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Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

Website of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, a federal regulator established in 2001 to oversee consumer issues in the financial services sector. The site provides information about the Agency's history, role and mandate, and details of the federal and provincial organisations it regulates, such as banks, credit unions, trust and loan companies, insurance companies, retail associations and co-operative credit associations. The site is arranged into sections aimed at consmers, industry and the media.

Prime Minister's Office: Faroe Islands

Website of the Prime Minister's Office of the Faroe Islands. Includes information on the role of the Prime Minister, details of previous Prime Ministers, and information about the current Prime Minister and other members of the government. The site provides background information on the government, politics, industry, language and culture of the Faroes. A selection of government papers can be found on the site along with press releases and links to other Faroese websites. The site can be viewed in English or Faroese.

Prime Minister of Estonia

This is the official website of the Prime Minister of Estonia. It includes access to some biographical information, press and policy statements from the current office holder. These cover all aspects of the foreign, economic, political and social policy of Estonia. The site can be viewed in Estonian, Russian and English.

APEC Competition Policy and Law Database

APEC is a forum for the promotion of open trade and economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. The APEC Competition Policy and Law Database is a free resource; it includes members' competition policies and laws, competition decision guidelines, administrative and judicial decisions, international agreements, statistics and other information. A collection of links to official trade and competition websites is also provided.

Finnish Bar Association

Organisation representing attorneys (lawyers) in Finland. For attorneys, it has information about membership and details of training programmes; the Statutes and guidelines governing the profession of attorney; guidance on setting up /running a law firm, preventing money laundering and other practical information. For the public, it has a directory of attorneys, information about free legal advice clinics and a link to the Disciplinary Board website. There is also information about qualifying as a lawyer, and a training / events calendar.

Penn State Law Review

Web pages for a US law school journal focusing on international legal scholarship, and published 3 times a year. The Penn State Law Review (formerly Dickinson Law Review) is edited by students at the Dickinson Law School in Pennsylvania State University, drawing contributions from legal academics and professional lawyers from around the world. The journal publishes articles on international legal issues and transnational matters, with some coverage of legal developments in individual foreign jurisdictions. Journal articles can be freely downloaded from the website.

Finlex

Collection of freely accessible Finnish law databases produced under the auspices of the Finnish Ministry of Justice (Oikeusministeri¸). Finlex has an English language interface outlining the nature of the legislative materials included, however the majority of texts are only available in Finnish, Swedish or Sami. It encompasses all laws and decrees published in the Finnish Statute Series since 1987 and compilations of laws and statutes published before 1987. Texts of legislation published after 1995 are available to download in PDF format.

Åland Parliament

Official website of the Parliament of the Islands of Åland (Åland Lagting). The Åland islands lie in the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland and Sweden and have historically been of great strategic importance. This strongly influenced their achievement of a neutralised and demilitarized autonomy in 1922, when the Parliament was established.

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