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Guide to MERCOSUR Legal Research: Sources and Documents

Online guide to researching the work of Mercosur, the trading bloc of South American countries (Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay). The guide is by Edgardo Rotman who is Foreign and International Law Librarian and Senior Lecturer in International and Comparative Law at the University of Miami School of Law. The guide was last updated in 2024 by Gloria Orrego Hoyos and Mariel Romaniand and is freely available on New York University's Globalex website. It gives background information and precedents and provides details of the basic documents, arranged by subject.

Basic guide to researching foreign law

Online guide to researching foreign law written by Mary Rumsey who is Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian at the University of Minnesota. The guide was published in 2005 and updated in 2016 on the Globalex website and is made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author focuses on finding the laws of countries other than the U.S and emphasises statute rather than case law.

Commonwealth Legal Information Institute

The Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII) is a cooperative legal information initiative led by AustLII (the Australasian Legal Information Institute) providing access to freely available legal materials from all Commonwealth countries. CommonLII contains over 400 databases providing case law, legislation, treaties and law reform reports from more than 50 Commonwealth and common law countries and territories.

German Telecommunications Law

Web pages providing access to commentary and links relating to German telecommunications law. The site is produced by Joachim Rudo who is a lawyer based in Hanover, Germany. The site has links to German telecommunications legislation provided in English and to institutions and articles providing additional information.

German Copyright Law

Web pages providing access to resources relating to German copyright law. The site is produced by Joachim Rudo who is a lawyer based in Hanover, Germany. There are links to German copyright legislation, to societies dealing with rights exploitation, copyright associations and institutions and law journals. The site is presented in English but many of the resources linked to are in German.

World Law: French Polynesia

Part of WorldLII's Countries service containing links to Internet resources for French Polynesia. A full range of browse and search features are available on the site. Browse sections include links covering Government, Parliament and legislation sites. A stored search will automatically search for materials relating to French Polynesia on all of the WorldLII catalog or databases. This section of WorldLII was developed from work initiated by Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

Researching intellectual property law in the Russian Federation

Online guide to intellectual property law in the Russian Federation written by Julian Zelgelman who is a corporate and intellectual property attorney with Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel a business law firm based in San Jose, California. The guide was published in the features section of LLRX.com in August 2005 (and updated in February 2009) and looks at primary sources of intellectual property law in the Russian Federation (including links to resources available in English) and suggests various printed and electronic secondary materials.

A guide to fee-based US legal research databases

Online guide to subscription databases focusing on legal research in the United States, written by Mary Rumsey, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian at the University of Minnesota. The guide was last updated in 2010. It is on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. The guide presents an introduction to the main vendors of United States legal information including LexisNexis, Westlaw, Loislaw and Versuslaw.

World Law: Eritrea

Part of WorldLII's World Law service containing links to internet resources for Eritrea including legislation and governmental sites. A full range of browse and search features is provided. A stored search will automatically search for materials relating to Eritrea on all of WorldLII.

History, role and activities of the Council of Europe: facts, figures and information sources

Online guide to the Council of Europe written by Sophie Lobey of Council of Europe Publishing. The guide was published in 2005, and updated in 2023, on New York University's Globalex website. The guide provides background information about the Council of Europe including aims and functions and a list of member states. The author also gives definitions to other European institutions. The roles of the Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and the European Court of Human Rights are outlined.

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