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Journal of International Human Rights

Website of the Journal of International Human Rights (JIHR), an interdisciplinary journal covering human rights issues and the international law of human rights. The journal has Spring, Summer and Fall issues each year, published by the School of Law at Northwestern University in the United States. Each issue is available free on the site, from volume 1 onwards. The website also gives details of symposia and other events, plus links to human rights resources on the internet.

International Criminal Courts for the Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone: A Guide to Online and Print Resources

Online guide to the international criminal courts of Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone compiled by Amy Burchfield who is Head of Access and Faculty Services at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library and updated by Andrew Dorchak who is Head of Reference and Foreign/International Law Specialist at The Judge Ben C. Green Law Library at Case Western Reserve University's School of Law. The guide was published in 2005 and updated in 2017 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Researching the United Nations: finding the organization's internal resource trails

Online guide to United Nations resources compiled by Linda Tashbook who is Foreign International Comparative Law Librarian at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law's Barco Law Library. 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 author suggests search strategies for finding information by and about the UN and covers the use of different types of research tools available such as directories, databases and research guides.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: US Department of State

These reports are compiled annually by the United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. They provide assessments of the current state of human rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This covers: individual, civil, political, and worker rights. Topics covered include: summary of human rights legislation, assessments of democracy and womens rights. Reports are available from 1999 onwards.

Foreign Law Translations

Free database of foreign legislation and cases translated into English, provided by the Institute for Transnational Law at the University of Texas at Austin. Foreign Law Translations makes available translated French, German, Austrian and Israeli cases and French and German legislation in the areas of constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law; most of the content is from France and Germany. The site also has a glossary of French legal terms and a list of German legal abbreviations

Constitution of Grenada

Electronic version of the Grenada Constitution of 1973 made freely available on the Political Database of the Americas at Georgetown University in the United States. The Constitution is provided in full-text and has sections covering fundamental rights and freedoms, the role of the Governor-General, parliament and the executive. There are also chapters dealing with finance, public services, citizenship and the judiciary.

Introduction to the Greek Legal System

An introduction to the Greek legal system written by Dimitrios Ph. Christodoulou and made freely available on the JURIST Website. The article provides an outline of various aspects of Greek law covering sources of law, the Constitution and the distinction between public and private law. Different aspects of the civil code are summarised including areas dealing with the law of obligations, property law, family law and inheritance law. The author also looks at the commercial code and the laws governing industrial property, companies, bankruptcy, antitrust and banking.

European Union legal materials: an infrequent user's guide

Guide to European Union legal information, written by Duncan E. Alford, Associate Dean for the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law. The guide was published in 2005 (and updated in 2016 by Alyson Drake of the Texas Tech University School of Law Library) on New York University law school's Globalex website. The author gives a brief overview of the European Union, its official websites and principal institutions. There is a reading list of recommended introductions to EU law, dictionaries and directories.

Guide to MERCOSUR Legal Research: Sources and Documents

Online guide to researching the work of Mercosur, the trading bloc of South American countries (Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay). The guide is by Edgardo Rotman who is Foreign and International Law Librarian and Senior Lecturer in International and Comparative Law at the University of Miami School of Law. The guide was last updated in 2024 by Gloria Orrego Hoyos and Mariel Romaniand and is freely available on New York University's Globalex website. It gives background information and precedents and provides details of the basic documents, arranged by subject.

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