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Bracton: De Legibus Et Consuetudinibus Angliae

On the Laws and Customs of England is a comprehensive work on English law, written in the 13th century by Henry of Bratton (Bracton) and others. This electronic version is a co-production of the Ames Foundation, the Harvard Law School Library, and the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Latin and English versions can be viewed separately, or together in a split-screen display.

Constitutional Council of France

Website of the French Conseil Constitutionnel, a permanent French court created by the Constitution of the 5th Republic on 4th October 1958. The Court has powers to decide on the lawfulness of presidential elections and the conduct of referendums, and can give its opinions when consulted by the French head of state. The site offers details of the Conseil's current business and recent decisions (Actualit?s), and gives a direct link to the Constitution of 1958.

Court of Justice of the European Union

Official website of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The site explains the the organisation, jurisdiction and procedure of the Court of Justice and General Court and provides their rules of procedure and practice directions. All the courts' case law is available (including decisions of the now-defunct Civil Service Tribunal) via numerical case indexes and a separate case database. For cases decided from January 2012 onwards, there are authenticated electronic reports (the Electronic Reports of Cases, or 'e-ECR').

Centre de Recherche en Droit Public

Website of the Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP) at the Faculty of Law at University of Montreal. Legal research at the CRDP is focused on Quebec law and government and the site provides background information, profiles of researchers and details of research projects being undertaken. Publications produced by the Centre are freely provided online either in full text or with bibliographic details. Copies of Lex Electronica, the CRDP journal, can be downloaded in full text (French only). The site can be viewed in French and English.

Employment Relations Tribunal

Official website of the Employment Relations Tribunal of the Republic of Mauritius. This is a quasi-judicial body which hears industrial disputes and delivers awards. It was created following a merger between the Permanent Arbitration Tribunal and the Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal in February 2009. The site gives history and background information to the Tribunal and details of its members. Details of awards made by the Tribunal can be viewed on the site in PDF or Word for each year from 1995 onwards.

Lawphil

Lawphil is a project of the Arellano Law Foundation in the Philippines. The project aims to make available online all Philippine laws, statutes, case law, presidential decrees and other legal materials. The site currently provides selected Philippine legislation from 1900 onwards some in full text and includes full text copies of the 1987, 1973, 1935 and 1899 Malolos Constitutions. Full text legal decisions are given from 1910 onwards and can be browsed by year or searched using the site's search engine.

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is a superior court of record for nine member states of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), including Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and Montserrat. It has two divisions, the Court of Appeal and the High Court of Justice. Its website provides  judgments from 1972 onwards, together with information about the history, structure and judicial officers of the Court, details of court sittings, and monthly newsletters.

Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia

Official website of the Constitutional Court of Armenia. The site includes the full text of the Armenian Constitution and the Law of the Republic of Armenia on the Constitutional Court. There is a list of Court members and references are given to decisions from 1996 onwards. A few decisions can be viewed in full. There is an e-library of legal materials, including reports, articles and documents, provided on the site in Russian, Armenian and French. A small number of documents can be viewed in English. The site can be viewed in Russian, English and Armenian.

Constitutional Court of Mongolia

Official website of the Constitutional Court of Mongolia (also known as the Constitutional Tsets). The site has background information about the Court including profiles of members and information on the roles and functions of the Court. Decisions of the court can be searched or borwsed on the site. The site is available in Mongolian with an English interface.

Unified Courts of Guam

Official website of the Judiciary of Guam. The site provides organisational information, rules and regulations and annual reports for the Guam courts along with information relating to the Supreme Court and the Superior Court. Access to profiles of the judges and copies of their speeches are also available. There are copies of court rules, promulgation orders and full-text (PDF) opinions from 1996 onwards. A page of links to other Guam legal resources is also given.

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