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Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

The Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law is a research institute carrying out research in the following areas: public international law; comparative constitutional and administrative law; international environmental law; European constitutional law and administrative law. The site has information on the history and organisation of the Institute. It also provides working papers and other publications, a blog and the library's online catalogue. The site is in English and German.

Women's Human Rights Resources Programme

The Women's Human Rights Resources Programme is a database maintained by staff at Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto. It contains articles and documents relating to women's human rights law, a collection of research guides and bibliographies, details of law courses in Canada relating specifically to women and a directory of women's rights organisations in Canada. Issues covered include: immigration, indigenous women's rights, violence against women, reproductive rights, feminist theory, religion and culture, race and gender, and domestic implementation of international law.

Basic guide to researching foreign law

Online guide to researching foreign law written by Mary Rumsey who is Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian at the University of Minnesota. The guide was published in 2005 and updated in 2016 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 author focuses on finding the laws of countries other than the U.S and emphasises statute rather than case law.

Foreign law: subject law collections on the web

Guide to subject-based foreign law collections on the internet, by Jennifer Allison, on New York University's Globalex website. The guide lists collections of national laws arranged by subject, with annotated links. Subject areas covered include constitutional law, labour laws, maritime/coastal/space laws, competition and consumer laws, criminal laws, technology laws and intellectual property laws.

International Center for Transitional Justice

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is an organisation working with countries where there have been mass atrocities or abuses of human rights. The site outlines the Center's research, training and legal and policy analysis and makes available its reports, briefings and other publications. The organisation has initiatives in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East and North Africa. The site is in English, Spanish, French and Arabic.

Law Reform Project

This WorldLII project aims to make searchable from one location all of the Law Reform databases available on WorldLII (World Legal Information Institute). The Law Reform Database currently includes publications from the Law Commissions of Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa and England and Wales. It is possible to search the full-text or just title words of publications included. It is also possible to browse publications from each Law Commission individually.

IP Justice

IP Justice (IPJ) is a US non-profit organisation that promotes individual intellectual property rights. The website sets out its 'Principles of IP Justice' and provides IPJ publications and news, focusing on digital rights, internet governance and innovation policy. There is also information about IPJ's Cyberlaw and Policy Clinic.

Addleshaw Goddard LLP

Website of London-based global law firm Addleshaw Goddard. The site provides information about the firm and its specialisms. It also includes reports, case studies, articles, podcasts, newsletters and other publications. The site is available in English, French or German.

International Water Law Project

The website of the International Water Law Project (IWLP) is produced by Gabriel Eckstein, Professor of Law at the Texas A&M University. It provides collections of documents and cases, a water law bibliography and a blog. There is also a list of experts of water law, a compilation of water law news feeds and a set of links to water-related legal resources.
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