Guide to researching international human rights law by Grace M. Mills, Law Library Director at Hamline University in the US, published on New York University's Globalex website and periodically updated. Looks at the United Nations treaty bodies governing international human rights and provides a list of the abbreviations used to identify UN documents and organisations.
Collection of legal research guides compiled by staff at the Bodleian Law Library. There are guides covering about twenty-five different regions or jurisdictions, from Africa south of the Sahara to the United States. About thirty-five subject guides are also provided, covering a diverse range of topics, including ancient law, tax law, international law, jurisprudence and the law of obligations. There is also guidance on finding particular types of legal materials, such as treaties, legislation and official publications.
Information about the work of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in the field of cybersecurity, covering radiocommunications, fraud and cyber attacks, child online protection and more. Provides resources for governments, the public and businesses, including good practice guides, reports, studies, a repository of national cybersecurity strategies and the ITU's Global Cybersecurity Index. Also includes news and details of events.
Guide to the Singapore legal system by Chai Yee Xin, a research librarian from Singapore National University. Published on New York University's website and periodically updated, it describes the legal system of Singapore and provides information about Singaporean legislation, law reports and citations, with links to electronic legal materials. The author outlines the parliamentary system and the legislative process, including guidance on accessing official publications.
Online guide to Icelandic law written by Rán Tryggvadóttir and Thordis Ingadóttir, Associate Professors at the Faculty of Law, Reykjavik University, updated by Erna Mathiesen. Published on New York University's Globalex website, it gives background information about Iceland, outlines the political system and describes the powers and functions of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. It looks at the major sources of law, including the Constitution, statutory law, regulatory law, customary and international law.
Online guide to legal materials of Honduras written by José Miguel Álvarez and Jessica Ramos and updated by Honduran lawyer Eduardo Medrano. Published on New York University's website and periodically updated, it gives historical, political and geographical information about Honduras and covers the Constitution, structure of government and sources of law. Includes links to government websites, legal associations, law schools and online sources of Honduran laws.
Online guide focusing on the legal and economic factors preventing poorer countries gaining access to innovative drugs, by patent attorney Do Hyung Kim. Pubished on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically, it gives background information about the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and looks at the problems of compulsory licensing, such as the risks of arbitrage and counterfeit drugs.
Guide to native American legal materials and resources by Jan Bissett, Reference Librarian with Dickinson Wright PLLC, and Margi Heinen, Manager of Library Services at Sherman and Howard. The guide was published as a column in LLRX.com in February 2007. The authors provide links to websites examining the relationship between American Indian tribes and the United States government, including full-text treaties and tribal codes and constitutions. There are also links to other research guides, law libraries and resources on commercial databases such as HeinOnline.
Online guide by New York University Law Library, covering print and online sources of information relating to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Covers agreements, official citations, travaux préparatoires (working documents), sources of GATT and WTO documents and links to other research guides. Also focuses on dispute settlement rules, decisions, secondary materials, statistics, glossaries, news and annual reports.
Online guide to electronic and print sources in transnational and comparative family law by Marylin Johnson Raisch, who was Associate Director for Research and Collection Development at the Georgetown Law Center until her retirement. The guide was updated in 2022 and is published on New York University's Globalex website. The author gives an introduction to transnational law and provides links to major international agreements sponsored by the Hague Conference, United Nations, Council of Europe, the department of Private International Law at the U.S.
