Introduction to the justice system
Overview of the judicial system of Northern Ireland, both civil and criminal, on the official NI Direct website. Includes a link to information about forthcoming hearings.
courts
Constitutional Court of Hungary
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.
Constitutional Court of Romania
Official website of the Constitutional Court of Romania, with background information on the Constitution and Constitutional Court and details of the Court's functions and composition. Decisions of the Court are available from 2005 onwards, in Romanian, and selected decisions are available in English from 2017 onwards; there are also English translations of the Romanian Constitution and related legislation. The website is available in English, French or Romanian.
Conference of European Constitutional Courts
The Conference of European Constitutional Courts promotes the exchange of ideas among European constitutional courts and similar bodies. It holds a periodic Congress and other specialised conferences. The site has brief details about the organisation and provides agendas and reports from the most recent Congresses. The site is available in English, French, German and Russian.
Courthouse News Service
US online legal news service providing free global news on a range of topics, including law, and subscription-based legal news and analysis.
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania
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.
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.
Bundesarbeitsgericht
Website for the Bundesarbeitsgericht (Federal Labour Court), the highest federal court in Germany for cases concerning all aspects of employment law. The site is made freely available on the internet and includes background information on the history, organisation and structure of the court, together with details of the appointment of judges, lay members and research associates.
Cour d'Appel de Paris
The website of the Cour d'Appel de Paris presents information on the administration of justice in the Paris region of France. The organisation, jurisdiction and history of the Court are described and information is provided about the remit of each of its chambers. There are links to the websites of the various branches of the legal profession. Recent statistics are available about the work of the Court. The site also provides details of the inferior courts in the area, together with some legal information for the public.
Cour d'Appel de Toulouse
The website of the Cour d'Appel de Toulouse gives an overview of the administration of justice in the French departments of Ariège, Haute-Garonne, Tarn, and Tarn-et-Garonne. Summaries of selected decisions of the Court are available, arranged by chamber and area of law; they date from around 1989 onwards and are not searchable. Statistics on the administration of justice are presented, together with information about the lower courts (tribunal de grand instance, tribunal d'instance, tribunal de commerce, and conseil des prud'hommes).