Collection of research guides for law students, produced by Cornell University Law Library. Covers US law, foreign law and international law. The guides give an outline of the topic with links to key primary, law blogs and other information; some refer to material held locally.
Website of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, which was set up in 2001 by the British government to research the strengthening of intellectual property rights in developing countries. The Commission's final report, published in 2002, is available, together with the government's response.
The Law, Environment and Development Journal (LEAD) is an open access peer-reviewed online journal run by the School of Law of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London and the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC), an independent Swiss organisation. LEAD is aimed at academics, practitioners, students and policy-makers and is focused on environmental law in developing countries. The entire series is open access.
Law blog (or 'blawg') finder, provided by Justia Legal Resources. The site indexes US blogs primarily, but there is some coverage of other jurisdictions. The home page lists the most popular blogs and most recent posts. Users may browse by area of law, US state or country and there is also a search facility. A resources page includes information about blogging software and hosting.
UK government web page providing information about asylum seekers' countries of origin, to be used in the asylum determination process. Reports contain information on asylum and human rights issues in the country and include chapters on the security forces, torture, the judiciary, prison conditions, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, ethnic minorities and human rights institutions. There is also background information on the country covering the economy, history, political system, Constitution and political parties.
Peer-reviewed open access journal published at the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, United States. The journal comes out twice a year; it focuses on criminology and justice systems and their impact on Africans and people of African descent.
This WorldLII project aims to make searchable from one location all academic law journals available on WorldLII (World Legal Information Institute) and other legal information institute websites. Journals are available in full text and include sub-collections focused on human rights and indigenous law. WorldLII is a legal information portal developed by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) and a number of partner institutions (BAILII, AustLII, HKLII, CanLII, NZLII).
Online publication by the Law Library of Congress in the US, providing information on legal developments from around the world. Content can be filtered by jurisdiction and year and there is a search facility. Sources include press reports and official publications.
Website of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a UK organisation that combats online child abuse. The site has an online facility for the public to report illegal internet content. It also provides information about IWF resources and tools - including an image hashtag list, keywords list and intelligent web crawler - and gives details of the foundation's policy work in the UK, EU and around the world. Part of the site is accessible to members only.
Migration Information Source is the online journal of the Migration Policy Institute, an independent think-tank based in Washington, DC. It covers migration, immigration, asylum and refugees and includes news, research, country profiles, statistics and information about US policy. Content can be browsed by date, region or type of material.
