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Legal system in Côte d'Ivoire

Online guide to the legal system of Côte d'Ivoire written by Armel Olivier Yapi and Yao Mamoudou, on NYU's Globalex website. The guide was published in 2009 and is updated periodically. It provides background and historical information about Côte d'Ivoire. There is information about the various institutions which make up the Ivorian legal system, including the government, the National Assembly and the judiciary. The author also provides a section on the sources of law - including the Constitution, legislation, and international law - and information on where these texts are published.

Researching Islamic law: Malaysian sources

Online guide to Islamic law in Malaysia, by Shaikh Mohamed Noordin, a law librarian based in Kuala Lumpur. The guide was published in 2009 (and updated in 2021) on New York University's Globalex website. It covers the establishment of Islamic law in Malaysia and the Islamic law tradition. There is a section on sources of Islamic law and examples of Malaysian legislation, focusing on Islamic family law, procedural law, criminal law and financial law.

Visiting the Senegalese legal system and legal research: a human rights perspective

Online article about the legal system and human rights law of Senegal written by Horace Sègnonna Adjolohoun, a lawyer and human rights expert. The article was published in 2009 on New York University's Globalex website. It gives an overview of the Senegalese legal system and guidance on researching the law of Senegal. There is a section on the status of international human rights law, covering the ratification and implementation of international agreements and the interpretation of international human rights law in the Senegalese courts.

Legal Blawg Archive

The Legal Blawg Archive has been compiled by the Law Library of Congress since 2007. It consists of selected law blogs by universities, research institutes and think tanks based in the US and elsewhere. The collection can be browsed by area of law, country of origin and other criteria, and there is a search facility.

Fletcher Forum of World Affairs

Website of the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs an online journal produced by students at The Fletcher School at Tufts University in the United States. This foreign affairs journal is published biannually and covers the legal, political, economic, environmental and diplomatic issues surrounding international affairs. The journal includes feature articles, book reviews, interviews and editorials. Contents pages and abstracts are made freely available on the site back to Fall 2000 with selected articles from each issue provided in full text.

United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials

United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNARKT) gives technical assistance to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), which was established to try members of the Khmer Rouge for genocide and crimes against humanity. Its website provides information about UNARKT's aims, activities and jurisdictions. It includes press releases, UN resolutions and mandates, court documents, UN reports and other material, including decisions in contract disputes with ECCC defence lawyers.

Research guide to the Somaliland legal system

Article looking at the legal system of Somaliland written by Mohamed Farah Hersi who is an attorney and human rights researcher and a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria. The guide was published in 2009 (and updated in 2020) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. Somaliland is a breakaway territory established in the north of Somalia in 1991 and is not currently recognised by the international community.

United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: principles and guidelines

This online version of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: principles and guidelines was published in 2008 and is available on the website of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The purpose of the publication is to provide key guidance for UN personnel serving in the field and to help practitioners understand the fundamental principles underlying contemporary UN peacekeeping operations.

Lincoln and the Law

Online guide providing access to legal materials relating to Abraham Lincoln and his involvement with the law. The guide is made freely available by the Law Library of Congress as one of their series of Current Legal Topics. The first section covers his role as an Illinois lawyer and includes digitised versions of books about Abraham Lincoln, lectures and minutes of meetings of the Law Association of Philadelphia.

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