The use of empirical analysis in legal scholarship and teaching has grown over the years and now encompasses many different areas of law. The Tarlton Law Library has compiled these webpages which link to readily available statistics and/or data sets which may be of use to students and scholars in the legal profession and otherwise. These pages have been broken down into several categories (links often appear in more than one category):
General data resources: This category includes links to materials and institutions that support statistical and data analysis, primary resources providing multidisciplinary data, and selected sources for additional empirical resources.Law related data resources: This category covers specific aspects of the law including court data (Supreme Court, federal and state courts), as well as bankruptcy, criminal, family, and administrative law data.
Business and corporate data resources: This category covers sources for company data, as well as financial and industry data.
Economic data resources: This category covers economic data resources for the United States, such as the Federal Reserve, and international resources, such as the United Nations and World Bank.
Demographic data resources: This category covers resources for United States and international population trends and socio-economic data.
Government data resources: This category covers United States government data from official and unofficial sources and select international government data resources.
Education data resources: This category covers educational data from various sources in the United States and internationally, including statistics on educational attainment, literacy, and enrollment.
Health data resources: This category covers United States and international data on a wide range of health related topics such as health insurance, disability, alcoholism, and children's health.
Labor and human rights data resources: This category covers United States and international data on such topics as child labor, human trafficking, and equal pay.
The Tarlton Law Library welcomes any suggestions or comments regarding its content (please send e-mail to refdesk@law.utexas.edu).
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- Resource only available to UT-Austin Law School students, faculty, and staff.
- Resource available to all members of the UT-Austin community, including Law School students, faculty, and staff.
- Resource available to the general public.
Some databases otherwise restricted to the Law School or the UT-Austin community may be available to patrons who use on-site computers within the Library.
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Last updated on April 11, 2007.