legal systems

Guide to Qatar's legal system

Online guide to the law and legal materials of Qatar written by Ahmed Khedr who is a Lecturer of Law and academic member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, the Egyptian Society of Political Economy and Statistics and Legislation and the Egyptian Society of International Law. The guide was published in 2009 (and updated in 2016) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Luxembourg: description of the legal system and legal research

Online guide providing an introduction to Luxembourg law written by Nicolas Henckes who is the Director of Legitech a Luxembourg legal publisher. The guide was published in 2009 (and updated in 2020 by Laurence Raphael) 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 gives an introduction to the history and legal system of Luxembourg outlining the executive and legislative powers and the court system.

Legal and judicial system of Niger

Online guide to the legal system and legal materials of Niger written by Bello Mahamadou Boubacar who is an intern at the appeal court in Niamey and a United Nations volunteer lawyer. The guide was published in 2009 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 gives an introduction to the Republic of Niger and the Niger legal system explaining the dualistic system of law which includes written laws and customary law.

Introduction au système juridique et judiciaire du Bénin

Electronic article on the law and legal system of Benin written by Noel Ahonagnon Gbaguidi who is Professor of Private Law and Director of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration and the Judiciary of Benin and William Kodjoh-Kpakpassou who is Judge at the Court of First Instance of Cotonou (Benin) and Associate Professor at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration and Magistracy of Benin. The article was published in 2009 (and updated by Gérard Aivo and Lazard H.

Legal system in Côte d'Ivoire

Online guide to the legal system of Côte d'Ivoire written by Armel Olivier Yapi who is a jurist with a background in private law and international human rights law and Yao Mamoudou Ouattara who is a jurist specialist in human rights. The guide was published in 2009 (and updated in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. It provides background and historical information about Côte d'Ivoire.

Researching Islamic law: Malaysian sources

Online guide to Islamic law in Malaysia, by Shaikh Mohamed Noordin, a law librarian based in Kuala Lumpur. The guide was published in 2009 (and updated in 2021) on New York University's Globalex website. It covers the establishment of Islamic law in Malaysia and the Islamic law tradition. There is a section on sources of Islamic law and examples of Malaysian legislation, focusing on Islamic family law, procedural law, criminal law and financial law.

Research guide to the Somaliland legal system

Article looking at the legal system of Somaliland written by Mohamed Farah Hersi who is an attorney and human rights researcher and a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria. The guide was published in 2009 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. Somaliland is a breakaway territory established in the north of Somalia in 1991 and is not currently recognised by the international community.

Comparative civil procedure: a guide to primary and secondary sources

Online guide to comparative civil procedure research. The guide was originally written in 2009 by Radu D. Popa, Assistant Dean and Director of NYU Law Library, and Mirela Roznovschi, Reference Librarian for International and Foreign Law at NYU Law Library and was updated in 2023 by Louis Myers who is a Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Librarian with the Law Library of Congress.

Malawi: legal system and research resources

Guide to the legal system and materials of Malawi, by Redson Kapindu of the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC). Last updated in 2014, the guide is on New York University's Globalex website. It gives background information about the history and political system in Malawi and explains the political and legal systems. The author also covers the sources of law including the Constitution, legislation, common law, customary law, religious law and international law.

Sri Lanka: legal research and legal system

Online guide to the Sri Lankan legal system, by Aquinas V. Tambimuttu, a native of Sri Lanka and a Library and Information Science graduate of San Jose State University in California. The guide was published in 2009 (and updated by Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayaganon in 2016) on the Globalex website and made available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The guide has an introduction to Sri Lanka with an outline of its colonial and legal history.

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