Research centres and projects

Securities Class Action Clearinghouse

The Securities Class Action Clearinghouse website is produced by Stanford Law School in association with Cornerstone Research, a business litigation consultancy. The site provides "detailed information relating to the prosecution, defense, and settlement of federal class action securities fraud litigation". There is an index of filings presented with case summaries which can be browsed chronologically or by company name. Decisions are arranged alphabetically by company.

International Portal of the University of Alicante on Intellectual Property and Information Society

This website is produced by the Law Faculty of the University of Alicante in Spain. It covers industrial and intellectual property law and the information society and is aimed at researchers, students, and professionals. The site provides a database of national, international and European Union legislation (in the original language) and a set of links to other relevant websites.

International Criminal Justice Unit

Webpage of the International Criminal Justice Unit at the University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre. The Unit conducts research and teaching on the International Criminal Court, the Yugoslav and Rwanda Tribunals and hybrid courts. The page provides information about projects, courses, conferences and public lectures. There is also a link to the Unit's database of national legislation implementing the Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Centre for Human Rights

Website of the Centre for Human Rights which is based in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria. The Centre's activities are detailed on the site and include academic programmes, projects and publications focused on human rights law in Africa. Centre journals include Human Rights Law in Africa and the African Human Rights Law Journal. A comprehensive collection of global human rights documents and African human rights documents are provided along with constitutions and other human rights legislation of individual African countries.

Election Law at Ohio State

Election Law at Ohio State is a research, education and outreach programme based at Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University. It focuses on the law relating to United States federal, state and local elections. The site includes a case tracker, with links to court documents, a blog, news items and links to articles on election law. 

Center for Constitutional Rights

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) was established in 1966. It is a leading independent US body which campaigns and litigates for the protection of US civil liberties and international human rights. Its website provides information on the aims of the organisation and its campaigns. It includes access to press releases, case notes, campaign materials and full-text pamphlets and reports.

Sussex European Institute

Sussex European Institute (SEI) is a research centre based at the University of Sussex and a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. It specialises in teaching and research in the broad areas European integration, representative politics and the politics of ethnicity, citizenship and migration, taking an interdisciplinary approach. The website provides detailed information on the aims and activities of the Institute. It includes access to SEI working papers (mid-1995 to date), SEI seminar papers (2006 to date) and the in-house newsletter 'Euroscope' (2000 to date).

Human Rights Research and Education Centre

The Human Rights Research and Education Centre is an independent centre within the University of Ottawa in Canada. The site provides background information along with details of courses and research projects. The Virtual Human Rights Library has links to an extensive collection of Canadian and international human rights resources including databases, ejournals and newsletters. Annual reports of the Centre are provided in HTML along with copies of the Centre's e-bulletin and a collection of free online reports and articles. Parts of the site are password protected.

UCL Centre for Law and Environment

Website of the UCL Centre for Law and Environment which was established in 2001 and is based in the Faculty of Laws at University College London. The aim of the Centre is to "advance research and teaching and explore the role of law in meeting contemporary environmental challenges". The site gives information on the work of the Centre including courses, seminars and conferences. Details are given of members research activities including the Carbon Capture Legal Programme and the Satellites and the Law projects.

Orsz?gos Kriminol¥giai Int?zet

Website of the National Institute of Criminology (OKRI) a Hungary based research organisation established in 1960. The site describes the history and structure of the OKRI, gives profiles of staff and details of ongoing and past research projects. Bibliographic references are given for OKRI publications searchable by title, keyword and author. Coverage is given of statistical information arising from OKRI's research along with a page of related websites. The site can be viewed in English and Hungarian.

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