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International Water Law Bibliography

An online bibliography of international water law resources compiled by Gabriel Eckstein who is Professor of Law at the Texas Tech University School of Law in the United States and made freely available on his International Water Law Project website. The bibliography is divided up by subject including Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, pollution, ethics, groundwater and economics. There are also headings for United Nations and World Bank materials and for statistics.

Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks

Information about the Madrid System For the International Registration of Trademarks, on the World Intellectual Property Organization's website. The site gives an overview of the System, along with a more detailed procedural guide. The relevant legal texts are made available, including the Madrid Protocol, the Madrid Agreement, Common Regulations and Administrative Instructions. Information notices relating to changes or amendments in the system are provided, along with forms and other details.

National Employment Law Project

Website of the National Employment Law Project (NELP) a New York based non-profit legal and advocacy organisation working on behalf of "low-wage workers, the poor, the unemployed, and other groups that face significant barriers to employment and government systems of support". The site gives details of NELP projects and includes full-text copies of project reports and press releases. Current projects listed cover the areas of immigrant workers, nonstandard workers (temporary or part-time), unemployment insurance, welfare and the low-wage workforce and work and the family.

Virginia State Bar

Website of the Virginia State Bar (VSB) a mandatory bar association representing the legal profession in the state of Virginia in the United States. The website has facts about the VSB including contact details for the Executive Committee, members of the VSB's committees and members of staff. There is information about the various sections, copies of annual reports and professional guidelines (in PDF format) and a directory of attorneys who have been publicly disciplined since January 1991.

Decisions of the Irish Labour Court

Database of full text decisions of the Irish Labour Court (An Chuirt Oibreachais) an industrial relations tribunal which deals with disputes concerning industrial relations, minimum wage and equality issues in Ireland. Cases can be browsed by legislation or subject or searched by case number, parties or date (back to 2019). Topics include overtime, harassment, pensions and working time. The legislative type category groups cases by the type of legislation under which they have been handled including industrial relations, equality or working time legislation.

How Dewey Classify OCLC's Lawsuit

Free online article written by Roger V. Skalbeck, librarian at George Mason University School of Law in Arlington Virginia, and published on LLRX.com in September 2003. The article provides background information to the lawsuit filed by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) against the Library Hotel for alleged trademark violations and explains what is meant by copyrights, patents and trademarks, gives examples of other marks held by OCLC and summarises the 3 causes of action which include trademark infringement, unfair competition and diluting of OCLC's trademarks.

French Property Law

The French Property Law website is produced by the French law department at Russell-Cooke a law firm with offices in London. The site is made freely available in English and provides a guide to buying French property covering contracts, mortgages, searches and fees. There is a selection of FAQs covering inheritance and representation along with related news stories. A collection of in-house articles is made available in full-text in PDF format dealing with other aspects of purchasing property in France. The site also has a page of Web links.

Shareholder Rights

The Shareholder Rights website is made freely available online by Brabners Chaffe Street a firm of solicitors based in the North West of England. The site contains guidance relating to the legal position of shareholders in a Private Limited Company and includes information about the structure of a company and the role of directors, company secretaries and shareholders. Advice is also given on shareholder disputes, how to value shareholdings and how to sell shares in a Private Limited Company.

Labour Court

Website of the Irish Labour Court (An Chuirt Oibreachais) which acts as a court of last resort in the resolution of industrial relations disputes and hears appeals concerning employment rights cases where parties are dissatisfied with the Workplace Relations Commission's decision. This covers issues such as pay, equality and working time. The site has a guide to the work of the Court and provides its decisions, as well as court forms and procedural guidelines. The relevant legislation and annual reports are also available.

World Legal Information Institute Catalog: Western Europe

This website is part of the World Legal Information Institute's Catalog of websites. Under each country there are standard headings for courts and case law, government,legislation, lawyers etc. In addition there are more detailed subject headings (Banking and Finance law or Intellectual Property, for example) which vary from country to country. It is also possible to search for terms across the whole Western European section. Suggestions for new links can be submitted by email. The site is in English, with Babel Fish Translation available.

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