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Supreme Court Database

The Supreme Court Database provides data and analysis on Supreme Court cases from 1953 to 2008. The Database was created by Harold Spaeth who is Research Professor of Law at Michigan State University College of Law and Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Michigan State and is hosted by the Center for Empirical Research in the Law School at Washington University in St. Louis. The original aim of the Database, which was created in the late 1980ãs, was to "include and classify every single vote by a Supreme Court justice in all argued cases over a five-decade period".

Supreme Court of Afghanistan

Official website of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan. This site has an English interface but most of the content is provided in Dari and Pashto. There is information on the divisions of the Supreme Court including the Appeal Courts, Primary Courts and Special Courts. A full text copy of the Constitution of Afghanistan is given along with a copy of the Law of the Organization and Authorityof the Courts of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and links to sites offering a searchable collection of Afghanistan laws in Arabic and one providing Afghanistan laws translated into English.

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.

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. The Court was established in 1997 to guarantee supremacy of the Constitution in Ukraine. Its website provides background, historical and organisational information about the Court. The text of the Constitution is provided, together with legislation relating to the Court, and English-language case summaries are from 1997onwards. The Ukrainian version of the site provides the full text of the Court's decisions.

Constitutional Court of Turkey

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. The site is in Turkish throughout.

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 three stages of litigation: the Court of First Instance: the Court of Appeal and the Court of Cassation including details of the types of cases heard in each court. A small selection of full text laws are given on the site in English along with a list of court hearings and a directory of Dubai lawyers. The site can be viewed in Arabic and English.

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