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Arbeitsgemeinschaft für juristisches Bibliotheks- und Dokumentationswesen

The Arbeitsgemeinschaft für juristisches Bibliotheks- und Dokumentationswesen is an association for law libraries and legal documentation centres in German-speaking countries; it also has individual members from the library and information field. Its website provides information about the purpose and activities of the organisation, along with news, publications and links to other law library associations. The site is in German.

Foreign Law Translations

Free database of foreign legislation and cases translated into English, provided by the Institute for Transnational Law at the University of Texas at Austin. Foreign Law Translations makes available translated French, German, Austrian and Israeli cases and French and German legislation in the areas of constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law; most of the content is from France and Germany. The site also has a glossary of French legal terms and a list of German legal abbreviations

German Telecommunications Law

Web pages providing access to commentary and links relating to German telecommunications law. The site is produced by Joachim Rudo who is a lawyer based in Hanover, Germany. The site has links to German telecommunications legislation provided in English and to institutions and articles providing additional information.

German Copyright Law

Web pages providing access to resources relating to German copyright law. The site is produced by Joachim Rudo who is a lawyer based in Hanover, Germany. There are links to German copyright legislation, to societies dealing with rights exploitation, copyright associations and institutions and law journals. The site is presented in English but many of the resources linked to are in German.

British German Jurists Association

The British German Jurists Association (BGJA) is a membership organisation that brings together legal practitioners and academics interested in British-German legal practice. The site provides information about the BGJA giving a list of committee members, news items and details of how to join. There are also details of conferences and workshops organised jointly by the BGJA and its sister organisation the Deutsch-Britische Juristenvereinigung which bring together speakers from Britain and Germany.

Nuremberg Trials Project

The Harvard Law School Library's Nuremberg Trials Project will make available digital images or full-text versions of documents relating to the trials of German Nazi leaders before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) and the United States Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT). The project will take place over the next 10 years. Currently the website has trial documents from the Medical Case (Case 1 of the NMT trials) and includes transcripts of court proceedings, analytical data and a search engine for documents currently available on the site.

Bundesarbeitsgericht

Website for the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Federal Labour Court), the highest federal court in Germany for cases concerning all aspects of employment law. The site is made freely available on the internet and includes background information on the history, organisation and structure of the court, together with details of the appointment of judges, lay members and research associates.

Taxpunk

Taxpunk, formerly Tax Links, is an independent tax tech site established in July 2001 by German tax advisor Stefan Gross. The site provides a directory of online tax tools; a podcast about tax careers and corporate culture in the field of tax; and video interviews. The site is partly in German, partly in English.

Forschungsgesellschaft Flucht und Migration (FFM)

This is the website of Forschungsgesellschaft Flucht und Migration (FFM), a Berlin-based research centre focusing on refugee movements. Founded in 1994, FFM researches the situation of refugees and migrants in various Central and Eastern European countries. Main research areas are refugee interests and rights, German legislation with respect to refugees and migrants, the trans-national nature of refugees' and migrants' own organisations amongst others.

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