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Rights of Women: empowering women to access their legal rights

Rights of Women (ROW), founded in 1975, is a British charity providing legal advice and information for women, and carrying out policy work and training. Its website gives details of its advice lines and provides factsheets on topics including divorce, domestic violence, parental responsibility, civil partnerships, immigration and asylum and child support. It also includes policy publications and details of training and other events.

U.S. Courts : The Federal Judiciary

Official website of the U.S. Courts which is maintained by the Administrative Office of the Federal Judiciary. The site explains the role of the Federal Courts as "guardians of the Constitution" and provides background information to the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, District Courts and the Bankruptcy Courts. There are links to all the courts which are arranged by circuit. Documents are provided in PDF format giving details of courts fees and statistics covering the judicial work of the various courts.

Law Society of Scotland Directory of Expert Witnesses

The Directory of Expert Witnesses is an annual publication published jointly by the Law Society of Scotland and W.Green. The directory contains details of expert witnesses based in Scotland or experts based elsewhere in the United Kingdom who cover Scotland. The directory can be freely searched online by name or keyword. There is also a more detailed 'structured search' option which allows you to specify an area of expertise which can be refined to a more specific subject area and then narrowed further by experience, occupation and location.

Indigenous Law Bulletin

The Indigenous Law Bulletin (ILB) is a refereed journal which appears eight times a year and is published by the Indigenous Law Centre at the University of New South Wales in Australia. The journal which started in 1981 provides "up-to-date information, discussion and analysis of issues that relate to Indigenous peoples and the law." Subjects covered by the journal include human rights, intellectual property, sovereignty, native title, land rights and discrimination.

Native Title Research Unit

The Native Title Research Unit (NTRU) forms part of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra, Australia. The Unit provides a research service for people researching native title (the land rights of indigenous peoples) and an annotated list of native title legal research resources including reports, articles, judgements, bibliographies, courts and other organisations. Details are given of NTRU research projects, conferences, workshops and seminars.

Charity Law Association

Website of the Charity Law Association, a membership organisation set up in the United Kingdom in 1992 to facilitate communication and the exchange of ideas among lawyers and others interested in charity law. The site publishes some of the Association's briefing papers, responses and comments. Updates to UK charity law are also available. The site includes information on how to join, and the names and addresses of other useful contacts in the charity sector.

Government of the Cook Islands

Official web pages of the Cook Islands government. The site has profiles of the members of the cabinet of the Cook Islands and contact details for all government departments and agencies. There is background information to the geography, economy, population and climate of the Cook Islands and a full-text monthly newsletter providing national and government news.

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents

Online repository of legislation of Victoria made freely available by the Department of Premier and Cabinet in Melbourne, Australia. The site provides full-text Parliamentary documents including bills currently before Parliament, Victorian Hansard Online and Parliamentary documents for the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. Archives are available back to 1996. The Victorian Statute Book has acts and statutory rules back to 1996. This material is arranged by date and can be browsed alphabetically or by number or searched by keyword.

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