5RB is a set of barristers specialising in media and entertainment law; areas covered include defamation, privacy, breach of confidence, intellectual property, sport, publishing and harassment. The 5RB website provides a collection of case reports, with commentary, which may be searched by key word or browsed by year, party name or topic. It also includes a collection of articles by barristers from 5RB.
Website of the European Commission’s Justice and Consumers Directorate-General, covering policy on justice and fundamental rights. An overview of each area is given, with links to relevant legislation, reports, studies, cases, press releases and other documents.
The Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII), founded in 1992, provides free access to US federal and state legal material, including US Supreme Court decisions, decisions of the US Courts of Appeals and other federal courts, the US Constitution, the United States Code, state constitutions and statutes (via links to state websites), and state regulations. Secondary materials on the site include 'Wex', an open access legal dictionary and encyclopedia, and the 'Introduction to Basic Legal Citation' by Peter W. Martin.
The French Cour des Comptes (Court of Accounts) has jurisdiction over France's public finances. It conducts mandatory audits of the accounts of public bodies such as government departments and ministries and agencies, social security bodies, and non-departmental public bodies. The Court also has discretion to exercise jurisdiction over charities, organisations which receive funds from the EU, and private-sector companies with close links to the public sector.
Website publishing judicial information and legal materials relating to the law of Nigeria. The site was set up by the International Centre for Nigerian Law, in association with the chambers of E.C.M. Obata. It carries the texts of the Nigerian Constitution, selected legislation (1990-2006, if still in force) and an index of laws from 1990 to 2000. The Law Reporting page carries judgments of the Supreme Court from 1909 onwards (incomplete). General information is provided about the Supreme Court, high courts and Court of Appeal.
