Resource guides and directories

Keeping up with class actions: reports, legal sites and blogs of note

Online guide to free and subscription resources providing information on class actions written by Scott Russell who is Reference Librarian at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P in the United States. The guide was published in May 2008 in the features section of LLRX.com. The author provides an introduction to class actions including background information, guidance on alternative terms and where to find details of these cases. Resources referred to in the guide are arranged under the following headings: subscription based services; legal sites; blogs; regional and other sites.

Guide to Estonian legal system and legal research

Online guide to the law and legal system of Estonia written by Jannu Kuusik who is a legal adviser with Tallinn City Government and Kart Miil who is a librarian at Tartu University Library. The article was published in 2008 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. The guide gives background and historical information to the governmental and legal system in Estonia. There is a section dealing with the Constitution including a link to the full text of the Constitution and other legislation provided in English.

Legal research in Germany between print and electronic media: an overview

This is an overview of printed and online sources for German legal research, part of the series of Globalex guides to information sources for legal research. The original Germany guide was written by Rita Exter and Martina Kammer (Linklaters Law firm, Düsseldorf) in 2008. It has been updated in 2022 by Dr Sebastian Omlor, (Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of Comparative Law at the University of Marburg School of Law, Germany).

Law and legal research in Lesotho

Guide to the law and legal materials of Lesotho by Angelo Dube, head of the Centre for Human Rights and Development and member of the boards of trustees of the Centre for Minority Rights and Development (Cemiride) Zimbabwe and the Centre on Human Rights and Development in Swaziland. Last updated in 2019 by Itumeleng Shale, the guide is available on New York University's Globalex website.

Overview of Malaysian legal system and research

Online guide to the law and legal materials of Malaysia by Shaikh Mohamed Noordin, a Library Consultant with Belden Advocates and Solicitors and Lim Pui Keng, Director and Legal Consultant at Advanz Fidelis Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur. The guide was published in 2008 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The guide gives historical and background information to the legal system in Malaysia.

Legal Information Institutes and the Free Access to Law Movement

Online article about the development of the Legal Information Institutes written by Graham Greenleaf who is a Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales and Co-Director of AustLII. The article was published in 2008 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The article covers the early years of the LIIs from 1992 to 2000 with the establishment of the first Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School.

Overview of the North Korean Legal System and Legal Research

Guide to the legal system and legal resources of North Korea by Patricia Goedde, an Associate Professor at Sungkyunkwan University School of Law in Seoul, South Korea. Published on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically, it provides background information on the legal history and political structure of North Korea, together with guidance on conducting legal research for North Korea, including details of print and online resources.

Libya's Legal System and Legal Research

An introduction to Libyan legal research by John L. S. Simpkins of Charleston School of Law in the United States, most recently updated in 2019 by Mohamed Lafi and Mahmoud Salem Sawan of Lawyers for Justice in Libya. Published on New York University's Globalex website it provides background and historical information on Libya and its legal and governmental system. There is information on sources of law and Libya's membership of international organisations, along with a bibliography of printed sources and links to online legal resources.

Chinese Legal Research

Annotated resource guide to Chinese legal materials, by the Lillian Goldman Library at Yale Law School. Gives links to Chinese law research guides, official websites and other sites; also lists books, databases and journals for Chinese law research. Some of the resources listed require a subscription and some are in Chinese only.

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