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Samoa Legal Information Institute

Website of the Samoa Legal Information Institute (SamLII), which was set up to provide free access to Samoan primary legal materials. Full-text judgments from the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, Family Court and other courts are provided along with selected Samoan legislation and court rules. The site is administered by American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative and supported by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

Liberia Legal Information Institute

The Liberia Legal Information Institute (LiberLII) provides free access to Liberian primary legal materials. The site was established in 2011 and is administered by the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law in Monrovia with technical support provided from the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). Resources available on the site include: full text versions of the 1847 and 1984 constitutions; Supreme Court decisions back to 1861; the Liberian Code of Laws Revised and a selection of resources from the James A. A. Pierre Judicial Institute.

Zimbabwe Legal Information Institute

Website of the Zimbabwe Legal Information Institute (ZimLII), which provides free online access to a range of Zimbabwean legal materials. Included on the site are full-text judgments from the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, Harare High Court, Bulawayo High Court and the Labour Court. The Laws Of Zimbabwe are also given along with electronic versions of the University Of Zimbabwe Student Law Review Journal and the Midlands State University Law Review Journal.

Legal system of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Online guide to the legal system of Laos, written by Aristotle T. David who is Managing Partner at ZICOlaw in Lao PDR and Novah Rose S. De Leon-David who is Policy and Institutions Expert at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The guide was published in 2016 (and updated in 2019) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Contemporary land grabbing, research, and bibliography

Online guide to the acquisition of large areas of land by foreign investors in developing countries, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America. The guide was written by Jootaek Lee who is Senior Law Librarian (Research Librarian for Foreign, Comparative & International Law), Lecturer, and Affiliated Faculty for the Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) at the Northeastern University School of Law.

Researching the Legal System of the Republic of Djibouti

Online guide to the researching the law of Djibouti, written by Mustafe Mohamed H. Dahir who is a lawyer and Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law and Externships at the University of Hargeisa in Somaliland. The guide was published in 2015 (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 provides background information to the Djibouti Republic along with an outline of the legal system, sources of law and information on the government and other official bodies.

Research Guide to International Weapons Law

Electronic guide to the international law of weapons written by Gudrun Zagel who is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the University of the Federal Army Munich. The guide was published in 2015 (and updated in 2021) 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 links to sources on international weapons law and institutions dealing with weapons.

A Research Guide on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Research guide on the regional South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) written by Abdullah Al Arif who is a Lecturer in the Department of Law, Daffodil International University in Bangladesh and Md. Ershadul Karim who is a non-practicing lawyer of Bangladesh Supreme Court and the Editor of Chancery Law Chronicles. The guide was published in 2015 (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.

International Commercial Arbitration

Online guide to international commercial arbitration written and updated by Charles Bjork who is International and Foreign Law Reference Librarian at the Georgetown University Law Library. An earlier version of the guide was written in 2014 by Susan Gualtier. This version was published 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.

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