Best General Links
- Legal research for non-lawyers
- Dog Bite Lawsuit Forms (for Plaintiffs’ Attorneys)
- Tips & Tricks for Dog Bite Lawyers, Kenneth M. Phillips’ “tips and tricks” seminar on video for Plaintiffs’ attorneys
Foreign
- United Kingdom: “Dangerous Dogs” by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Ontario, Canada: overview of dog bite law
- Puerto Rico (English site), Puerto Rico (Spanish site)
Federal
- Constitution of the United States of America: interactive text of the Constitution, plus great analysis
- US Code, Code of Federal Regulations and other federal laws
- Federal Rules of Evidence
- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- United States District Court — Central District of California
- United States Bankruptcy Court — Central District of California
- Federal Law Clerk Handbook — a comprehensive guide to Federal procedure.
- Bankruptcy law: Mark J. Markus, Esq.and Moran Law Group.
Law sources – federal and state
- Current Municipal Codes: Library of Congress links to all providers of Municipal Codes.
- Legal Information Institute: a topical index of the law.
- The Law Engine: tremendous variety of information about laws and related subjects.
California codes – state, county and municipal
- California Codes
- Los Angeles Municipal Code
- Beverly Hills Municipal Code
- Santa Monica Municipal Code
- County Code of Los Angeles County
California court opinions
California Rules of Court and Judicial Council Forms
- Rules of Court, and Judicial Council Forms
- Local Rules of Court (all California trial courts)
- All California trial courts and their websites
California Jury Instructions
Court records
Bar Associations
Treatises, online law reviews, and other important materials found online
- Dog Bite Lawsuit Forms by Attorney Kenneth M. Phillips, the author of dogbitelaw.com. For plaintiffs’ lawyers only.
- Tips and Tricks for Dog Bite Lawyers – Attorney Kenneth M. Phillips’ video for plaintiffs’ lawyers only.
- California civil discovery laws: PDF containing a convenient chart showing all deadlines and rules
- Evidentiary Foundations – California by Edward J. Imwinkelried and Thomas J. Leach
- Resolving Discovery Disputes, Katherine Gallo. An outstanding analysis of California discovery laws and practice.
- Practical Discovery Strategy, Vincent DiCarlo. Concise, strategically sound advice about discovery.
- California Veterinary Medical Board
- Detailed discussion of dog bite laws, David S. Favre. An online article about dog bite law throughout the USA.
- Dangerous Dog Cases – briefs of many well-known USA cases, good for an overview.
- Dog Law Reporter, a highly informative blog by John Ensminger.
- List of strict liability statutes – caution, the summaries of the laws are not accurate for all states!
- USC Law Review
- Recent California Tort Law, Eric A. Schneider. A great starting place to research tort law, it needs updating after 2005.
- California Civil Jury Instructions
- Tennessee Civil Jury Instructions
- California Hearsay Exceptions – a list of statutory exceptions, with links to every statute.
- The American Veterinary Medical Association. Issues of interest to veterinary medicine, caring for animals.
- State by state summary of punitive damages statutes by the American Tort Reform Association.
- State by state summary of comparative negligence laws by Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C.
- Parental responsibility laws in all 50 states by Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C.
- Negligence laws in all 50 states by Thompson Law.
- Legal research and citation styles in the US, Ronald B. Standler.
- Confidentiality of veterinary patient records
- Minors’ Compromises – A State by State Summary. Minors compromise procedures throughout the USA.
- Minors’ settlement and compromises in California – Settling A Minor’s Lawsuit: A Procedural And Practical Primer by Kevin Urbatsch and Mercy Hall
- DogsBite.org. Collen Lynn’s website is devoted to a detailed analysis of pit bull mayhem.
- Animals24-7.org. Merritt Clifton’s website focuses on animal issues with special emphasis on vicious dogs. See i.e., Pit Bull Statistics.
- Books in print:
- Investigative Interviews of Children, by Debra A. Poole and Michael E. Lamb (Am. Psych. Assoc., 1998), covering how to interview children.
- Assessing Damages In Injuries And Deaths Of Minor Children, ed. by Thomas R. Ireland and John O. Ward (Lawyers & Judges Pub. Co., 2002).
- Removing a Case to Federal Court – defense oriented article about removal.
- Business associations: syllabus and readings, including Restatement 3d of Agency.