Legal Issues
Links
Analysis of the SAFE Poll
http://www.dinosauria.com/jdp/law/poll.htm
Criticism of the poll results from Save America's Fossils for Everyone (SAFE), which was used to make U.S. Federal and state fossil collecting laws.
Florida Fossil Permit
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/vertpaleo/vppermit.htm
Permit needed to collect vertebrate fossils in Florida.
Fossil Collection Laws in Nova Scotia
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/gphrynew/law.htm
Brief summary concerning fossil collecting in the Canadian province.
Fossil Legislation and Ethics
http://members.aol.com/fostrak/palelegi.htm
Links to resources on fossil collecting laws from Kuban's Paleo Place.
Fossils and the Law in South Africa
http://www.ru.ac.za/affiliates/am/pssa/pssalaw.html
Information about collection laws and permits.
Government Sues Father and Son Over Tiny Fossils
http://www.silcom.com/~barnowl/NewsRel.htm
Facts concerning United States vs. Alan Van Arsdale and Daniel Van Arsdale, a civil suit over microvertebrate fossils.
Journal of Dinosaur Paleontology
http://www.dinosauria.com/jdp/jdp.htm
Short articles on legal issues of dinosaur collection, dinosaur law, and the case of Sue.
Just the Facts
http://www.aaps.net/just_the_facts.html
Newsletter published by the American Association of Paleontological Suppliers, addressing the issue of collecting and preserving fossils found on public land.
King of the Beastly (Legal) Battles
Summary of the legal fight over Sue, the T. rex, and the questions raised about who owns the dinosaur fossils.
Public Lands, Public Fossils
http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/scene896.html
Article summarizing the issue from Geotimes by Lawrence J. Flynn.