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- Adoptees and Birthparents for Open Records Nationwide - Working to open adoption records, throughout the United States.
ABORN.Webring.tripod.com/Aborn/index.html
- American Consumers Trump Tort - Report from the ATLA, discussing 1998 tort reform efforts.
www.atlanet.org/homepage/trmp1028.ht
- American Tort Reform Association. - Advocating limited recovery through the civil justice system.
www.atra.org
- AntiShyster News Magazine - Publisher of a magazine, comprised of articles describing situations where the law clashes with the interests of individuals. Free back-issues are available on-line, in PDF format.
www.antishyster.com
- ATLA News & Trends - Article, describing a case where a verbally abusive judge was held protected by judicial immunity
www.atlanet.org/publications/trial/9712/t97cntf.ht
- Australian Law Reform Commission - The Federal Australian law reform body that has instrumental in recommending reforms to law since 1975.
www.alrc.gov.au
- British Columbia Law Institute - The British Columbia Law Institite was set up in 1997 following the disbanding of the BC Law Reform Commission. the site has an excellent law reform database, current to November 1, 2001, indexes almost 6750 law reform materials from common law jurisdictions around the world.
www.bcli.org
- CIEJ Coalition For Immigrants - Calls for reform of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act.
www.ciej.org
- Citizens for Legal Responsibility - Dedicated to exposing attorney and judicial misconduct.
www.clr.org
- Death Penalty Information Center - Providing information about the application of the death penalty in the United States.
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
- Democracy Corner - Simple ideas to improve the United States legal system, from Nolo.com.
www.nolo.com/democracy_corner
- Did You Know? - 'Civil Justice Fact Sheets' From the ATLA, relating to areas of litigation commonly targeted by 'tort reform' groups.
www.atlanet.org/CJFacts/facts/factmenu.ht#anchor549454
- Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation - A national organization of citizens working to reform mandatory minimum sentencing laws for nonviolent offenses.
www.famm.org
- Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation - National nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws, to add additional safeguards to the forfeiture process.
www.fear.org
- Free The Grapes - Advocating reform of the liquor distribution laws, to result in the availability of a greater variety of wines to consumers.
www.freethegrapes.org
- Fully Informed Jury Association - Non-profit educational association whose mission is to inform all Americans about their rights, powers and responsibilties when serving as trial jurors.
www.fija.org
- Help Abolish Legal Tyranny (HALT) - Dedicated to the principle that all Americans should be able to handle their legal affairs simply, affordably and equitably.
www.halt.org
- How the Legal System Works Against You - From the Divorce Helpline.
www.divorcehelp.com/SC/C14System.html
- Innocence Project at Cardozo Law School - Innocence Project
www.criminaljustice.org/PUBLIC/cardozo.htm
- Law Reform Network - Addressing tort reform, the judicial process, pro se litigation, and the accountability of judges.
www.lawreform.net
- Legal Ethics and Reform - Arguments for drastic reform of the legal system.
webusers.anet-stl.com/~hvmlr
- Legal Justice Reform Network - Advocating consumer-based legal reform, and litigation without lawyers.
www.atps.com/uclr
- Legal Reform - Reforms are needed in the institutions, tools, and training involved in the legal process, if constitutional compliance is to be achieved.
www.constitution.org/cs_legal.htm
- Litigation Reform Net Links from About.com - Links to sites presenting arguments on changing the civil liability system.
law.about.com/msub38.htm
- New Zealand Law Commission - The Law Commission is an independent, government-funded organisation, which reviews areas of the law that need updating, reforming or developing.
www.lawcom.govt.nz
- OverLawyered.com - A website whose author argues that the United States suffers from 'lawsuit mania.'
overlawyered.com
- Pro-death penalty.com - A resource for pro-death penalty information and resources. Includes case info on upcoming executions, a collection of death penalty links, current news articles and links to papers written about the death penalty.
www.prodeathpenalty.com
- Prosecutorial Misconduct Website - Discussing issues of prosecutorial misconduct, corruption and accountability.
www.lawmall.com/abuse
- The 'Nazification' of the Criminal Justice System - An editorial arguing that the so-called "war on crime" is misguided.
www.thedailyaztec.com/archive/1996/03/06/file006.html
- The Defense Attorney - Discussion of the role of defense counsel in criminal proceedings.
members.aol.com/marspd/public_defender/the_defense_attorney.htm
- The Family Court Reform Council of America - Information About Our Family Court System
www.familycourts.com
- The Injustice Line - Relating stories of government outrages, especially those involving judges, courts and lawyers.
www.injusticeline.com
- Tort Reform: Is the System Broken? - An examination of typical jury verdicts, demonstrating that large verdicts are rare, and arguing that they should not be used as a basis for restricting tort recovery.
www.sddt.com/~columbus/Files2/tort.html
- Toward a More Just and Predictable Civil Justice System - Florida State University Law Review article, advocating restrictions in tort litigation.
www.law.fsu.edu/journals/lawreview/frames/252/merofram.html
- Truth in Justice - Non-profit organization working to free individuals convicted of crimes they did not commit, and to prevent wrongful convictions.
www.truthinjustice.org
- U.S. Grand Jury Reform - Information on the federal grand jury system, from the Constitution Society.
www.constitution.org/jury/gj/gj-us.htm
- Victorian Law Reform Commission - The Victorian Law Reform Commission is the central agency for developing law reform in Victoria. The website contains information on all Commission projects and enables access to Commission publications.
www.lawreform.vic.gov.au
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