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Council of Europe Publishing

Council of Europe Publishing is the Council of Europe's official publisher and this website is its online bookshop. It provides a full catalogue of priced CoE publications, printed and electronic, from the last ten years. Titles are arranged under the following headings: Committee of Ministers, Parliamentary Assembly, Congress, Human Rights, Law, Health, Society, Environment, Population, Local and Regional Democracy, Education, Modern languages, Youth, Culture, Sport, Communication, European issues and Non-official languages. Basic and advanced search facilities are available.

GRECO

GRECO is the Group of States Against Corruption, a body set up in 1999 by the Council of Europe to monitor the development, implementation and enforcement of anti-corruption legislation in its member states. The site publishes GRECO's Statute, Rules of Procedure and resolutions, as well as its activity reports and other documents. Information is provided about GRECO's history, structure, member states and current programmes. The site is available in English or French.

Europol

Europol an EU agency that facilitates the exchange of intelligence in order to prevent terrorism, drug trafficking and other serious international criminal activities. Its website describes the work of the agency and provides Europol publications, including the EU Terrorism Situation & Trend Report, the Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment and the Internet and Organised Crime Threat Assessment.

Current Awareness for Legal Information Managers

A searchable database containing details of recent books and periodical articles relevant to law librarians and legal information specialists. The database covers material published from December 1994 onwards. It is produced by Katherine Read and Heather Memess at the University of London's Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, for the Current Awareness column of Legal Information Management, the professional journal of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians.

Drafting Legal Documents

A guide to legal writing, from the Office of the Federal Register, US National Archives and Records Administration. The guide is a sequence of linked topics on the basics of writing regulatory documents which include arrangement, headings, definitions, ambiguity, principles of clear writing and grammar. In addition, the site presents some links to plain language resources and a PDF copy of the Federal Register Document Drafting Handbook 1998 with amendments.

American Law and Economics Review

The journal 'American Law and Economics Review' was launched in 1999 by the American Law and Economics Association (ALEA). The Review is a refereed journal, published twice a year. It endeavours to publish international work that is accessible to the full range of membership in the ALEA, which includes practising lawyers, consulting economics and academic lawyers, and academic economists from around the world. The Review differs from other journals in the field in that it features book reviews and review essays.

Computers and Law

Computers and Law is the official journal of the Society of Computers and Law and reflects the Society's aims of encouraging and developing information technology for lawyers and information technology related law. The journal is published bi-monthly and can be accessed on the Society's website. Full text is available to members only, but contents of most issues are available online. The site includes information on SCL membership; contacts for contributing articles; and advertising rates in the journal.

Westlaw UK

Westlaw UK is an online legal research service for the UK and EU, created by leading UK publishers Sweet & Maxwell. It is a subscription service, accessed by password. Westlaw UK provides a comprehensive collection of legal sources: UK and EU case law, UK and EU legislation, EU official publications, journal articles, Legal Journals Index, textbooks and encyclopaedias, news and business information. The website provides background information, technical specifications, support details and a feedback form for expressions of interest.

Queen Mary Law Journal

Website for The Queen Mary Law Journal which is produced twice annually by students of the Queen Mary School of Law, University of London. The articles discuss current legal affairs and cover a variety of themes, international and domestic, speculative and practical, general and particular. The contributors have diverse backgrounds and experience, including recent undergraduates and former students. The website presents issues back to no. 5 online in PDF format.

William and Mary Law Review

Web pages for the William and Mary Law Review (ISSN: 0043-5589), edited by students and staff at the William and Mary School of Law at Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. The journal began publication in 1957 and is currently published six times a year. Articles written by academics, students and practitioners cover a wide range of legal and public issues. The website provides tables of contents from Volume 36 (1994-1995) onwards, together with full text of articles in the current volume.

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