An article offering an outline of the legal system and notes on legal materials for the Republic of Belarus in Eastern Europe. The guide has been written by Nadia Shalygina, Director of the International Law Library in Minsk. The guide was published in 2005 and updated in 2008 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.
A research guide for Spanish law, available on New York University's Globalex website. The guide is written by Olga Cabrero, a lawyer and graduate of the University of Barcelona School of Law, and was updated in 2023 by Esteban Cuyás Caudevilla and Gloria Priego Luqueby. The first part looks at governmental, parliamentary and judicial power in Spain, covers the status of autonomous communities and provides links to relevant websites.
Online guide to political and legal systems in the Republic of Uzbekistan with reference to legal sources in print and on the Internet. The guide was written by Maria Stalbovskaya, reference librarian at the Open Library for Legal Information in Uzbekistan in 2002 and updated in 2024 by Mirfozil Khasanov. The guide is published on the Globalex Website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.
A research and resource guide offering an introduction to law and the legal system in Lithuania, describing sources of law including free internet sources and materials in English. The guide has been prepared by Elona Norvaisaite, reference librarian at the Law and Politics Reading Room of the Information Center of the National Library of Lithuania. The guide was published in 2005 and updated in 2023 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.
Website of the Supreme Court of Iceland, the highest judicial authority in Iceland. To display the English section of the site, select 'English' then click on the black arrows. The website provides limited information about the history and role of the Supreme Court, court procedure and the court building. The last page of the English section summarises what is available in Icelandic on the website; this includes judgments and details of current court business. Contact information can be found under the heading "Um Hæstarétt". The site also has a Danish section.
A research and resource guide looking at Hungary and the Hungarian legal system, prepared by Zsuzsanna Antal who is Systems Librarian and Deputy Head Librarian at the Central European University Library in Budapest. The author provides an outline of the Hungarian political and legal system, briefly describing the role of the Constitution, Parliament, President, Constitutional Court, Parliamentary Commissioner, central and local Governments, and Judiciary and Legal Profession. The guide references relevant print and electronic sources and materials.
This section of the Finnish Ministry of Justice (Oikeusministeri¸) website outlines various aspects of the legal system in Finland. There is historical information giving background to the legal system, identifying its Western and Eastern influences and describing the resulting rule of Law. Links are given to the various state legal authorities including the Chancellor of Justice, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the Consumer Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Equality. There is information on the Constitution along with links to full text versions in a range of languages.
One of a series of guides to online primary resources for Western European history, compiled by Richard Hacken, European Studies bibliographer at Brigham Young University, Utah. The resources linked to are mainly transcriptions, facsimiles and translations listed chronologically, which illuminate the political, economic, social or cultural implications of important historical events.
Guide to online primary resources for Western European history, compiled by Richard Hacken, European Studies bibliographer at Brigham Young University, Utah. The resources are mainly transcriptions, facsimiles and translations listed chronologically, which illuminate the political, economic, social or cultural implications of important historical events.
A commentary and bibliographic resource guide concerned with Algerian law, legal materials and research written by Dahmène Touchent, a legal information specialist and journalist responsible for the Algerian legal database, Lexalgeria. The guide is published on the Globalex website and is made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author presents an overview of law and the legal system in Algeria with reference to the main print, electronic, and free web sources.
