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Government 101--Elections http://www.vote-smart.org/resource_govt101_06.php Source: Project Vote Smart Basic description of the different kinds of elections, with a focus mostly on the national level. Also includes a comprehensive elections vocabulary list full description	What are the different kinds of elections? What are open primaries? What are blanket primaries? What are primaries? What are closed primaries? What are runoff primaries? What is a presidential primary? What is an electoral college? What are the kinds of ballots used in elections? What is an office-block ballot? What is a party-column ballot? What is split-ticket voting? What is straight-ticket voting?
RCW Title 10- Criminal procedure http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=10 Source: Washington State Legislature Link to RCW Title 10 regarding Criminal Procedure in Washington. full description	What is a deferred prosecution? What are the rules for criminal appeals? What do I do if someone is harassing me? How do I file an antiharassment order? What happens at a preliminary hearing? How does bail work? Can I get my misdemeanor reduced? What does it mean to compromise a misdemeanor? What is a grand jury? What does a grand jury do? What are the processes and requirements for warrants and arrests? Do the police always have to have a warrant? What is an arraignment? What happens at an arraignment? What if I've been formerly acquitted or convicted? What are the rules regarding witnesses? What are the rules regarding introduction and use of evidence? What are the rules regarding criminal appeals? How do Washington courts treat the criminally insane? What is a search and seizure? What are the rules regarding searches and seizures? How do I get my reward? What is the Washington State Criminal Records Privacy Act? What is Washington's policy on Capital Punishment? How does Washington handle Capital Punishment cases? What is Washington's policy regarding domestic violence? Does Washington provide legal services for low-income individuals?
Chilling Effects http://www.chillingeffects.org/topics.cgi Source: Chilling Effects Chilling Effects is a joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, and University of Maine law school clinics. The goal is to help understand the protections that the First Amendment and intellectual property laws give to online activities. Includes topical information on Anti-circumvention, copyright, domain names and trademarks, DMCA safe harbor provisions, patents, derivative works, protest, criticism and parody sites, linking, piracy and copyright infringement, and fan fiction. full description	What rights are protected by copyright law? What kinds of things are copyrightable? What is copyright infringement? Where can I find out if a work has a registered copyright? What is a trademark and why does it get special protection? Do I have trademark rights in my domain name? How do I identify the owner of a domain name? Where can I find federal trademark law? Where can I find state trademark law? I am accused of piracy, what does that mean? What is vicarious liability? What is contributory infringement? I didn't know what I was doing was wrong, am I off the hook? What does safe harbor mean? What is a parody? What is a right of publicity? What is defamation? What is the difference between libel and slander? What is a hyperlink? What is deep linking? What is the DMCA? What does circumvention mean? What is a patent? What can be patented? What may not be patented? How long is a patent's term? What does it mean to infringe on a patent? What is prior art? Who may own patents? How can I search for patents? What is a derivative work?
Real Estate http://www.wsba.org/media/publications/pamphlets/r Source: Washington State Bar Association Explains basic concepts involved in home buying and selling. Topics include: Starting the Process, Types of Documents Used, Listing Agreements, Purchase and Sale Agreements, Financing Agreements, Use of Security Instruments, Expenses, Taxes, Real Estate Title, Closing the Sale, and Filing Documents. full description	What is a listing agreement? What different kinds of real estate listings are there? What is an earnest money agreement or deposit? What is a purchase and sale agreement and what does it include? What is a disclosure statement? What different kinds of financing options are there? What is a mortgage? What is title insurance? What is escrow? What is a deed?
Magna Carta 1215 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/magfram Source: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School Displays the complete wording of the Magna Carta along with helpful definitions. full description	What is the Magna Carta? What is included in the preamble of the Magna Carta? When was the Magna Carta written? What does the Magna Carta say about justice? What does the Magna Carta say about widows? What is chattel? What is the definition of intestate? What is scutage? What is an assize?