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Cameras in the Streets: Focus on Justice

Online guide looking at the issues arising from the increased use of videotaped information provided by the police and public in legal cases. The guide was written by Ken Strutin, who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association and was published in December 2014 on LLRX.com. The author brings together cases, reports, articles, websites and news items that cover privacy issues, use of video as evidence and the civil rights of the videographer. Not all of the resources linked to are freely available. The guide relates to United States law throughout.

USIP in Haiti

This web page provides information on the work being carried out by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in Haiti. The USIP is an independent organisation whose aim is to “increase the nation's capacity to manage international conflict without violence”. USIP provides conflict resolution training and assistance with legal reform. This section of the USIP website has information on the organisation’s work in Haiti including reports, articles and factsheets. Topics covered in the publications include provision of justice, peacebuilding and the rule of law.

Constitution of Jamaica

Online version of the Jamaican Constitution of 1962 made freely available on the Political Database of the Americas at Georgetown University in the United States. The Constitution incorporates amendments up to 1999 and includes chapters covering fundamental rights and freedoms, citizenship, role of parliament and the governor-general and the powers of the executive.

International Law and Consumer Protection: The history of consumer protection

Article on consumer protection law written by Antonella Corradi who works at the Ministry of Cultural Activities and Heritage of Italy. The article was published in 2015 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 a brief history of consumer protection, details of consumer organisations and sections on European and United States consumer protection law.

Planetary Protection Obligations of States Pursuant to the Space Treaties and with Special Emphasis on National Legislations Provisions

Article by lawyer Gustavo Boccardo, published on New York University's Globalex website and last updated in 2018. Discusses contamination of space by space exploration missions and the reverse, where potentially dangerous organisms are bought back to Earth in samples for scientific analysis. Covers the Outer Space Treaty and to the planetary protection policies of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). Also gives an overview of planetary protection provisions in the national law of states who are parties to the Outer Space Treaty.

Space Asset under the Space Protocol of the Cape Town Convention

Online guide to the term ‘Space Asset’ written by Pai Zheng who is Assistant Professor at the International Law School of East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL) in Shanghai, China and Ruo Wang an LL.M. Candidate (Public International Law) at ECUPL. The guide was published in 2014 (and updated in 2023) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

World Legal Materials from the Middle East

Collection of links to resources for the law of Middle Eastern jurisdictions, provided by the Cornell Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School. Covers 15 countries. Includes links to constitutions, government websites, some judicial sites, a few collections of laws and other materials relating to the law and legal systems of the Middle East. Most of the materials linked to are in English, but some are in Arabic and some in French.

Haitian Law Digital Collection

The Haitian Law Digital Collection provides access to digitised versions of Haitian legal documents. The collection forms part of the Digital Library of the Caribbean a “cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean” administered by Florida International University in partnership with the University of the Virgin Islands and the University of Florida. The site currently offers documents from the mid nineteenth century through to 2007 including legislation, government publications and periodicals.

Privacy and Data Security Violations: What’s the Harm?

Article on privacy and data security written by Daniel J. Solove who is John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. The article was published in August 2014 on LLRX.com and looks at United States law regarding breaches in data protection and the concept of harm in these circumstances. This is the first of four articles on this topic published in this issue of LLRX.com. LLRX.com (Law Library Resource Xchange) is a free online web journal for legal information professionals.

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