The Civil Rights Digital Library is maintained by the University of Georgia. It aims to provide a portal to enable users free access via the web to key materials relating to the history of the United States African American civil rights movement in the 1950s-1960s. These include links to books, documents, news films, photographs, articles, bibliographies, cartoons and other ephemera available via US websites. The site may be browsed by theme, person and event.
Research guide providing an introduction to public international law and highlighting the key information sources, written by Vicenç Feliú, Foreign, Comparative and International Law Librarian at Louisiana State University. Last updated in 2016, the guide is available on the Globalex website. It defines 'international law' and gives an introduction to key bodies, including the United Nations, the European Union and the specialised agencies of the UN. There is guidance to researching treaties, with links to collections of treaties and treaty research guides.
Article looking at transitional justice and the African truth commissions, written by Charles Manga Fombad who is Professor of Law at the University of Botswana. The article was published in 2008 and updated in 2022 on New York University's Globalex website. Covers truth commissions in 18 African countries and comments on their work. Links are given to related legal resources including research guides, bibliographies and law libraries.
Online guide to researching the law and legal materials of Haiti written by Marisol Florén-Romero who is the International Reference Librarian at Florida International University (FIU), College of Law 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. There is background and historical information to Haiti and outlines of the governmental and legal systems.
Guide to the Mozambique legal system, by lawyer Paula Rainha. The article was published in 2008 (and updated in 2022 by Orquídea Massarongo-Jona and Isaura Ernesto Muhosse) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law. The author gives a country profile and an outline of Mozambique's recent history with links to a selection of recent laws. A description of Mozambique's legal system covers the president, the government, the courts and the Constitutional Council.
Guide to alternative dispute resolution in Pakistan written by Salman Ravala, JD (Syracuse University, New York) and updated by Farah Khan in 2023. The guide is published 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 provides background information about Pakistan, highlighting legal sources relevant to ADR, including the Constitution, treaties and national laws.
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.
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.
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).
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.
