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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch is an independent, non-governmental organisation which seeks to protect human rights all over the world. Its website includes annual reports on the human rights situation, including legal developments, around the world (1989 onwards). It also provides news updates, videos and photographs. The content can be browsed by country or topic. Site headings are available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish; much of the content is also available in multiple languages.

Electronic Guide to Mexican Law

A web resource guide covering the law and legal system in Mexico. The guide has been written by Francisco Avalos, the Foreign and International Law Librarian at the University of Arizona College of Law Library and Elisa Donnadieu, a graduate student at the University of Arizona and fellow of the University of Arizona College of Law Library. The guide was published in 2005 (and updated in 2009) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law.

Berkeley Program in Law & Economics Working Papers

The Program in Law & Economics at University of California, Berkeley provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholarship in the fields of business law, and law and economics. This series of working papers are available online with abstracts back to 1995, and full text available for most papers from 1998 onwards. The series is hosted in the eScholarship repository, part of the California Digital Library.

Guide to Legal Research in Belarus

An article offering an outline of the legal system and notes on legal materials for the Republic of Belarus in Eastern Europe. The guide has been written by Nadia Shalygina, Director of the International Law Library in Minsk. The guide was published in 2005 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.

Restorative Justice Exchange

Information and resources about restorative justice, provided by Prison Fellowship International. The site gives an introduction to the concept of restorative justice and the Restorative Justice Handbook, by Jonathan Derby (Special Advisor to Prison Fellowship International) can be downloaded free of charge. There is also a blog and an archive of restorative justice publications, videos and other material; most of the archived documents are in English, but some are in Spanish, French and Russian.

Overview of the Spanish Legal System and Legal Research

A research guide for Spanish law, available on New York University's Globalex website. The guide is written by Olga Cabrero, a lawyer and graduate of the University of Barcelona School of Law, and was updated in 2023 by Esteban Cuyás Caudevilla and Gloria Priego Luqueby. The first part looks at governmental, parliamentary and judicial power in Spain, covers the status of autonomous communities and provides links to relevant websites.

A Guide to Legal Research in Uzbekistan

Online guide to political and legal systems in the Republic of Uzbekistan with reference to legal sources in print and on the Internet. The guide was written by Maria Stalbovskaya, reference librarian at the Open Library for Legal Information in Uzbekistan in 2002 and updated in 2024 by Mirfozil Khasanov. The guide is published on the Globalex Website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Guide to the Lithuanian Legal System

A research and resource guide offering an introduction to law and the legal system in Lithuania, describing sources of law including free internet sources and materials in English. The guide has been prepared by Elona Norvaisaite, reference librarian at the Law and Politics Reading Room of the Information Center of the National Library of Lithuania. The guide was published in 2005 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.

Treatment Courts

Information about drug treatment court initiatives in the United States, on the website of the Department of Justice. Includes statistical and topical updates from different parts of the United States and elsewhere, as well as documents on programme implementation and evaluation. Training and funding sources are also covered.
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