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Open Society Justice Initiative

The Open Society Justice Initiative is a programme of the Open Society Institute, a private foundation established by the philanthropist George Soros in 1993. It is concerned with the promotion of law reform, the protection human rights and the development of international law. The site gives details of current and past activities, covering areas such as national criminal justice reform, international justice, freedom of information and expression, equality and citizenship, anti-corruption and development of legal capacity.

Justice and Home Affairs Council

The Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) brings together justice and interior ministers from the EU member states to make collective decisions on justice and home affairs policy; it is one of the configurations of the Council of the European Union. This page of the Council of the European Union's website introduces the JHA and provides links to information about important current policy areas. Dates of forthcoming meetings are also listed.

Directorate General for the Environment

Website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for the Environment. The Directorate's main role is to develop and monitor the EU's environment policy. The Policies and Resources sections provide a large amount of information and documentation concerning the work of the D-G, in areas including climate change, land use, nature and biodiversity, sustainable development, waste and water. Materials provided include legislation, reports, conference papers, newsletters, speeches and statistics.

Labor Law Talk

Labor Law Talk is a moderated United States based message forum focusing on employment law issues. The emphasis is on US law and topics include working hours, pay, discrimination, disability and wrongful dismissal. The site is free to use but you are required to register before you can post messages on the discussion forums. An archive of postings can be browsed by forum and a selection of FAQs provide advice on using Labor Law Talk. The site links to other web resources providing free employment law information.

Personal Injury

Personal Injury is a website focusing on US personal injury law produced by Einstein Law, a company specialising in legal web directories and portals. The site provides background information on different aspects of personal injury including damages and awards and tort law. It also provides detailed information on personal injury claims such as medical malpractice, car accidents, product liability, brain injury and workers' compensation. There is a directory of personal injury lawyers in the United States and a glossary of terms.

LawTroves

LawTroves are a selection of legal resource guides compiled by United States law firm Swiggart & Agin, LLC. The guides are focused on Massachusetts law and cover bankruptcy, corporate law, real estate and trademark and domain names. Each LawTrove provides access to FAQs, legislation, organisations, reading lists and other legal resources.

Ofgem

Ofgem is the UK regulatory body which is responsible for licensing and monitoring electricity and gas supplies in the British isles and ensuring competition in their markets. It was formed from the merger of the separate electricity and gas public utility regulators OfGas and OFFER. Its website provides infomation on energy industries in the UK, including information on pricing, safety, competition and the main suppliers. It includes access to news releases, full-text reports and consumer fact sheets relating to gas and electricity supply.

Summaries of EU legislation

This section of the EU's Europa portal provides summaries of EU legislation in all policy areas. The information is arranged by subject, including agriculture, competition, employment and social policy, human rights, the internal market, regional policy and transport; these subjects are further sub-divided by specific area of law. Each section has an introduction to the policy, an outline of the legislation, details of relevant policy documents and information about future developments. Links are provided to the legal texts and official documents mentioned.

Canon Law Literature

Bibliography on Canon law compiled by Ulrich Rhode, Professor of Canon Law at Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Germany. The bibliography contains links to bibliographic databases, periodicals and book series. The periodicals section is divided into current titles and titles which have ceased publication. Records give the date and place of publication and a link to the website where available. The book series section only includes titles with a website. Many of the resources linked to are available in Italian or German. A few are available in English.

The Sunnah: Practice and Law (Shari'ah and Madh'habs)

Resource guide to Islamic law produced by professor Alan Godlas of the Department of Religion at the University of Georgia. Outlines the 'Five Pillars of Islam' providing background information, quotes from the Qur'an and annotated links to online resources dealing with each theme. There is also background and links to information about the sunnah (practice of the prophet Muhammad) and the Sunni madh'hab (schools of law). A selection of links to other articles and materials on Islamic law is also given.

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