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Intellectual Property Office of Singapore

Official Website of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). The site provides information about the work of IPOS including details of services, events, news items and patent and trademark statistics. Detailed background information on intellectual property in Singapore is given covering patents, trademarks, copyright issues, registered designs and plant varieties protection. There are legislative updates highlighting key legal developments for the years from 1997 onwards.

Commonwealth and International Human Rights Case Law Databases

These two databases are compiled by INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, and made freely available on their website. One covers human rights decisions in the courts of Commonwealth countries and the other covers the decisions of international courts and tribunals. The databases can be searched separately or together. There is a summary of each case and some judgments are available in full.

Philippine Legal Research

Online guide looking at the legal system and legal research in the Philippines written by Milagros Santos-Ong who is Director of Library Services for the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The guide was published in 2005 (and updated 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. There is background and historical information on the Philippines including politics, government structure and the legislative, judicial and court systems.

Austrian Legal Information System and Laws: A Brief Overview

Online guide to Austrian legal research written by lawyers working for Austrian law firms- Johannes Oehlboeck who is a lawyer specialising in competition law, antitrust and IT law and Immanuel Gerstner who is a partner at SCWP Saxinger Chalupsky & Partners. The guide was published in 2005 (and updated in 2017 by Brigitte Barotanyi) on the Globalex website and is made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

A guide to researching the Albanian legal system

Online guide to the Albanian legal system written by Mbaresa Veleshnja Gentry, an independent legal publisher. The guide was published in 2005 (and updated in 2019) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The guide provides general historical information and background to the legal system in Albania. There is an outline of the legislative process and information on the role of the executive and legislative bodies and the courts system.

Researching Ghanaian law

Online resource guide to researching Ghanaian law written by Victor Essien who is International Law Librarian and Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Fordham Law School in New York. The guide was published in 2005 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 Ghana and details of sources of law and legal materials. There is a bibliography of Ghanaian secondary materials and links to online resources are given where available.

French Law on the Internet - The Basics and Free Resources

Guide to online French legal resources, by Emmanuel Barthe, a law librarian researcher at French law firm BMH Avocats. Published in 2005 on New York University's Globalex website, the guide focuses on free French legal resources for business lawyers. It includes French official sites providing gazettes, bulletins, cases and other official material. There is also information on legal journals and materials provided by law firms.

A guide to the legal system and legal research in the Kyrgyz Republic

Online resource guide explaining the legal system in Kyrgyzstan with bibliographic details of sources and links to materials available on the Internet written by Sania Battalova who is head of the Library of the American University- Central Asia. The guide is published on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The guide outlines the regional and state structure of Kyrgyzstan and explains the role of the president, parliament, government, legal and judicial system and the electoral process.

Chancellor of Justice of the Republic of Estonia

Official Website of the Estonian Chancellor of Justice whose role is to guarantee the constitutional rights and freedoms of individuals and to ensure legislation conforms with the Constitution of Estonia. The site explains the work of the Legal Chancellor and includes a PDF copy of the Annual Report of the Legal Chancellor which provides a more in-depth look at work and activities undertaken. The site has a search engine and can be viewed in Estonian, English and Russian.

East Timor Law Journal

Archive site providing the contents of the East Timor Law Journal (ETLJ) from 2004 to 2011. The journal published articles, East Timorese legislation and court decisions, Indonesian legislation relating to East Timor and laws of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).
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