I think in fact Nolo Press has a server out and they specialize in how to use the law for laymen. I think you will see an expansion of that. My general approach to Internet legal research now, because it's in such a state of infancy, is to suggest that people use it as a starting point. But if it is important to verify that you are completely accurate, once you've got your citations, once you believe you have found what you need, check it against the official version. Go to the books.
People start off with the best intentions when they put law and other material on the Internet.
But people also discover, I think, what a drudgery it is to maintain databases and some folks carry on, and others don't. There is a lot of material that was timely when it was placed on the Internet, but is no longer particularly timely. Because of my position supporting House offices with legal research, I wind up covering a wide variety of legal areas. My task was to find it. In this particular case they wanted it on a floppy disk.