Its author says that the book is entended to help make lawyers using the Internet more productive. Law librarians, paralegals and other legal professionals, as well as law students should also find much of interest in the book. A compendium of links to federal, state and foreign government materials on the Internet. Godwin, a lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Internet civil liberties organization, has a definite point of view. Keeping the Net free from Government regulatory hands may be the toughest sell in the long run, but I also think it's the most important.
Some books try to list every legal Web site, while others list only a handful.
A directory leads you on too many wild goose chases, while a handful makes you wonder if the author really looked at everything out there. Their book is a combination of editorial comments about what works and what doesn't in the legal market, and a list of the best examples of Web sites that are useful for lawyers and legal researchers. A guide to finding information on the internet, not just a collection of useful sites. Blackman tells you how to formulate queries for the most widely used Internet search engines, and which engine is best for which kind of search. The searching strategies are illustrated with various success stories from attorneys who put the techniques to use in their practices.