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Law and legal research in Zambia

Online guide to the law and legal system of Zambia written by Alfred S. Magagula who is an LL.B. student at the University of Swaziland. 2011 update of the guide published on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author provides background information on the history, governmental system, foreign policy, political parties and economy of Zambia. There is an outline of the judicial system and details of Zambian sources of law which include the Constitution, legislation and judicial precedent.

Centre for Criminology

Website of the Centre of Criminology, a research unit linked to the Department of Public Law at the University of Cape Town. Research at the Centre is focused on African Security and Justice with the two main programmes of work being Physical Security and Environmental Security. The site gives information on the various research projects taking place at the Centre which cover plural policing, urban security and policing and human rights.

Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard: Harvard Law School

This website provides access to the research outputs of faculty and students at Harvard Law School. It forms part of Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) an open access repository. DASH contains scholarly articles and student papers which can be searched by author, title, keyword, sponsor and series or browsed by date, author, title and subject. Recent submissions can be accessed from the home page. Records provide bibliographic details with abstracts and a link to the full text (PDF).

Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Recht

The Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Recht (Virtual Law Library) is a portal to high-quality legal resources on the internet, with an emphasis on German legal information. It forms part of the Special Law Collection at the Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage in Germany. The portal is arranged into eight sections. The Subject Information Gateway provides access to resources relevant to academic legal research and can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject.

BIALL How Do I? wiki

The How Do I? wiki is written by members of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) PR and Promotions Committee. The service is aimed at law librarians but is made freely available on the BIALL website. The wiki provides answers to questions asked by law librarians on the Lis-Law jiscmail list and can be accessed by broad subject headings, a detailed alphabetical listing or by using the search engine. Subject headings include legislation, judgments and courts, conventions and treaties, European Union and books and journals.

Criminal justice surveys and public opinion polls

Online guide looking at surveys and opinion polls concerning the criminal justice system in the United States written by Ken Strutin who is Director of Legal Information Services at the New York State Defenders Association. The guide was published in June 2009 on LLRX.com. The author gives annotated links to surveys arranged under the following headings; criminal justice system; crime; criminal histories; death penalty; public defense; sentencing; sex offenders and rehabilitation.

ICC Legal Tools

ICC Legal Tools is a web database providing information and commentary about international criminal law. Developed by the Legal Advisory Section (LAS) of the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), it is aimed at all those dealing with international war crimes cases.

Visiting the Senegalese legal system and legal research: a human rights perspective

Online article about the legal system and human rights law of Senegal written by Horace Sègnonna Adjolohoun, a lawyer and human rights expert. The article was published in 2009 on New York University's Globalex website. It gives an overview of the Senegalese legal system and guidance on researching the law of Senegal. There is a section on the status of international human rights law, covering the ratification and implementation of international agreements and the interpretation of international human rights law in the Senegalese courts.

Legal Blawg Archive

The Legal Blawg Archive is compiled by the Law Library of Congress and made freely available on its website. The collection was started in 2007 and "is part of a continuing effort by the Library of Congress to evaluate, select, collect, catalog, provide access to, and preserve digital materials for future generations of researchers". The archive contains selected legal blogs, from law schools, research institutes and think tanks, covering a broad cross section of topics including antitrust, civil procedure, family law, courts, legal ethics, intellectual property and taxation.

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