Website of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) a membership body for trading standards professionals. The site also provides trading standards and consumer protection information aimed at consumers and businesses including guides to the law dealing with issues such as consumer contracts, product safety, underage sales and weights and measures. Details of events and a link to the CTSI Journal of Trading Standards are also given.
The Public Procurement Research Group (PPRG) is part of the School of Law at the University of Nottingham. Its website provides information on the work and members of the PPRG. Details of books, PhD theses, and articles written by group members are given and some of these are available to download in full. There is also information on PPRG projects, which include procurement and human rights, public procurement in Africa and utilising marine cultural heritage in East Africa.
Website of the Procurement Lawyers’ Association (PLA), a membership organisation for lawyers working within the field of EU procurement law. The PLA organises working groups focusing on developing areas of procurement law. Completed project papers written by the working groups are available on the site, covering issues such as NHS procurement and conflicts of interest. Details of PLA events and related organisations are also given.
Procurement law website produced by the procurement team at UK law firm Mills & Reeve. Provides free access to a toolkit of guidance and template documents relating to the procurement process. There is information on the use of framework agreements, guidance on state aid, a standstill period calculator and invitation to tender template. The site includes a blog written by specialist procurement lawyers with posts on developments and updates on procurement law. A selection of links to procurement law resources is also given.
Database of more than 2000 cases and arbitration decisions brought under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 (CISG). The information is provided by Pace Institute of International Commercial Law at Pace University in the US. The database can be browsed by jurisdiction and there is also a search facility. A large amount of complementary information is also available, including the legislative history of the Convention; case law yearbooks; and scholarly commentary.
Annotated text of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 (CISG), provided on the web by Pace University's Institute of International Commercial Law. For each article of the Convention, relevant case law, scholarly commentary and details of the legislative history are available, together with other information.
Website of Direct Selling Europe an online information resource providing details of the organisation's aims and activities in the area of direct selling. European in scope, this trade association represents renowned direct selling companies and associations and is committed to promoting a legislative environment that aids the development and operations of its members. The site offers definitions of what direct selling is, and what it is not; typical companies and products in the industry and data on the numbers of people involved in direct selling.
UNILEX is a browsable database produced by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT). It contains case law and bibliographies relating to the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts. The text of each instrument is provided, along with a list of participating countries. The cases are arranged by date, country, arbitral award and by article and issues.
