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Guide to Antitrust Laws

Guide to US antitrust laws, on the website of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Gives an overview of the three core federal antitrust laws- the Sherman Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Act. There are also sections dealing with the bodies responsible for enforcing the law, monopolies, mergers, price discrimination and competitor collaboration including practices such as price fixing, market division and bid rigging. Each section can be viewed in HTML and as a PDF factsheet.

Saudi laws compendium

Searchable collection of Saudi Arabian laws in English translation, provided by the Bureau of Experts of the Saudi Council of Ministers. The database contains the Basic Laws - including the Basic Law of Governance, the Law of Provinces, the Law of the Shura Council and the Law of the Council of Ministers - and other Saudi laws and regulations (scroll down and click on 'Translated document').

Parliament of the Republic of South Africa

Official website of the South African Parliament providing background information to the Parliament, how it is structured, its functions and details of members and officers of the Parliament. There are details of the various committees and parliamentary papers, including committee reports, order papers and minutes of proceedings, can be downloaded from the site. Recent speeches can be viewed and the most recent editions of Hansard can be searched, browsed and downloaded. Bills before Parliament can be viewed in full.

VictimLaw

Website of VictimLaw an online information source on victims' rights in the United States provided by the National Center for Victims of Crime. The site provides access to a database of full text federal and state laws, tribal laws, constitutional amendments, court rules and court decisions relating to victimsã rights. The database uses a guided search facility where the user can search by topic (the nine core victims' rights), jurisdiction, keyword or citation.

Statute Law Society

The Statute Law Society is a charitable organisation founded in 1968 with the aim of informing the public and the legal profession about the legislative process and fostering improvements in statute law. The Society organises conferences and lectures and publishes the Statute Law Review in association with Oxford University Press; there is a link to the journal on the OUP website. Information about forthcoming events and membership details are also provided.

Laws of Bhutan

Selected laws of Bhutan are available here on the AsianLII (Asian Legal Information Institute) website. They can be browsed alphabetically by title, or by date. AsianLII is a free access to law initiative led by AustLII (the Australasian Legal Information Institute).

Guide to Estonian legal system and legal research

Online guide to the law and legal system of Estonia written by Jannu Kuusik who is a legal adviser with Tallinn City Government and Kart Miil who is a librarian at Tartu University Library. The article was published in 2008 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. The guide gives background and historical information to the governmental and legal system in Estonia. There is a section dealing with the Constitution including a link to the full text of the Constitution and other legislation provided in English.

Reporters Privilege Compendium

The Reporter's Privilege Compendium is a resource for US journalists, compiled by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. It provides information on the law relating to reporter's privilege - the right not to be forced to testify or disclose sources / information in court - in each state and federal circuit. Covers the authority for and source of the right; the scope of protection; procedures for issuing and contesting subpoenas; substantive law on contesting subpoenas; what constitutes compliance; appealing and other issues.

Legal research in Germany between print and electronic media: an overview

This is an overview of printed and online sources for German legal research, part of the series of Globalex guides to information sources for legal research. The original Germany guide was written by Rita Exter and Martina Kammer (Linklaters Law firm, Düsseldorf) in 2008. It has been updated in 2022 by Dr Sebastian Omlor, (Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of Comparative Law at the University of Marburg School of Law, Germany).

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