Website for the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) which was established in 1973 to carry out research relating to the law of the Republic of South Africa and to make recommendations for development, improvement, modernisation or reform. A list of current members is published on the site. Projects from the Commission's active programme of work are listed with supporting documents such as media releases, discussion papers, issue papers and reports.
Legal Week is an online legal newspaper aimed at commercial lawyers in the United Kingdom. Its website provides articles about about law firms, national and international legal developments, management and IT and deals. There is a section providing editorial comment, columns and blogs. Other areas of the site include a vacancies database, an events listing and articles aimed at law students. A searchable archive is available back to 1999.
Website offering online legal resources by lawyers for lawyers with content provided by international law firm Simmons & Simmons. Elexica provides legal news, articles, legislative updates and case summaries arranged by legal subject. More detailed reports cover topics including commercial, corporate law, dispute resolution, employment and financial markets. There are regular newsletters and details of events and online training. Free registration is required to access much of the content provided by this site.
Ballot Access News is an independent non-partisan newsletter published by Richard Winger, a leading American lawyer, which provides information on 'third parties' and 'independent' candidates in American politics. In particular it focuses on ballot access laws in the USA and presents a critique of what the author regards as 'restrictive practises'. These centre on the difficulties independents have in participating in election campaigns because of legal restrictions. The web version of the newsletter contains the full-text of all editions from 1994 onwards.
Website of the Law Society of Ireland. The Society, established in 1773, works to improve access to the law generally and also provides representation, services and support for solicitors. It exercises statutory functions in relation to the education, admission, enrolment, discipline and regulation of the solictors' profession. The site provides an overview of the work of the society and of the legal profession in Ireland.
An online medical negligence information service for UK professionals and the public from the publishers of Medical Litigation magazine edited by barrister Geoff Hall. The site is subscription only providing access to Medical Litigation Cases, a database of articles and details of experts and counsel. Summaries of relevant news stories are made freely available back to 2005 and can be searched by keyword. A page a related web links is also provided.
Internet site for the Society of Construction Law (SCL). The Society was founded in 1983 to promote for the public benefit education, study and research in the field of construction law and related subjects in the UK and internationally. The site provides information about the organisation and work of the Society, supported by an online newsletter, with details of forthcoming events and the full text of articles and papers published by the SCL. Links are given to construction law societies in other parts of the world, construction law courses and other related websites.
Collection of all measures passed by the General Synod of the Church of England since 1988, together with selected Church measures from earlier dates. The measures are on the official Legislation.gov website and they may be searched or browsed.
A large collection of links to international law materials on the internet, compiled by William Slomanson, Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California. Links are classified and arranged alphabetically under an extensive topics index. The site constitutes an appendix to the author's book, Fundamental Perspectives on International Law, 5th ed., Thomson, 2006. As well as the links, it provides the table of contents from the book and updates to the text.
The University of New South Wales Law Journal has been published since 1976, edited by a voluntary student body with faculty advisers. The scholarly Australian academic law journal is published three times a year, and each volume consists of two general issues and one thematic issue. The general issues contain articles on a broad range of legal issues. There is also a Forum section for debate on topics of interest to the legal community. The thematic issues focus on particular legal topics researched and selected by the Board.
