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United States Law Week

Online version of US Law Week, the weekly digest providing headnoted summaries of State and Federal court decisions and agency rulings that set precedent, involve controversial issues, or present new perspectives on established legal principles in the United States. The online service is based on a fee-paying subscription. Registration for a free trial subscription and access to a sample issue are provided by the publisher, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. In particular Law Week includes the full-text (with headnotes) of all U.S.

Courts Service Ireland

Official website of the Irish Courts Service, providing judgments of the Supreme Court (from 2001), the High Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal (2004 onwards) in a searchable or browseable database. Background information on the history and work of the courts is available, together with court rules, forms, practice directions, news items and a diary of current and future cases. Information pamphlets and statistics are also provided and there is a glossary of legal terms.

Washington Post Supreme Court

Supreme Court pages of the Washington Post online newspaper. The service provides summaries and stories of cases before the US Supreme Court from the current term. Background stories and news items are also featured on this page. Key cases for the current term are listed by subject area. There are also brief biographical details and links to Washington Post stories for each Supreme Court Justice provided on the site. Some of the content requires free registration before it can be viewed on the site.

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights forms part of the Inter-American system of human rights, within the Organization of American States. Its website has Spanish or English versions, but most of the content is in Spanish. It offers judgments and decisions in Spanish; the Court's Statute and rules in Spanish, English and other languages; press releases in Spanish; and information about the work of the Court in Spanish and English (etc.).

Supreme Court of India

Website for the Supreme Court of India, providing background information on the history, constitution and jurisdiction of the Court. Court rules of the court are available on the site, along with profiles of the Chief Justice and the judges of the Supreme Court. There are links to the Indian Courts, full-text judgments, cause lists and the Indian Code.

British and Irish Legal Information Institute

The British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) provides free access to legislation, cases, law reform reports and other legal materials from the United Kingdom, Jersey, Ireland, the European Court of Human Rights, the European Court of Justice and the EU's General Court. The cases are from the higher courts and tribunals; most date from the last two decades or so, but BAILII also provides a collection called Leading Case Law by Subject, and many of these cases are much older. Materials may be browsed by jurisdiction, title and year.

Philippine Supreme Court Decisions Online

This website presents selected Philippines Supreme Court decisions, in full-text HTML format. The information is sponsored by Chan Robles Law Net, provided by the Chan Robles Law firm in the Philippines. Featured decisions can be selected by year (annually from 1901 to 2006) and displayed in full. There is also background information on the Philippine legal system, information on the various courts, Supreme Court circulars and orders and court rules.

Lovdata

This free website provides Norwegian consolidated statutes, central regulations, recommendations and local regulations; the official gazette, 'Norsk lovtidende'; and cases from the last four months in the Supreme Court (Høyesterett) and appeal courts (lagmannsrettane). It also has a large set of English translations of statutes, regulations, plus one translated Supreme Court judgment. Lovdata is a private foundation set up by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo.

ICLR.3

ICLR.3 is the website of legal publisher the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (ICLR). They publish The Law Reports (the most authoritative reports for England and Wales), the Weekly Law Reports and other series. Brief details of cases can be freely searched using the ICLR.3 database and information on the full (subscription) site is given. There is also a knowledge section and a blog providing commentary, news and updates on the legal profession.

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