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Walkers Group

Walkers Group is a legal and management services firm based in the Cayman Islands, with branches in the British Virgin Islands, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jersey, London and Tokyo. The Insights section of their website offers a collection of articles and memoranda on the law of the Cayman Islands, Jersey, the British Virgin Islands and other jurisdictions.

Civil Rights Digital Library

The Civil Rights Digital Library is maintained by the University of Georgia. It covers the history of the African American civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, providing links to books, documents, news films, photographs, articles, bibliographies, cartoons and other ephemera available online. The site can be browsed by theme, person and event. Topics covered include school desegregation, civil rights protests, the contribution of Martin Luther King and key US civil rights legislation. There is a large teacher support section, with lesson plans, timelines and annotated bibliographies.

NBER Law and Economics Program

Section of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) website providing information on their Law and Economics program. The NBER is a non-profit research centre based in the United States. Summaries of law and economics working papers and brief details of other NBER publications are provided, from the 1970s to the present; any user can download three free papers per year. Reports and meeting summaries are also available.

Towards the human rights protection of minority languages in Africa

Guide to human rights protection of minority languages in Africa, by Innocent Maja, Senior Partner of a Zimbabwean law firm and a Lecturer in the Private Law Department at the University of Zimbabwe's Faculty of Law. The article was published in 2008 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. The author provides an introduction to the subject looking at various definitions of what a minority language is and the threat of extinction to minority languages.

Guinean legal system and research

Article looking at the law and legal system of the Republic of Guinea, Ibrahima Sidibe, Professeur de Droit at the Université General Lansana Conte de Sonfonia-Conakry, in Guinea. Published on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically, it gives an introduction to the Constitution and the roles of the President and the Prime Minister, and an overview of the functions and responsibilities of all the government departments.

The 1967 Referendum: history and myths

Australian Parliamentary Library research briefing published in 2007, on the Parliament of Australia's ParlInfo site. The 1967 referendum led to changes in the Australian Constitution and resulted in aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders being counted in the census. The referendum also opened the door to further changes in the way aborigines were treated by non-aborigines. The briefing provides background and historical information, looks at the implications and impact of the referendum and addresses myths which have grown up around it.

Researching the law of the Vatican City State

Guide to researching the law of the Vatican City State (VCS) written by librarians Stephen Young and Alison Shea and updated by Italian lawyer Angelo Coccìa in 2024. The guide was published on the Globalex website which is run by the Hauser Global Law School Program at New York University. The authors give an introduction to the Vatican City State and its legal system and outline the sources of law, including the Lateran Treaty with the Republic of Italy, which gave independence to the VCS.

Human rights: 800 years of human rights in the United Kingdom explored using original documents from the National Archives

Online exhibition created by the National Archives, last updated in 2008. Provides free access to a large collection of primary source materials relating to human rights in the UK from 1215 to 1945. Users may browse a timeline, view supporting images and read background information. There is also a glossary of terms. Topics include Magna Carta; the Peasants' Revolt; women's rights; and trade unions.

LSE Law Working Papers

This working paper series was started in 2007 by the Law Department of the London School of Economics (LSE). Originally called the 'Law, Society and Economy Working Paper Series', it publishes interdisciplinary legal scholarship by members of the department. The entire series is available to browse and download. It is also possible to sign up for free email delivery (all papers, or papers on subjects of interest).

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