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WorldLII: Military Law

Subject section of WorldLII (the World Legal Information Institute) providing annotated links to military law resources. These resources include commentaries, law journals, research centres, inter-governmental organisations and treaties and international agreements. There are also links to military law resources organised by country.

Overview of the Cambodian history, governance and legal sources

Online guide to the law and legal system of Cambodia written by Jennifer Holligan who is a Legal Associate for Access to Justice Asia and Tarik Abdulhak who is a Senior Assistant Prosecutor at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. The guide was published in 2011 (and updated in 2019 by Victoria Amann-Lasnier and Nicole Fleury) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The authors give an introduction providing historical background to Cambodia.

International Research Portal for Records Related to Nazi-Era Cultural Property

This website provides access to national and other archival institutions with records relating to Nazi-Era cultural property The research portal has been compiled and made freely available online by the United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Participating institutions include Bundesarchiv (The Federal Archives of Germany), UK National Archives, State Archives in Belgium, Commission for Looted Art in Europe (CLAE), United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and France Diplomatie: Diplomatic Archive Center of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.

Indian Kanoon

Kanoon is a free legal search engine providing access to Indian laws, court judgments and tribunal judgments. Kanoon has been developed by computer scientist Sushant Sinha. The site contains over 1.4 million laws along with judgements from the Supreme Court of India, 24 high courts and 17 law tribunals. Also provided are Constitutent Assembly debates and Law Commission reports.

LexML Brasil

LexML Brasil is a Brazilian legal and legislative information portal providing free access to legal materials made available by a number of executive, legislative and judicial bodies including the Office of the Federal Solicitor General (AGU), the Office of the General Prosecutor, the House of Representatives and the National Justice Board among others. Brazilian legislation and case law can be searched and viewed in Portuguese only.

Legal Information Institute of India

The Legal Information Institute of India (LIIofIndia) was launched in March 2011. It is a collaborative project involving several Indian law schools, assisted by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). The LII of India provides free access to Indian legislation (including the 1836 Indian Code and some state legislation); Indian case law (Supreme Court, most High Courts and tribunals); treaties; Law Commission reports; and legal journals.

Introduction to the Law of the Southern African Development Community

Online guide to the law of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) written by Dunia P. Zongwe who is a former graduate fellow of the Institute for African Development at Cornell University. The guide was published in 2011 (and updated in 2023) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author gives background and historical information to SADC which is a regional economic community composed of 15 countries in Southern Africa.

United States Legal Resources

Substantial set of annotated links to US law websites, compiled by the University of Washington School of Law. Covers both state and federal law. The federal law links are divided into three broad categories: US laws, Legislation and Congress; US Court Opinions, Court Rules, Other Judicial Material and the Courts; US Rules, Regulations, Administrative Decisions, the President and Agencies.

Researching the law of Latin America

Online guide to Latin American law written by Teresa Miguel who is the author of several books and articles and was a public defender between 1994 and 2002. The guide was published in 2010 (and updated in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author gives an introduction to the legal systems of Latin American jurisdictions and provides annotated links to useful web resources for finding the law of Latin American countries and the international law of Latin America.

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