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Ius Mentis

Dutch-language webgsite providing guidance on internet law and technology, by information and communications technology (ICT) lawyer Arnoud Engelfriet. The site is intended for lawyers and people working in the field of ICT. It covers patents, copyright, trademarks, database rights, information security, internet law, software and e-commerce. Many sections offer a 'crash course', introducing basic definitions as well as legal information.

Juriste Haitien

Online guide to the Haitian legal system and legal education in Haiti. It offers descriptions of the laws and constitution governing Haiti, information about the judicial system and the bar and an outline of the law courses offered by the University of the State of Haiti. There is a glossary of legal terms and the site also provides links to other French-language legal websites. The site is all in French.

Federal law collection

Links to US federal law sources online, provided by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law Library. Includes the US Code, and Supreme Court decisions and the websites of executive, judicial and legislative federal government agencies.

Legal Ethics Research Guide

A guide to legal ethics research prepared by Hyla Bondareff, Research Services Librarian and Lecturer in Law at the Washington University, School of Law Library. This is one of a collection of guides designed to suggest relevant print and electronic sources supporting seminars conducted as part of the teaching programme at the School of Law. Most of the guide is focused on legal ethics resources (books, periodicals, subscription databases) held at the Washington University School of Law Library but includes a list of ethics websites.

Human Rights Research Guide

A guide to human rights research by Hyla Bondareff, Research Services Librarian and Lecturer in Law at the Washington University School of Law Library. Includes links to international human rights resources, key human rights documents, organisations such as the United Nations and the Council of Europe, and online collections of human rights documents are linked to. There are also lists of other human rights resource guides and human rights groups.

LawMoose

LawMoose is a free law site provided by Pritchard Law Webs, a commercial company providing law firms with web services. It covers legal information for the US states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as a World Legal Resource Center. The Minnesota and Wisconsin sections include links to state law, courts, government sites, forms, lawyers and to general legal reference resources; the World Legal Resource Center can be browsed by country or searched by keyword and provides links to other resource guides. LawMoose includes a subscription option providing access to additional legal resources.

Electronic Guide to Mexican Law

A web resource guide covering the law and legal system in Mexico. The guide has been written by Francisco Avalos, the Foreign and International Law Librarian at the University of Arizona College of Law Library and Elisa Donnadieu, a graduate student at the University of Arizona and fellow of the University of Arizona College of Law Library. The guide was published in 2005 (and updated in 2009) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law.

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