An online guide to finding Chinese judicial information written by Zhai Jianxiong who is an associate research librarian in law at the National Library of China. The guide was published in the features section of LLRX.com in October 2002. The article gives an overview to the judicial structure in China and looks at sources of judicial information including printed and online materials.
Official website of Courts of New Zealand, the body responsible for court administration in New Zealand. Includes a database of selected higher court judgments, called Judicial Decisions of Public Interest and mostly consisting of criminal cases and other judgments of public interest. The site also has information about the role, structure and history of the courts and explains the functions of the Judicial Committees and the Rules Committee. There is also information about the judiciary. Sections covering the individual courts provide legislation, daily lists and case summaries.
Official Website of the Moldavian Constitutional Court which was established in 1995. The Court is an independent body whose purpose is to guarantee the supremacy of the Constitution. The site provides details of the structure of the court and its role and functions. There are HTML versions of the Moldavian Constitution and Constitutional Jurisdiction Code and profiles of the judges currently serving at the Court. Sections of the site (including decisions and details of Court sessions) are still under construction. The site is available in English, Romanian, Russian and French.
This site provides information on the criminal justice system of Northern Ireland and the agencies that form part of the justice service including the Northern Ireland Prison Service, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Public Prosecution Service, Youth Justice Agency and the Probation Board for Northern Ireland. The role of each of these bodies is explained on the site and contact details and links to the organisations' own websites are given. Key documents relating to the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland are made available in HTML or PDF.
Official website of the Hungarian Constitutional Court. The site is available in Hungarian and English and provides information on the organisation, procedures and functions of the Court. It includes the Hungarian Constitution, the Act on the Constitutional Court and the Court's rules of procedure, together with a selection of decisions dating from 1992 onwards. It also has profiles of members and former members of the Court, along with a selection of links.
Official website of the Constitutional Court of Romania. The site has background information on the establishment of the Romanian Constitution and Constitutional Court. Details are provided covering the Court's function and composition (including profiles of its members), information on the work of the court and a statistical breakdown of its rulings and decisions. Selected decisions of the Court are available in full text PDF on a yearly basis from 1992 onwards to date. The site also has a copy of the Romanian Constitution and online versions of related legislation.
Website of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts an association established in 1972 to promote the exchange of ideas among European constitutional courts and other organisations with constitutional jurisdiction. The Conference holds a regular three-yearly Congress along with other specialised conferences "with a view to sharing experience as regards constitutional practice jurisprudence in a general European context".
Website of a US online legal news service which provides "daily comprehensive reports on new appellate rulings, new legislation and new civil cases from the federal and state courts with the most prolific and weighty litigation." The service is subscription based but certain parts of the site are made freely available. Summaries of all federal appellate opinions are available with links to the full-text, summaries of new federal legislation and legal news stories produced on a daily and weekly basis.
The website of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania is available in both English and Lithuanian. It contains information about the Court including details of its functions and powers, proceedings and judges, and the text its rulings, decisions and conclusions from 1993 onwards. The site has statistics on petitions and inquiries received at the Court from 1993 onwards and text of the Constitution and the Law on the Constitutional Court. A list of publications of the Court and links to other sites containing Lithuanian legal information are also provided.
This website presents basic information on the administration of justice in the jurisdiction of the Cour d'Appel de Bourges in France. Three French departments are included in the jurisdiction: Cher, Indre and NiÌvre. There are lists of personnel (presidents, judges and clerks) for the various courts and tribunals in the area. Basic information on the French justice system is also included. The site can be viewed in French only.
