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Hamlyn Lectures

Free access to the Hamlyn Lectures, a collection of lectures on various areas of law, by judges, legal academics, practitioners and other eminent speakers. The lecture series is run by the Hamlyn Trust, a charity supporting public legal education in the United Kingdom. Hosted on the website of the University of Exeter, School of Law, the lectures cover the period 1949 to the present; recent lectures are available as videos, or as slides with audio.

Introduction au système juridique et judiciaire du Bénin

Electronic article on the law and legal system of Benin written by Noel Ahonagnon Gbaguidi who is Professor of Private Law and Director of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration and the Judiciary of Benin and William Kodjoh-Kpakpassou who is Judge at the Court of First Instance of Cotonou (Benin) and Associate Professor at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration and Magistracy of Benin. The article was published in 2009 (and updated by Gérard Aivo and Lazard H.

Visiting the Senegalese legal system and legal research: a human rights perspective

Online article about the legal system and human rights law of Senegal written by Horace Sègnonna Adjolohoun, a lawyer and human rights expert. The article was published in 2009 on New York University's Globalex website. It gives an overview of the Senegalese legal system and guidance on researching the law of Senegal. There is a section on the status of international human rights law, covering the ratification and implementation of international agreements and the interpretation of international human rights law in the Senegalese courts.

Research guide to the Somaliland legal system

Article looking at the legal system of Somaliland written by Mohamed Farah Hersi who is an attorney and human rights researcher and a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria. The guide was published in 2009 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. Somaliland is a breakaway territory established in the north of Somalia in 1991 and is not currently recognised by the international community.

United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: principles and guidelines

This online version of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: principles and guidelines was published in 2008 and is available on the website of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The purpose of the publication is to provide key guidance for UN personnel serving in the field and to help practitioners understand the fundamental principles underlying contemporary UN peacekeeping operations.

Malawi: legal system and research resources

Guide to the legal system and materials of Malawi, by Redson Kapindu of the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC). Last updated in 2014, the guide is on New York University's Globalex website. It gives background information about the history and political system in Malawi and explains the political and legal systems. The author also covers the sources of law including the Constitution, legislation, common law, customary law, religious law and international law.

ECGI's Working Papers in Law

Collection of working papers dealing with the legal aspects of corporate governance, business and finance made freely available by the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), a not for profit organisation conducting research into corporate governance issues. The working papers are written by ECGI Fellows and Research Associates and recent topics have included securities laws, international corporate regimes and civil liability and mandatory disclosure.

Academia.edu

Free platform for sharing academic research papers, including hundreds of thousands of law papers. Can be browsed by subject or searched. Registration, with no charge, is required to access full-text content; a premium version of the platform is available by subscription. The site was founded by Dr Richard Price of All Souls College, Oxford, in 2008. It is now a company based in San Francisco and Dr Price is the CEO.

How to read a legal opinion: a guide for new law students

Guidance for American law students, by Orin S. Kerr, Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. Originally published in The Green Bag in Autumn 2007 and posted here on SSRN in 2008, the article has sections explaining what a judicial opinion is and looking at the caption, the case citation, who wrote the opinion, the facts of the case, the law of the case, concurring or dissenting opinions, common legal terms and types of disputes.
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