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Human Rights Tribunal - Quebec

Website for the Human Rights Tribunal of Quebec. The Tribunal was created in December 1990, comes under the judiciary system of Quebec, and has jurisdiction to hear and rule on complaints concerning discrimination, harassment and exploitation. The site is available in English and French versions, and contains a description of the Tribunal and how it works, together with links to a database of decisions from 1991 onwards in full-text HTML format on CanLII. The decisions are mostly in French, although there is a section in English in a separate file.

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Website for the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal available in English and French. The Tribunal applies the rights of equality, equal opportunity, fair treatment, and non-discrimination to cases referred to it by the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The site provides a database of decisions from 1979 onwards in full-text HTML format. The decisions can be searched by year or by complainant's name, and a free-text search engine is available which searches the content of the whole site.

Courts of British Columbia

Official website for the British Columbia (BC) courts. The site contains a database of BC Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judgments from 1990 onwards, together with links to the BC Provincial Court's judgments on that court's own website. Instructions for obtaining copies of official original versions of judgments are provided. The judgments can be searched by court, date, party name and/or key word; they can also be browsed by year. The site provides descriptions of the courts, notices, practice directions, forms, hearing schedules, rules of court, annual reports and other information.

Alberta Courts

Official website for the Alberta Court of Appeal, Court of Queen's Bench and Provincial Court. The site provides a database of judgments of the Court of Appeal and Provincial Court from 1998 onwards, and most judgments are available within 48 hours of issue. Judgments can be viewed in full-text in PDF format online. A free-text search engine is included. The site also gives court descriptions, notices, hearing lists, court calendars, practice directions and publications. Subscription services are available to provide RSS feeds of new material added.

World Law: Yemen

Yemeni section of WorldLII's World Law service. Browse and search features are offered by the site. Browse sections contain links to governmental, legislation and commentary sites. Additional subject areas include banking, finance, elections, foreign investment and human rights. A stored search will automatically search for materials relating to Yemen on all of World Law. This section of WorldLII was developed from work initiated by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

American College of Legal Medicine

Web pages of the American College of Legal Medicine, a membership organisation concerned with the issues arising from the convergence of medicine and the law. The College provides educational courses, works to influence policy-making, promotes research and scholarship and facilitates communication between professionals. The site presents membership, background and organisational information. There are articles, an annotated list of related websites and guidelines for expert witnesses. Information on the College's publications is provided including contents pages and selected free articles.

World Law: Sri Lanka

Section of WorldLII's Countries service covering Sri Lanka. A full range of browse and search features is available on the site. Browse sections highlight links relating to Government, Legislation, Other Indexes, and Parliament and subject areas including Alternative Dispute Resolution, Foreign Investment, Privatisation, Taxation, Revenue and Customs, and Telecommunications. A collection of stored searches will automatically search for materials relating to Sri Lanka on all of WorldLII.

World Law: Moldova

Links to legal materials for Moldova presented on WorldLII's World Law Index and Search Service. Link collections provide access to materials relating to Moldova's Legislation and Parliament with subject sections covering infrastructure and Privatisation. A stored search will automatically search for materials relating to Moldova on all of World Law supported by a remote site search facility. Site help and on screen translation facilities are also available.

British Columbia Law Institute

Website of the British Columbia Law Institute, based in Vancouver, Canada. The Institute was set up in 1997 and aims to promote the clarification of the law and its adaptation to modern social needs. The site contains background information on the Institute and includes the full-text (PDF) of its by-laws, completed reports and details of active law reform projects. Publications of the British Columbia Law Reform Commission from 1969 to 1997 can also be downloaded from the site in full in HTML, RTF or Word Perfect. A set of links to other law reform agencies is available.

International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Founded in 1909 and based in Italy, the Association links academics from many countries with an interest in philosophy of law. The site contains background and organisational information about the IVR including full text copies of the IVR's constitution and procedural rules. There is information on IVR conferences and contact details of the national sections. The site hosts archives in English of the twice-yearly IVR Newsletter, including conference reports and announcements.

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