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Timor-Leste Legal Education Project

Website of the Timor-Leste Legal Education Project (TLLEP), a partnership between The Asia Foundation (TAF) and Stanford Law School (SLS). The TLLEP works with the National University of Timor-Leste to help develop legal education in Timor-Leste in Timorese universities, government institutions and non-governmental organisations. The TLLEP write legal textbooks which are made freely available online via the TLLEP website and foster cross-cultural exchange between educators and students in Timor-Leste and Stanford Law School.

Legal Research in Timor-Leste

Online guide to the law and legal resources of Timor-Leste written by Lindsey Greising who is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School and a member of the New York Bar and Nelinho Vital who is Director of the National Department on Legislation in the Ministry of Justice for Timor-Leste. The guide was published in 2014 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. There is an introduction giving background and historical information on the country and outlining recent conflicts.

IUS-INFO

IUS-INFO is a subscription website providing full text legislation, case law, news and articles relating to Slovenian law. It is provided in Slovenian with an English interface.

Empirical Research

A comprehensive online research guide describing resources useful for empirical legal research including information on data sets and statistical packages, compiled by Alissa Black-Doward at Fordham University Law Library. The guide identifies relevant online and print resources including collections of statistics, empirical legal research centres, websites, books, journals and articles.

Researching the Legal System of Kingdom of Nepal

Online guide to the legal system of the Kingdom of Nepal by Md. Ershadul Karim and Sirjana Sharma Pokhrel. The guide was published in 2012 (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. There is background and historical information on Nepal and the development of its legal system. The authors provide an outline of the law making process with descriptive links to online sources including relevant websites of government ministries and departments.

Congress.gov

Congress.gov is the official website for United States federal legislative information. It provides federal bills and laws from 1951/52 onwards and tracking information for legislation currently going through Congress. Information about Congressional committees is also given, including reports and other documents. The Congressional Record is also available, back to the nineteenth century. There are also member profiles showing legislation sponsored and co-sponsored.

Bodleian Law Library

Website of the Bodleian Law Library at the University of Oxford. The Library’s collections cover many different jurisdictions, focusing on the law of the UK, the Commonwealth, the US, European countries and the EU; it also has substantial collections of materials on public and private international law, legal history, jurisprudence, Roman law and criminology. The website provides information about the collections, electronic resources and services, as well as a set of research guides and access to the online catalogue.

Tuvalu Primary Materials

Forming part of the PACLII database, this page provides Tuvaluan legislation, including the the 2008 Revised Edition of the Laws of Tuvalu; the Constitution of Tuvalu; cases from the Tuvalu High Court and Court of Appeal; and other legal materials from Tuvalu. The content may be searched or browsed.

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