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Priv-War

Priv-War was a collaborative project by seven European academic institutions, including the University of Sheffield in the UK, which ran from 2008 to 2011. It was coordinated and hosted by the European University Institute in Italy. The aim of Priv-War was to look at the use of private military companies and security companies in situations of armed conflict and examine national and international regulatory frameworks. The website provides the final recommendations of the Priv-War project, together with press releases and two reports produced during the project.

EIF Implementation Database

Database of studies of implementation of EU legislation, produced and managed by Dimiter Toshkov of Leiden University with the support of the Institute for European Integration Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The database brings together quantitative academic research concerning the implementation of directives and compliance with EU law.

Eucrim

Eucrim is a journal focusing on European criminal law, edited and made freely available online by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law. Eucrim is published twice a year and is intended for both practitioners and academics. The site is in English and French and the journal is in English. Users can sign up for free email delivery.

Institute of European and Comparative Law

Website of the Institute of European and Comparative Law, a specialist research centre based at the University of Oxford whose aim is to enhance the Law Faculty's teaching and research activities in the field of European law. The site gives profiles of academic and administrative staff and research fellows at the IECL along with details of courses and publications. There is information on conferences and events taking place at the Institute including online materials from past events.

Centre for Competition Law and Policy

Website of the Centre for Competition Law and Policy (CCLP) at the University of Oxford. Teaching and research focuses on competition regulation in the UK, EU and US, as well international aspects of competition law and antitrust economics. Training programmes on competition law and policy are offered to practitioners, judges, academics and students. The site has profiles of staff and details of conferences, workshops and lectures taking place at the CCLP.

ASIL Electronic Resource Guide: European Union

Online guide focusing on electronic resources for researching the law of the European Union, written by Marylin Johnson Raisch who is Associate Law Librarian for International and Foreign Law at the John Wolff International and Comparative Law Library of the Georgetown Law Center in the United States. This guide forms a chapter within the ASIL's Guide to Electronic Resources for International law and is made freely available on the American Society of International Law's website.

European Private Law Forum

Web pages of the European Private Law Forum, a research group based at the Law Department of the European University Institute. The Forum carries out research into the Europeanisation of private law. The site has information about the Forum's projects which include Tenancy Law and Procedure in the European Union and Real Property Law and Procedure in the European Union.

European Union: a guide to tracing working documents

Online guide to researching the working documents (travaux préparatoires) of the European Union, by Patrick Overy of the University of Exeter. The guide is on New York University's Globalex website and was last updated in 2016 . The author provides information about the availability of documentation from the Inter-Governmental Conferences (IGCs); guidance on the different types of working documents produced by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union; and information about where to find documents.

PLC Competition

PLC Competition is a subscription database aimed at commercial lawyers and competition specialists providing updates, practical guidance and information on developments in key areas of competition law. PLC Competition is one of the services offered by legal information provider, Practical Law Company. The service includes information on UK competition law in the form of practice notes, checklists, precedents and other resources.

INSOL-Europe

INSOL-Europe is an organisation of lawyers, accountants and insolvency practitioners specialising in insolvency, bankruptcy, and business reconstruction and recovery. The site has organisational information including a copy of the constitution, details of committees and the Executive, Council and Secretariat .The INSOL-Europe journal, Eurofenix is published quarterly and can be downloaded from the website in PDF. There is guidance on publishing and registering the opening of insolvency proceedings in EU Member States as covered by articles 21 and 22 of the EU Insolvency Regulation.

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