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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.

Eucrim

Eucrim is a journal focusing on European criminal law, edited and made freely available online by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law. Eucrim is published twice a year and is intended for both practitioners and academics. The site is in English and French and the journal is in English. Users can sign up for free email delivery.

Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Recht

The Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Recht (Virtual Law Library) is a portal to high-quality legal resources on the internet, with an emphasis on German legal information. It forms part of the Special Law Collection at the Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage in Germany. The portal is arranged into eight sections. The Subject Information Gateway provides access to resources relevant to academic legal research and can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject.

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.

Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria 1999-2006: A Sourcebook

Online version of 'Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria 1999-2006: A Sourcebook', by Philip Ostien. The book was published by Spectrum Books in 2007 and is provided here on the website of the University of Bayreuth's project, 'Sharia Debates in Africa'. The book is arranged into five volumes with the following headings: historical background; Sharia Implementation Committee reports and related white papers; sanitizing society; Sharia penal and criminal procedure codes and two famous cases.

German Civil Code

Periodically-updated English translation of the German Civil Code, provided by the Federal Ministry of Justice on its 'Gesetze im Internet' website. The Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) is arranged into five books: Book 1, General Part; Book 2, Law of Obligations; Book 3, Law of Property; Book 4, Family Law; and Book 5, Law of Succession. 
 

European Legal Studies Institute

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.

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