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» Adoptees and Birthparents for Open Records Nationwide - Working to open adoption records throughout the United States.
» American Tort Reform Association. - Advocating limited recovery through the civil justice system.
» Australian Law Reform Commission - The Federal Australian law reform body that has instrumental in recommending reforms to law since 1975.
» British Columbia Law Institute - Law reform database indexing materials from common law jurisdictions around the world.
» CIEJ Coalition For Immigrants - Calls for reform of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act.
» Citizens for Legal Responsibility - Dedicated to exposing attorney and judicial misconduct.
» Common Good - Organization devoted to restricting access to courts to diminish litigation.
» Death Penalty Information Center - Providing information about the application of the death penalty in the United States.
» Democracy Corner - Simple ideas to improve the United States legal system, from Nolo.com.
» Development Gateway - Judicial and Legal Reform - Articles, projects, organizations, and links, relating to legal reform efforts in developing nations.
» Did You Know? - 'Civil Justice Fact Sheets' From the American Trial Lawyers Association relating to areas of litigation commonly targeted by tort reform groups.
» Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) - A U.S. organization working to reform mandatory minimum sentencing laws for nonviolent offenses.
» Family Court Reform Council of America - Believes that divorce and Family Court system are very harmful to children. Provides resources to guide families through divorce process: children's bill of rights, parents' agreement.
» 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.
» Free The Grapes - Advocating reform of the liquor distribution laws, to result in the availability of a greater variety of wines to consumers.
» Help Abolish Legal Tyranny (HALT) - Dedicated to the principle that all Americans should be able to handle their legal affairs simply, affordably and equitably.
» Hypocrites Of Tort Reform - Describes how prominent politicians who have worked hard to restrict the rights of consumers to obtain legal redress for injuries have themselves used the lawsuits, often over minor matters.
» Justice Lives - Argues against sovereign immunity.
» Law Reform Network - Addressing tort reform, the judicial process, pro se litigation, and the accountability of judges.
» Legal Ethics and Reform - Arguments for drastic reform of the legal system.
» Legal Justice Reform Network - Advocating consumer-based legal reform and litigation without lawyers.
» Legal Reform - Argues that reforms are needed in legal institutions, tools, and training to achieve constitutional compliance. Extensive research materials.
» Litigation Reform Net Links from About.com - Links to sites presenting arguments on changing the civil liability system.
» New Zealand Law Commission - The Law Commission is an independent, government-funded organisation that reviews laws that need updating, reforming or developing.
» OverLawyered.com - A website whose author argues that the United States suffers from 'lawsuit mania.'
» Power of Attorneys - Examining tort reform with a touch of humor.
» 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.
» Prosecutorial Misconduct - Discusses issues of prosecutorial misconduct, corruption and accountability.
» Texans for the Reform of Deferred Adjudication - Advocates reform of reporting requirements for people who have served their sentences. Contains links, legality of reporting requirements, news and statistics.
» The 'Nazification' of the Criminal Justice System - An editorial argues that the "war on crime" is misguided.
» The Injustice Line - Relating stories of government outrages, especially those involving judges, courts and lawyers.
» Tort Reform: Is the System Broken? - Examines typical jury verdicts, demonstrates that large verdicts are rare, and argues that they should not be used as a basis for restricting tort recovery.
» Toward a More Just and Predictable Civil Justice System - Florida State University Law Review article, advocating restrictions in tort litigation.
» Truth in Justice - Non-profit organization working to free individuals convicted of crimes they did not commit, and to prevent wrongful convictions.
» U.S. Grand Jury Reform - Information on the federal grand jury system, from the Constitution Society.
» United States House of Repeals - Sees itself as "A Huge part of the Vast Libertarian Conspiracy." Advocates clarity in all laws, and many fewer of them.
» Victorian Law Reform Commission - Central agency for developing law reform in Victoria (Australia). Contains information on all Commission projects and enables access to Commission publications.
» World Bank Group - Describes the World Bank's efforts to transform the legal and judicial systems of developing nations.