The Europa Institute at the University of Edinburgh is a multi-disciplinary research centre, founded in 1968, focusing on the governance, institutions, policies and law of the European Union. Its website includes details of events and a blog called 'European Futures'.
Website of the Institute For European Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, with details of courses, research and events, together with a repository of publications. The site is available in English or Dutch.
The European Legal Studies Center (ELSC) is based at Columbia Law School in the United States. It conducts teaching and research in the fields of European, international and comparative law. Its website provides details of courses and of clerkships and internships available at European institutions. There is also information about the Center's events.
The European Journal of Legal Studies (EJLS) is an open access peer-reviewed electronic journal covering comparative, international and European law and legal theory. It was launched by the Law Department of the European University Institute in April 2007. EJLS is a multilingual publication, but a large proportion of the articles are in English. It can be browsed by issue and there is also a search facility.
This European Commission site provides a substantial amount of information about EU public procurement rules and policy. Legislation, guidelines, reports and explanatory notes are available, plus details of consultations and general information about remedies, public private partnerships, electronic public procurement and defence procurement. International aspects of public procurement are covered and there is news of the Commission's activities to counter infringements of the rules. The site is in English and can be translated into other EU languages automatically.
Guide to the legal issues surrounding passenger data by Irfan Tukdi, updated by Sabrina Sondhi, Director of the H. Laddie Montague, Jr. Law Library at Penn State Dickinson Law. Published on New York University's Globalex website, it gives background information to the US anti-terrorism legislation passed following the 9/11 terror attacks, including the Patriot Act, the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (ATSSSA) and the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA).
The European Legal Studies Institute (ELSI) is a research department of the Faculty of Law at the University of Osnabrück in Germany. It focuses on comparative law and the harmonisation of law within the European Union. The website provides details of research projects and staff of the institute. Publications are available, including the Institute's Research Paper Series. The site can be viewed in English or German.
The European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law (ECTIL) is a Vienna-based research centre. Its website provides information about research projects and details of publications including the ECTIL monograph series: the Principles of European Tort Law; Tort and Insurance Law; and the Tort and Insurance Law Yearbook.
The Commission on European Family Law (CEFL) is based at the Molengraaff Institute for Private Law, University of Utrecht. It is made up of European experts in family and comparative law. The aim of CEFL is to further the harmonisation of family law in Europe through the creation of a set of Principles of European Family Law. The site provides organisational and contact information for the Commission, details of conferences and events and links to selected European legislation on family law.
Guide by Deborah Paulus-Jagric, Reference Librarian for Educational Services at New York University Law School Library, updated by Heidi Frostestad Kuehl, Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law at Northern Illinois University College of Law. Published on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically, the guide gives background and historical information on the Convention and Protocol, with references and links to printed and online material.
