developing countries

Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law

Website of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, a research centre founded in 2002 to conduct policy research and provide training to foster democracy and the rule of law in transitional countries and promote economic progress. The site has information on research programmes, publications, events and presentations. The publications section includes details of books, articles, occasional papers, working and discussion paper, many of which are freely available in full.

Tax Law Design and Drafting: volumes 1 and 2

Online version of "Tax Law Design and Drafting", edited by Victor Thuronyi, on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) website. The book is published by the IMF and provided in two volumes, published in 1996 and 1998. The site gives access to selected chapters from both volumes, in pdf format. Volume 1 looks at tax laws in developed countries and includes chapters covering the legal framework for taxation, drafting tax legislation, regulation of tax professionals, VAT, excises, tax on buildings and land, taxation of wealth and social security taxation.

Research guide on TRIPS and compulsory licensing:access to innovative pharmaceuticals for least developed countries

Online guide focusing on the legal and economic factors preventing poorer countries gaining access to innovative drugs, by patent attorney Do Hyung Kim. Pubished on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically, it gives background information about the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and looks at the problems of compulsory licensing, such as the risks of arbitrage and counterfeit drugs.

Law, Environment and Development Journal

The Law, Environment and Development Journal (LEAD) is an open access peer-reviewed online journal  run by the School of Law of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London and the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC), an independent Swiss organisation. LEAD is aimed at academics, practitioners, students and policy-makers and is focused on environmental law in developing countries. The entire series is open access.

McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law

The McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law (formerly McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy) is an academic journal run by law students at McGill University in Canada. The website provides a selection of articles from the current and previous issues of the journal, together with a blog and a podcast. Links to related websites are also available, together with subscription and submission information.

Sustainable Development Law (SDL) research guide

Online guide to Sustainable Development Law, written by Gary Yessin, Reference Librarian at Florida A&M University College of Law. The article was originally published in 2006 (and updated in 2024 by Charlotte Daugherty) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the NYU, School of Law. The author gives an introduction to the law relating to sustainable development and lists books on the subject. It also provides links to treaties, legal journals and research guides, along with a list of abbreviations.

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