This American website hosts a set of more than 40 law blogs edited mainly by academics. Many of the blogs cover particular areas of law, including international and comparative law as well as many aspects of US law, but there are also blogs focusing on legislation, legal education, legal technology and other topics. The Law Professor Blog Network was founded by Paul Caron of Pepperdine University School of Law, together with Joseph A. Hodnicki.
Online article providing guidance to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Marrakesh Treaty that was adopted in 2013. The article was written by Jonathan Band, a lawyer representing Internet companies and library associations on intellectual property issues, and published on LLRX.com in August 2013. The aim of the Treaty is to promote the production of books and other materials in accessible formats for people with print disabilities. The article gives an overview to the Treaty and explains its provisions.
Website of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) the body set up by the Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) 1980. OTIF is involved with the development of rail transport law including areas such as contracts of carriage for the international carriage of passengers and goods, the carriage of dangerous goods and the removal of obstacles to the crossing of frontiers in international rail transport.
Website of Travel Law Quarterly (TLQ) which is published by the Leisure Industries Section of the International Bar Association. TLQ is aimed at travel industry professionals, lawyers and students and covers topics such as “travel agency, tour operations, cruise law, air law, timeshare, hotel law as well as the regulation and licensing of the travel industry”. The full journal is available by subscription but TLQ Online, which provides additional content, is freely available on the website.
Website of Travel Law Quarterly (TLQ) which is published by the Leisure Industries Section of the International Bar Association. TLQ is aimed at travel industry professionals, lawyers and students and covers topics such as “travel agency, tour operations, cruise law, air law, timeshare, hotel law as well as the regulation and licensing of the travel industry”. The full journal is available by subscription but TLQ Online, which provides additional content, is freely available on the website.
Online guide to nanotechnology and its relation to international law written by Mohammad Ershadul Karim who is a Senior Lecture at the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya. The guide was published in 2014 (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. The guide provides an introduction and history to nanotechnology. There are links to nanotechnology databases, United Nations publications, European initiatives and other organisations concerned with nanotechnology.
Website of the International Arbitration Attorney Network, a group founded by lawyer William Kirtley of Franco-American law firm Dugué and Kirtley. In addition to advertising the Network, the site provides a large amount of information about international arbitration law and practice. This includes a guide to finding arbitration case law on the internet; information about arbitration clauses and third-party funding of cases; an ICC Cost Calculator; a set of links to freely available books and book extracts (under ‘Online Arbitration Library’).
Online research guide to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon written by Martin Wählisch and updated by Lara Eid Jreissati who is an international lawyer specialising in International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law. The guide was published in 2012 (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 provides history and background to events leading to the establishment of the Tribunal.
Compilation of information about pending and concluded arbitrations from 1987 onwards, provided on the UNCTAD website. ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC and other cases are covered. For concluded cases, the information provided includes dates, parties and countries, the type of investment, the legal instrument involved, the arbitration rules/venue, brief details of the decision, the amount sought and the amount awarded. Where possible, links to the full decision are provided. To search the database, click on ‘Show display options’
The ‘Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare’ is the outcome of three years’ work by an independent group of international law experts - scholars and practitioners - on the application of existing norms of international law to cyber warfare. It is made up of rules of customary international law developed and adopted by the group of experts, annotated with commentary. It is available free of charge on the website of NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCD COE); it was also published by Cambridge University Press, in 2013.
