Research centres and projects

Institute of Intellectual Property

Website of the Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP) a research and development organisation which was established in 1989 and has offices in Japan and the United States. The site provides summaries of the IIP's research work which is focused on Japanese IP issues and includes topics such as the international harmonisation of trademark systems, influences of the patent system on the economy and patent protection in the fields of medicine and biotechnology. Selected examples of the IIP's research work are made freely available in full-text in PDF format.

Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute

The Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) forms part of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. The Institute is engaged on research into all aspects of intellectual property law and policy. The website has information about QMIPRI including profiles of faculty staff, brief details of research being carried out and information about seminars training programmes and courses run at QMIPRI.

Govan Law Centre

Website of the Govan Law Centre (GLC) which provides free and low cost legal services for disadvantaged people in Scotland. The site has information about the GLC and its work (including a copy of their annual report) along with contact details for other law centres in Scotland. There is a selection of guides to common legal problems including consumer law, bankruptcy, debt, housing law and neighbour nuisance and a range of money advice resources covering mortgage repossession, benefits and small claims.

Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia

Website of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA) which is based at the University of Melbourne and run by the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Economics and Commerce and the Melbourne Business School. IPRIA was established to "increase the understanding, creation, use and exploitation of intellectual property by Australian organisations and individuals". The site provides information about courses and research work being undertaken at the Institute.

Nuremberg Trials Project

The Harvard Law School Library's Nuremberg Trials Project will make available digital images or full-text versions of documents relating to the trials of German Nazi leaders before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) and the United States Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT). The project will take place over the next 10 years. Currently the website has trial documents from the Medical Case (Case 1 of the NMT trials) and includes transcripts of court proceedings, analytical data and a search engine for documents currently available on the site.

St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project

website of the St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project which is hosted by the American Culture Studies Program in Arts & Sciences at the Washington University in St. Louis in partnership with various other government, university, legal, and business organisations. The collection comprises historical records from 1804 to 1875 including civil, criminal and chancery cases. The website provides access to case files dealing with specific subjects which have been made freely available online as a searchable database.

Courtroom Information Project

The Courtroom Information Project forms part of the Courtroom 21 Project which is based at the William and Mary Law School in Virginia, US and is run jointly with the National Center for State Courts. The Project is designed to give people using courts information and photographs about the size, layout and technology available in different courtrooms. The database includes details about US State and Federal courts and some international courts. Courts can be searched using a clickable map and selected by name, city, county or country.

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Website of the Washington DC-based Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, an advocacy organisation for people with mental disabilities. The site gives information about the Center's work, which includes litigation, policy analysis and publishing reports and articles. There are updates on campaigning issues, including links to background materials.

Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

Website of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law a non-profit organisation which is based in Illinois in the United States. The Center carries out legal and policy research and provides legal services to low-income clients. The site has information about the Center's work which includes community investment, housing and advocacy. The Center produces various newsletters which are made freely available on the website and articles which are posted in HTML format.

Brennan Center for Justice

The Brennan Center for Justice is based at the New York University, School of Law. The Center was established in 1995 in honour of Supreme Court Justice William Brennan and carries out education, research and litigation in the areas of "democracy, poverty and criminal justice". There are details of programmes being run at the Brennan Center. Resources include a blog, commentary on current issues, a clearinghouse of Brennan Center court cases and litigation, e-alerts, press releases and publications.

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