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Boston University Summer 2009

The Summer Legal Institute in London

Here are some of the other WIKIS & Sites

we will be using this summer

Case Briefing Schedule

>Debate Research Sites

Gun Control Debate

Capital Punishment Debate

Cyberlaw

On-line Law Resources

Off-line Legal Research Guides

Translations of key documents

London Law Links

SLI Reading List

US Constitution and Bill of Rights

Complete text with Hypertext Glossary

Cornell hypertext Constitution site

See the Original

Bill of Rights at the

National Archives and Records Administration

US Government and Electoral College

Electoral College Explained

Federal Judicial System for Foreign Judges and Lawyers

On Monday, July 13 we will examine Cyberlaw and some CyberlawLinks, including:

Introduction to Law and the Legal System

Frank Schubert, 9th edition

On-line Resources from the textbook publisher

Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (free registration required)

Introductory Lecture Slides:

1)Course Objectives 4)Electoral Vote Map 3)National Origin Map

2)Colonies Map 5) Federal Court Curcuits 6) How to Create a Law

7)Sources of Law 8)Declaration of Independence 9)List of Congressional Committees

Introductory Lecture Web Pages:

Taxation Statistics

National Origin Map

Text of the Bill of Rights

Legal Humor

and Lawyer Jokes

SLI Calendar

Course Syllabus

Attention Summer 2009 Legal English students:

Pre-course reading assignment!

1) Download and read the US Government publication "Outline of the US Legal System". Pay special attention to the first three chapters, and be sure to read the US Constitution and its ammendments, which are included at the end of the document.

2) Go to the Supreme Court Historical Society web site "Landmark Supreme Court Cases" (http://www.landmarkcases.org). Review the 17 cases listed on the left margin of the page. These are all seminal Supreme Court cases which all US lawyers and many educated non-legal Americans will know, as they are part of American history and culture. On the right hand hand margin is a list of 10 essential concepts in US Constitutional Law. Please review these - most are quite short. Again, these are basic concepts that most educated Americans are familiar with. There may be a quiz!