This gopher site provides access to a large volume of resources. Each of the four described below will be found on the home page menu. To access the gopher site, at the UNIX prompt type:

%gopher fatty.law.cornell.edu

Directory of Legal Academia
gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu/11/csodir

List of legal scholars and institutions in the U.S., searchable by name, institution or specialty.

Discussions and listserv archives
gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu/11/listservs

This contains archives for 12 mailing lists, including Euro-lex, a foreign and international law librarians list, and an Internet law discussion group (lawsrc-l). A search function is provided for each archive. In addition, entries in these archives are listed not only by a message number, but also by a brief description of the topic, which makes it possible to do scroll searches. The archives themselves vary in size, depending on the frequency of messages, but range from the past three years to the pa st 1,000 messages.

US Law: Primary Documents and Commentary
gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu/11/uslaw

The US documents section focuses on copyright, patent, trademark and commercial law. This menu item also provides information on the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Foreign and International Law: Primary Documents and Commentary
gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu/11/foreign

Choosing this menu item leads to another menu with 18 sub-headings, among which are the following:

• Canadian Documents
• German Legal Documents
• International Court of Justice Historical Documents
• Multilateral Treaties (by category)
• World Bank Public Information Service
• World Constitutions
• World Health Organization

• atmosphere and space
• aviation
• cultural protection
• diplomatic relations
• flora and fauna
• human rights
• marine and coastal
• environment
• rules of warfare and arms control
• trade and commerce

• Statute of the International Court of Justice
• UN Bill of Human Rights
• World Charter for Nature
• The Rio Declaration
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Work
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
• International Copyright Convention

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