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Center for Law and Education

Website of the United States Center for Law and Education (CLE) an advocacy and support organisation whose aim is to improve educational outcomes, particularly for low-income students. The site gives background and historical information about the CLE and provides details of the Center's projects. These focus on the educational rights of disabled students, Community Action for Public Schools working to improve the quality of public education and a project aiming to improve the Title 1 program.

Juvenile death penalty today: death sentences and executions for juvenile crimes January 1, 1973- February 28, 2005

Electronic version of a report on the juvenile death penalty in the United States written by Victor L. Streib who is Professor of Law at the Claude W. Pettit College of Law at the Ohio Northern University. The report is made freely available in full-text (PDF) on the Ohio Northern University Website. The report provides statistics, background, legal context and historical information. It looks at death sentences imposed throughout the 1973- 2003 period focusing on juvenile executions in the states of Texas, Oklahoma and Virginia.

Mongolian Legal System and Laws: a Brief Overview

Online guide to the Mongolian legal system written by Odgerel Tseveen who is a a Legal Counsel at the Mongolia Energy Corporation, Ganbold Battsetseg who was an attorney at Anderson &Anderson LLP and Badmaarag Shagdarsuren who is an officer of law at the Ministry of Defense in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The guide was published in 2006 (and updated in 2009) on the Globalex website and is made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Researching the Argentine Legal System

Online guide to the Argentine legal system written by Gloria Orrego Hoyos who works at the Secretariat Training and Jurisprudence of the Public Defender's Office in Argentina. The guide was published in 2006 (and updated in 2022) on the Globalex website and is made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The authors provide background information to the Argentine government and the executive, legislative and judicial powers.

Researching laws and information on nutritional and dietary supplements on the web

Online guide to the law regulating nutritional and dietary supplements in the United States written by Joel Rothman who is an attorney with the Florida law firm Rutherford Mulhall, P.A. The guide was published on the features page of LLRX.com in January 2006 and provides information on the law and links to legislation, agencies and documentation relating to nutritional and dietary supplements. There is a section on the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) and guidance on how "new dietary ingredients" (NDI) and banned substances are dealt with.

Human Rights First

Human Rights First is an advocacy organization based in New York City and Washington, DC. Areas of concern include: international justice and the ICC, international humanitarian law, international refugee policy, campaigns against torture and support of refugees and asylum-seekers in the US. Its website provides information on the aims of the organisation and its activities. It includes news alerts, press releases and papers.

Unbound: Harvard Journal of the Legal Left

Unbound is a freely available online journal published by students and professors at Harvard Law School. The journal is provided in full-text and is described as being a place for "left legal intellectual discussion". There are feature articles and book reviews with subjects such as the role of social justice in US legal education and the concepts of 'right' and 'left' in international law covered in the first issue. Articles can be viewed in PDF and the site also carries details of the editorial board and submission guidelines.

A Guide to Legal Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Online guide to legal information in Bosnia and Herzegovina written by Mirela Rozajac-Zuleiae who is an Expert Counselor in the Library of Law faculty in Sarajevo. The guide was published in 2005 and updated in 2022 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. The guide provides an introduction to the legal system in Bosnia and Herzegovina along with general and historical information about the state.

Wrongful conviction and innocence resources on the internet

Online guide to key websites and resources dealing with wrongful conviction in the United States written by Ken Strutin who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association. The guide gives details of current awareness sites which collect news stories relating to people who have been released from prison following the discovery of new evidence, a list of innocence projects and pro bono attorneys. There is a list of links to commissions set up to investigate miscarriages of justice and websites featuring collections of case profiles.

À la Recherche des Travaux Préparatoires : An Approach to Researching the Drafting History of International Agreements

Guide to researching the drafting history of international agreements, by Jonathan Pratter, Foreign and International Law Librarian at Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas at Austin. The guide was published in 2005 (and updated in 2017) on New York University's Globalex website. The author provides an introduction to travaux préparatoires, guidance on how to find them and details of publications which can help with this search.

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