893-present (FindLaw)
- Web Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research (Law Library Resource Xchange)
- Where to Find Briefs of the Supreme Court of the U.S. (PDF, 3 pp, 92.6K)
Environmental Justice
- Citizen's Guide to Using Federal Environmental Laws to Secure Environmental Justice (download for free from Environmental Law Institute)
- EPA Environmental Justice Home Page
Environmental Law
- Council on Environmental Quality Home Page
- FindLaw - Environmental Law
- Legal Information Institute - Environmental Law
- National Library for the Environment (Includes Congressional Research Service reports on environmental topics)
- Environmental Laws: Summaries of Statutes Administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (Congressional Research Service, updated February 28, 2007) (PDF, 125 pp, 356K)
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division Home Page
- U.S. Senate Committee
on Environment and Public Works
Full text of many environmental statues in PDF format
EPA Administrative Opinions
- Administrative Law Judges Decisionss 10/31/96 -present
- Environmental Appeals Board Decisions 1992 - present
- Record
of Decision System (RODS)
Includes the full-text of all ROD documents currently available, including abstracts, ROD Amendments, and Explanations of Significant Differences (ESDs). There are a variety of search options, using EPA ID, keyword or site name, that work across the entire set of documents. - Regional Judicial Officer Decisions 1989 - present
Federal Laws and Regulations
- Code of Federal Regulations (GPO Access) (updated annually)
- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: E-CFR (updated daily)
- Federal Register 1994 - present
- Federal Register environmental documents 1994 - present
- Research
Guide to the Federal Register and CFR
(Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Code (Legal Information Institute)
Finance and Procurement Law
- Comptroller General Decisions (Government Accountability Office)
- FARSite Federal Acquisition Regulations (Air Force)
- Federal Acquisition Circulars (FACs) in PDF format
- Government Accountability Office Home Page (formerly General Accounting Office)
- Office of Management & Budget Home Page
Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act
- A Citizen's Guide On Using The Freedom Of Information Act And The Privacy Act Of 1974 To Request Government Records (2005 ed.) (PDF, 85 pp, 242K)
- Department Of Justice Freedom of Information Act Guide (March 2007 ed.)
- Department Of Justice Overview of the Privacy Act of 1974 (May 2004 ed.)
- EPA FOIA Regulations
- EPA Privacy Act Regulations
- Full Text of FOIA
- Full Text of Privacy Act of 1974
International Law
- American Society of International Law (ASIL) Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law: International Environmental Law
- ECOLEX: A Gateway to Environmental Law
- ENTRI: Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators
- FindLaw - International Law
- Kyoto Protocol (PDF, 21 pp)
- Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet, 6/03 (how-to)
- NAFTA Full Tex
- World Legal Information Institute
Legal Research Index Sites
- FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources
- Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress)
- Legal Information Institute (Cornell University Law School)
Legislative Research
- Finding Congressional Documents From the Past (Law Library Resource Xchange)
- GPO Access Legislative Branch Resources (Government Printing Office)
- Legislative Source Book (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
Presidential Documents
- Executive Orders full text 1993 - present (National Archives)
- Executive Orders Disposition Tables 1939 - present (National Archives)
- Public Papers of the President 1981 - present (National Archives)
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (Executive Orders, Proclamations, etc.) 1993 - present (GPO Access)
State Law
- State Law:
Listing by Jurisdiction (Legal Information Institute)
Constitutions, statutes, judicial opinions, and regulations for the fifty states, plus D.C., and the U.S. territories and affiliated jurisdictions.