Commercial and Company Law

Fedflix: free film from US government

FedFlix, available from the Internet Archive, was a collaboration between the US National Technical Information Service and Public.Resource.Org. It provides free access to films from branches of the American government, including public information films and historic film clips and footage from the National Archives, the Department of War, the United States Forest Service, the Federal Civil Defense Administration and other departments. The site, which was archived in 2008, includes information on sources, copyright and technical details. 

Law Donut

The Law Donut web resource provides practical legal information aimed at small businesses. Information on the site is arranged by topic including finding, buying and selling a business, insolvency, trading law, remuneration and pensions, intellectual property and premises. Each section gives an overview to the law in that area along with practical advice and guidance. There is a more detailed section on employment law for small businesses covering issues such as health and safety, discipline and grievance, recruiting and managing staff and employment contracts.

Droit des affaires en Mauritanie

Collection of legal materials relating to business and company law in Mauritania provided by Droit-Afrique.com, a law portal for French-speaking Africa. The site offers links Mauritanian laws dealing with finance, taxation, customs, intellectual property, employment, investment and mining. There are also laws covering banking, insurance, property, maritime, company and criminal law. Links are given to government departments and regional organisations that Mauritania belongs to. The site is in French.

Financial Law Institute

The Financial Law Institute (FLI) is a research and teaching unit at the Faculty of Law of Ghent University in Belgium. It researches company and financial law, covering regulation, corporate governance and banking law. The site provides FLI working papers from 1999 onwards, in languages including Dutch, French, English or German. There is information about books published by FLI researchers, and news and events information are available.

Trans-lex

Trans-lex is a legal research tool for transnational law developed by the Center for Transnational Law (CENTRAL) at the University of Cologne in Germany. It has four main sections: Principles, Bibliography, Materials and Archive; there is also an outline of the history of transnational commercial law. The Principles section covers around 150 principles and rules of transnational law, with references to academic texts, court decisions, legislation, treaties and model laws.

Takeovers Panel

Official website of the New Zealand Takeovers Panel, the body responsible for enforcing the Takeovers Code and keeping the law on takeovers under review. The Panel was established by the Takeovers Act 1993. The website provides information about the Takeovers Code; the Transactions page has decisions and exemption notices issued by the Panel since 2001; guidance, consultation documents and other material is also available.

ECGI's Working Papers in Law

Collection of working papers dealing with the legal aspects of corporate governance, business and finance made freely available by the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), a not for profit organisation conducting research into corporate governance issues. The working papers are written by ECGI Fellows and Research Associates and recent topics have included securities laws, international corporate regimes and civil liability and mandatory disclosure.

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