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Lex Mercatoria

A gateway to web resources for international commercial law, with some additional coverage of other areas of law and of information technology. The service is a collaborative project by the Law Faculty of the University of Tromso, Norway, the Institute of International Commercial Law at Pace University School of Law, US, and the Law Faculty of the University of Oslo, Norway. Lex Mercatoria presents links to conventions, model laws, rules, commentary and other documents available on the web.

Baltic and International Maritime Council

The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) is an international association of shipping companies, based in Denmark. Its website covers the history and work of the organisation, news items and details of the Council's courses and publications. Model contract clauses are provided, together with an archive of old documents relating to bills of lading, charter parties, waybills and so on (the current versions are restricted to BIMCO members). There is also a list of arbitral bodies. Most of the remaining information on the site is reserved for members.

Law Practice

Website for Law Practice magazine, published by the American Bar Association Law Practice Management section. The magazine publishes themed issues where lawyers discuss how technology is changing their practices. Regular features include: product watch, technology update, calendar of events and resource reviews. The site offers the current issue in full-text HTML format with an archive of past issues from April 1994 onwards featuring abstracts and selected full text.

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.

Emory Law Journal

Website for US academic law journal, Emory Law Journal, produced by the Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. The journal publishes professional and student papers dealing with a full range of legal matters including alternative dispute resolution, antitrust and competition law, employment law and criminal law from a US perspective. The website provides access to full text articles with an archive back to 2004.

Journal of Legal Studies

Website for the Journal of Legal Studies (ISSN 0047-2530) a scholarly print journal published twice a year by the University of Chicago. Inaugurated in 1972, the Journal is an interdisciplinary publication of theoretical and empirical research on law and legal institutions. Economists, political scientists, sociologists, other social scientists, as well as legal scholars, contribute to the Journal. It features articles covering US and international topics including bankruptcy, damages and law reform. The site provides contents listings from 1972 onwards with abstracts from 1997 onwards.

Berkeley Technology Law Journal

Website for the Berkeley Technology Law Journal (ISSN 1086-3818), published twice each year by students at the Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. The journal is a continuation of the High Technology Law Journal. Articles handle topics such as software copyright, digital publishing, invention secrecy, covering "intellectual property, high-tech and bio-tech". The site presents full-text online content from Vol 17 (2002) onwards. Earlier copies are available via LexisNexis or Westlaw to those institutions with a subscription.

American Legal Ethics Library

The American Legal Ethics Library has been developed by Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute, and is now under the editorial leadership of W. Bradley Wendel, Associate Professor of Law at Cornell. This digital library contains the US codes or rules setting standards for the professional conduct of lawyers and commentary on the law governing lawyers, organized on a state by state basis. Contributions are by both practising and academic lawyers.

Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review

Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review is an exclusively online law journal. The Review's primary purpose is to examine the tensions created by advances in computing, telecommunications, biotechnology, multimedia, networking, information and other technologies. Founded in 1994, MTTLR was one of the first law journals to use interactive media to promote informed discourse about the interrelated legal, social, business, and public policy issues raised by emerging technologies. The website archive contains articles from volume 1 (Fall 1994 - Spring 1995) onwards.

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