New Virtual Law library

The South African Constitutional Court has just created a new website that gives free access to the the court's decisions. Included in this is a portal to the law library. The library not only supports the activities of the court, but also wants to become a major repository of international human rights law materials (a subject near and dear to my heart.)

(Full story can be found here.)

One of the reasons that I want to become a law librarian is because I think that the law is kind of a racket, and I want to make legal information easily accessible to the average Joe or Jane so they can help themselves. I'm not saying that Average Joe or Jane is always qualified to represent themselves. I'm just saying that they should be able to educate themselves about the law without having to pay $125/hr for it.

Anyway...

So when I read about the South African Constitutional Court and how it was established because there needed to be some faith established in the legal system post-Apartheid, I think, "You know, we ain't got it so bad here in the U.S."