legal systems

African Transitional Justice Hub

The African Transitional Justice Hub is an initiative of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and documents best practices in African transitional justice. There are four databases covering the following topics: Transitional justice processes, truth commissions, peace agreements and truth seeking and sexual violence. Material includes case studies, agreements and details of reparations of transitional justice processes.

Japanese Law Blog

Blog on Japanese law published by Ohara & Furukawa, an international law firm based in Japan. The blog includes posts on a range of legal topics including immigration, family law, intellectual property, corporate law, inheritance and entertainment law. Posts can be searched by keyword. The site is presented in English.

International Association for Legislation

Website of the International Association for Legislation (IAL), a charitable organisation that started in 1991 as the European Association of Legislation. The aim of the IAL is to improve legislation, promote research and teaching and to strengthen international cooperation in the field of legislation. Members of IAL include universities, law societies, national associations for legislation, parliamentary and government officials. The Association holds conferences and lectures and produces publications some of which can be downloaded from the site including the IAL Newsletter.

Edinburgh Legal History Blog

The Edinburgh Legal History blog is written by academics at the University of Edinburgh Law School. Posts focus on Scottish and European legal history and the civil law tradition. These can be browsed by date or subject or searched by keyword. Subject headings include Roman law, Greek law, ancient law and Magna Carta. There are also posts on new books, events and resources.

University of Edinburgh Centre for Legal History

Website of the Centre for Legal History a research department at the University of Edinburgh. The Centre’s research interests focus on Roman law, learned laws in the Middle Ages, history of law in Europe, Scots law history and legal history of Louisiana. The site gives information on events including conferences, lectures and seminars organised by the Centre and links to relevant resources – other research centres, societies, websites and journals. A selection of videos of lectures is also made available on the site.

Federal Parliament of Somalia, House of the People

The website provides the constitution, budgets, international agreements, acts of parliament, rules for parliament members and presidential endorsements for executive orders. These documents are mostly in Somali, but there are English versions of the constitution dating back to 1960. There is also information about the federal parliament of Somalia, the current members of the House of the People and the committees of the House of the People. The site has an English interface.

Rwanda’s Legal System and Legal Materials

Online guide to the law and legal materials of Rwanda written by Dr. Etienne Mutabazi, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Iringa in Tanzania. The guide was published in 2025 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 gives an overview of Rwanda’s legal history from 1890s through to the 2003 Constitution. There are sections looking at the structure of government, the criminal justice system and sources of legislation.

Finding the Law of the Micro-States and Small Jurisdictions of Europe

Online guide, written by Andrew Grossman who is a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer, to finding sources of primary and secondary law for “small jurisdictions” of Europe -defined as “political entities having a population under one million persons”. The guide was published in 2024 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 gives links to academic works on micro-states and to law libraries that hold printed materials on these jurisdictions.

Burkina Faso: A Bird’s-Eye’s View of the Legal System

Online guide to the legal system of Burkina Faso written by Sâ Benjamin Traoré who is Associate Professor of Law at the Africa Institute for Research in Economics and Social Sciences and a Faculty of Governance, Economics and Social Sciences at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco. The guide was published in 2024 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Sharīʿah Law in South East Asian (ASEAN) Region: Intellectual Property Innovation and Development, Perspectives and Implication for Business and Trade

Article giving overview of Shariah law as practiced and observed in the South East Asian (ASEAN) region written by Jeong Chun Phuoc who holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Malaya and Wei Yan Ting who is director and partner at Guangxi Justlaw Legal Firm. The article was published in 2024 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the NYU, School of Law.

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