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Current Constitutional Developments in Latin America

Online article looking at constitutional law developments in Latin America written by Dante Figueroa who is a Senior Legal Information Analyst at the Law Library of Congress and an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and Jonathan Arendtwho is a Senior Associate at Albagli Zaliasnik Law Firm. The guide was published in 2016 (and updated in 2021) on the Globalex Website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Pain Science and the Administration of Justice

Online guide looking at the study of pain and its significance for the administration of civil and criminal justice written by Ken Strutin who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association. The guide was published in June 2016 on LLRX.com. The author identifies and provides abstracts to medical and legal books, reports, guides, scholarly articles and news stories focusing on pain. Areas covered include pain management and the effects of imprisonment on pain. Links are provided to full text resources where available.

International Commercial Contracts

Online guide to the major primary sources for international commercial contracts, written by Cyril Emery, who is Legal Officer and Librarian for the Secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. The guide was published in 2016 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author provides an introduction to and definition of international commercial contracts.

Free Law Project

The Free Law Project is a California based non-profit organisation providing free online access to primary legal materials. The Project is also involved with the development of technologies for legal research. Current work includes CourtListener (a searchable database of legal opinions from federal and state courts), RECAP (an extension for Firefox and Chrome to improve the use of PACER) and Juriscraper which gathers opinions from federal appeal courts, state supreme courts and oral arguments from all appellate federal courts that offer them.

Legal system of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Online guide to the legal system of Laos, written by Aristotle T. David who is Managing Partner at ZICOlaw in Lao PDR and Novah Rose S. De Leon-David who is Policy and Institutions Expert at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The guide was published in 2016 (and updated in 2019) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Contemporary land grabbing, research, and bibliography

Online guide to the acquisition of large areas of land by foreign investors in developing countries, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America. The guide was written by Jootaek Lee who is Senior Law Librarian (Research Librarian for Foreign, Comparative & International Law), Lecturer, and Affiliated Faculty for the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) at the Northeastern University School of Law.

Researching the Legal System of the Republic of Djibouti

Online guide to the researching the law of Djibouti, written by Mustafe Mohamed H. Dahir who is a lawyer and Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law and Externships at the University of Hargeisa in Somaliland. The guide was published in 2015 (and updated in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author provides background information to the Djibouti Republic along with an outline of the legal system, sources of law and information on the government and other official bodies.

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