Empirical Legal Studies

Organized sections focus on areas of interest in political science. They include:
02. Law and Courts
03. Legislative Studies

A division of the American Psychological Association.

"The Law and Society Association is an interdisciplinary scholarly organization committed to social scientific, interpretive, and historical analyses of law across multiple social contexts. For sociolegal scholars, law consists not only of the words of official documents. Law also can be found in the diverse understandings and practices of people interacting within domains that law governs, in the claims that people make for legal redress of injustices, and in the coercive power exercised to enforce lawful order. Sociolegal scholars also address evasions of law, resistance and defiance toward law, and alternatives to law in structuring social relations."

International organization of scholars (with heavy representation from North America).

"The American Bar Foundation (ABF) is among the world's leading research institutes for the empirical and interdisciplinary study of law. An independent, nonprofit organization for nearly 70 years, the ABF seeks to advance the understanding and improvement of law through research projects of unmatched scale and quality on the most pressing issues facing the legal system in the United States and the world."

Washington University

University of Southern California, USC Gould School of Law

Data on civil case and criminal defendant filings and terminations in district courts, along with bankruptcy court and appellate court case information.