courts

Constitutional Court of the Republic of Montenegro

Official website of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro. The site has historical information on the Court since its establishment in 1963 and information on its jurisdiction, organisation and judges. There is a full text copy of the Constitution (in Croatian only) and legislation relating to the Constitutional Court. A selection of resolutions of the Court can be viewed in English. These deal with the status of religious organisations, the election of municipal delegates and changes to the labour law. More case law is available to view in Croatian.

The Judiciary

Official website of the judiciary of the Netherlands. Includes information about the court system, a database of judgments ('Uitspraken'), and a range of registers (insolvency, guardianship, estates and so on). It also provides guidance for the general public, as well as procedural rules, forms and related information for lawyers. The site is in Dutch.

Supreme Court of Norway

Official website of the Norwegian Supreme Court (Høyesterett). The English version has an introduction to the Court, summaries of judgments from 2000 to the present and speeches given by Supreme Court justices. The Norwegian version of the site has full-text judgments from 2008 onwards, an outline of court procedures, news, articles and speeches. There is also a Sami version of the site.

Constitutional Court of Ukraine

Official website of the Ukrainian Constitutional Court, with background, historical and organisational information about the Court. Under 'Legal acts', the Constitution, the Law on the Constitutional Court and the rules of procedure are available in English translation, although their titles are in Ukrainian. English-language case summaries are available from 1997 onwards; the Ukrainian version of the site provides the full text of the Court's decisions.

Constitutional Court of Türkiye

Official website of the Turkish Constitutional Court. The site provides news, background, historical and organisational information about the Court. The current and past constitutions, and legislation establishing the Court, are available on the site, together with summaries of judgments. Other features of the site include speeches, the Court's journal and links to related websites. An English version of the site is available, but most of the content is in Turkish.

UK Supreme Court blog

This blog was set up in June 2009, a few months before the UK Supreme Court opened. Written by lawyers at Matrix Chambers and Olswang LLP, it provides news and commentary on the Supreme Court and its judgments, with links to original sources including articles, speeches, podcasts, cases and press articles. Links are given to judgments and upcoming hearings of the Court, and to related websites.

Dubai Courts

Official website of the Dubai Courts. The site provides a history of the court system and a diagram illustrating the structure of the courts in Dubai. There is an outline of the legal system, covering the the Court of First Instance, Court of Appeal and Court of Cassation. A list of court hearings and a directory of Dubai lawyers are available and there is a database of judgments from 2010 onwards. The site is in Arabic and English.

Supreme Court of Cyprus

Official website of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Cyprus. The site gives a brief outline of the legal system and the roles and functions of the Supreme Court and other Cypriot courts including the district, military, family and assize courts and the Rent Control and Industrial Dispute tribunals. Selected judgments from 2007 onwards are available in Greek, together with a small number of case summaries in English. (A much larger collection of Supreme Court judgments, in Greek, is available on cylaw.org.)

Brazil Federal Supreme Court

Official website of the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil. The site has a judgments database and provides background and historical information about the Court. It also has a selection of case summaries made in English, Spanish and French. Links are given to Brazilian legislation, including the Constitution. The site is in Portuguese and Spanish; it also has a limited English interface.

Subscribe to courts