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World Law: Belgium

Section of WorldLII's Countries service covering Belgium. A full range of browse and search features are available on the site. Browse sections highlight links relating to: Courts, Legislation and Parliament along with subject areas including: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Elections and Refugees and Asylum. A collection of stored searches will automatically search for materials relating to Belgium on all of the WorldLII catalog or databases. This section of WorldLII was developed from work initiated by Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

Raad van State: Conseil d'Etat: Staatsrat: the Supreme Administrative Court of Belgium

Web pages of the Raad van State, or Supreme Administrative Court of Belgium, which was set up in 1946 to allow Belgians an effective appeal against irregular administrative acts. The pages are available in three different language interfaces: Dutch, French and German. Users can search the full-text of decrees of the Court, and results can be displayed in Dutch or French, and in PDF. The site also offers answers to frequently asked questions about the Court, and explains its legal background.

Moniteur Belge

Web pages of the Moniteur Belge/Belgisch Staatsblad, the official Belgian record which is published daily and includes texts of new laws, royal decrees and ordinances, and new regulations, as well as prominent decisions in Belgian law. The complete text of the Moniteur is available from 22 September 1998, and users can search on the date of publication to display the text for that date. The text can be displayed in French, German or Dutch, and the interface is in Dutch or French. 

Ministère de la Justice (Belgique)

Web pages of the Belgian Ministry of Justice, whose functions include the drafting and preparation of legislation (civil, commercial and penal), the support and logistics of the administration of justice in Belgium, and the management of Belgian penal institutions. Features of the website include some information on the current Minister, the structure and responsibilities of the Ministry, the independent commissions which work alongside the Ministry, and some corporate information on the Ministry (budget, personnel and buildings).

Same-Sex Marriage: A Selective Bibliography of the Legal Literature

Online bibliography compiled by Paul Axel-Lute of the Rutgers Law Library at the Rutgers School of Law-Newark in the United States. The bibliography was first published in September 2002 and was last updated in June 2010. The emphasis is on US law and the bibliography provides references and links to materials supporting both sides of the argument. There is a brief introduction giving background and historical information to the movement for same-sex marriage and the first part of the bibliography includes web based resources and books.

Courts and Tribunals in Belgium

Website of the Belgium courts and tribunals covering the administration of justice in Belgium. It gives contact details and background information for Belgian courts including the Cour de Cassation, Cours d'Appel, Cours du Travail and various tribunals.  There is also general information for the public about the law and the judicial system in Belgium. The site is available in French, Dutch or German.

Grondwettelijk Hof van België

Website of the Constitutional Court of Belgium (formerly the Belgian Court of Arbitration). The Court's jurisdiction includes "the review of laws, decrees and ordinances with Title II of the Constitution (Articles 8 to 32 on the rights and freedoms of the Belgians) and with Articles 170 and 172 (legality and equality of taxes) and 191 (protection of foreign nationals)", and derives its authority from the Belgian constitution.

Cepani

Website of Cepani, the Belgian Center for Arbitration and Mediation, originally founded by the International Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Belgian Companies. The site provides organisational information relating to the Center along with details of activities and study groups. There are sections covering Cepani's work in arbitration, mediation and domain name disputes including procedural information, Cepani's rules and relevant sections of the Belgian Judicial Code. Decisions of domain name disputes Cepani has been involved with can be downloaded from the site.

Financial Law Institute

The Financial Law Institute (FLI) is a research and teaching unit at the Faculty of Law of Ghent University in Belgium. It researches company and financial law, covering regulation, corporate governance and banking law. The site provides FLI working papers from 1999 onwards, in languages including Dutch, French, English or German. There is information about books published by FLI researchers, and news and events information are available.
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