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Service France

Service France forms part of the website of Sykes Anderson a law firm specialising in French tax and property law. The site includes details of services the firm offers and freely available information on French tax, property and pensions. Content is provided in the form of articles and case studies with topics covered including the main French taxes, tax planning and and tax-free or tax efficient investments. There is advice on French property and conveyancing, French probate, health care and social security.

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) is a Council of Europe human rights body. Its mandate is to monitor the treatment of detainees and prisoners in its member nations in order to protect and promote their human rights. Its website provides information on the aims of the organisation, its operation and activities. It includes press releases, annual reports and reports on individual nations from 1989 to date.

Oil, Gas and Energy Law

Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) is a subscription service aimed at the energy industry and legal practitioners. OGEL aims to provide a global overview together with critical analyses of the issues and developments surrounding regulation in the oil-gas-energy field. Issues of the OGEL Journal are available in full text for subscribers. A collection of legal and regulatory materials including laws, regulations, contracts and guidelines are available to search or browse by country or topic.

Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law

The Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law is a referreed journal that aims to explore legal problems and issues in the context of energy and natural resources law. Aimed at practitioners and academics in the field, the journal seeks to cover key areas in the field: oil and gas law, mineral law, coal law, water law and renewable energy law. The journal, produced by the International Bar Association (IBA), is published quarterly. The site offers subscription information and guidelines for authors. There are links to other publications published by the IBA.

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

The Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent institution within the Council of Europe. Its website provides information on the Commissioner's work, including articles, reports, speeches and press releases. The reports include annual surveys of human rights law and legislation in the Council of Europe area, observation reports from individual nations and thematic reports on topics such as the protection of human rights for the Roma, minority ethnic group rights, protection of the rights of children and women and actions against human trafficking.

Singapore Journal of Legal Studies

Website of the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, a peer reviewed journal published by the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore. The SJLS focuses on legal developments in Singapore, Asia and other common law countries. The site provides abstracts of articles back to 1991, contents pages back to 1959 and selected full-text (PDF) available from 2004 onwards. Recent articles have looked at the use of trusts in Asia, enforcing corporate disclosure, transnational crime and the rights of users in works protected by copyright.

Singapore Yearbook of International Law

Website of the Singapore Yearbook of International Law (previously the Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law), published by the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore. The series covers all aspects of international law, with a particular emphasis on South-east Asian law. The contents pages of every issue are provided on the website; from 2004 onwards, selected articles are available in full.

Tribal Law Gateway

The Tribal Law gateway is an online catalogue hosted by the National Indian Law Library which is part of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) an organisation providing legal representation to Indian tribes in the United States. The gateway provides access to codes and constitutions of United States tribes which can be browsed alphabetically online by tribe. Records include a bibliographic reference and, where available, a link to the full-text document and the tribe's Website.

Council of Representatives of Bahrain

Official Website of Bahrain's parliament which consists of the House of Representatives and the Shura Council (consultative council). The site provides background and historical information about the Kingdom of Bahrain and its progress towards democracy. There is information on the members, structure and committees of the House of Representatives along with an outline of the parliamentary process. Annual reports and other official publications are given in English. Legislation, treaties and parliamentary questions are available in Arabic only.

 

Federal Civil Code of Mexico

Article documenting the background and history of the Federal Civil Code of Mexico written by Jorge A. Vargas, Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law and published in the features section of LLRX.com in April 2005. The article provides background information about Mexico's civil codes and the legal significance of codes in Mexico. There is a section on the 1928 Civil Code, a section highlighting the most significant aspects of the Federal Civil Code and comments on "decodification".

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