Government publications

London Gazette

Website of the London Gazette, the UK's official newspaper of record, which publishes official, regulatory and legal information. Information included in the Gazette covers corporate, defence, environmental, honours, insolvency, planning and transport issues. A number of separate supplements are also published including the Ministry of Defence Supplement, the weekly Company Law Official Notifications and supplements dealing with honours and awards. Recent issues can be browsed by subject and the archive can be searched by date, keyword or issue number.

Diversity and Fairness in the Jury System

Report on Diversity and Fairness in the Jury System written by Cheryl Thomas with Nigel Balmer and published by the Research Unit of the UK Ministry of Justice in June 2007. The report presents findings from the Jury Diversity Project looking at under representation of ethnic minorities on juries and the effect of ethnicity on jury decision making. There are chapters in the report dealing with the following issues: juror summoning; jurors who serve and do not serve; jurors at court and jury decision making.

Trusts, Settlements and Estates Manual

Online version of the Trusts, Settlements and Estates Manual (TSEM1000) published by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) on the UK government website. There is an introduction to trusts and sections providing guidance to the legislation and the legal background covering the law in England and Wales and in Scotland. There is a section on the difference types of trusts and on trusts set up for particular purposes such as employment related-trusts or heritage maintenance funds; other sections deal with trust enquires, trust income and trust management expenses.

Vietnamese Benchbook online

Online version of the Benchbook of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam, provided by AsianLII (the Asian Legal Information Institute). Published in 2008, the Benchbook is a manual for judges and it includes guidance for dealing with different types of cases in court. The book is organised in five parts: the role and functions of the People's Courts, the judges and assessors; the procedure for the hearing of criminal cases; the procedure for resolving civil cases; procedures for resolving administrative cases and for dealing with bankruptcy.

OECD Legal Instruments

Database of legal instruments adopted by the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Includes decisions, recommendations and conventions, browseable by subject, type, title, date, reference number or committee. There are also basic and advanced search facilities. The database is available in English and French.

Legal System in Hong Kong

This page forms part of the website of the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It outlines the legal system of Hong Kong, covering the rule of law, the common law, the judiciary and courts, the legislature and other topics. Includes links to the Basic Law and and to other HKSAR government and legal websites.

ItalgiureWeb

Subscription website consisting of thirty databases of Italian case law, legislation, codes and commentary, provided by the Italian Ministry of Justice. The content is available in Italian only, but the site offers English and French interfaces.

Law Commission publications

A BAILII database providing access to reports and consultation papers published by the Law Commission, which reviews the law of England and Wales. Publications are provided from 1965 onwards in pdf or html format and can be browsed by title/date, or searched by key word. There is also a link to the Law Commission website.

Sumário das Legislações Publicadas nos Diários da República 1975 - 2007

Hosted on the website of the Association of General Secretaries of Portuguese-language Parliaments (Associação dos Secretários-Gerais dos Parlamentos de Língua Portuguesa), this booklet provides a summary of all legislation published in the Diário da República (Official Gazette) of São Tomé and Príncipe between 1975 -2007

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