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Centre for Competition Law and Policy

Website of the Centre for Competition Law and Policy (CCLP) at the University of Oxford. Teaching and research focuses on competition regulation in the UK, EU and US, as well international aspects of competition law and antitrust economics. Training programmes on competition law and policy are offered to practitioners, judges, academics and students. The site has profiles of staff and details of conferences, workshops and lectures taking place at the CCLP. Research papers and presentations are also available.

Know Your Country

Know Your Country is a website providing information and guidance on anti-money laundering legislation and country risk. The site is managed by Gary Youinou, who has experience in the offshore financial industry. The site provides information on over 120 countries compiled from government, institutional and regulatory bodies such as the United Nations, the OECD, the World Bank Group and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Information is arranged alphabetically by country.

Luxembourg: description of the legal system and legal research

Online guide providing an introduction to Luxembourg law written by Nicolas Henckes who is the Director of Legitech a Luxembourg legal publisher. The guide was published in 2009 (and updated in 2020 by Laurence Raphael) 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 introduction to the history and legal system of Luxembourg outlining the executive and legislative powers and the court system.

Barreau de Luxembourg

Website of the Luxembourg Bar Council the professional organisation representing lawyers based in Luxemburg. The site gives background information on the work of the attorney in Luxembourg and the organisation of the Bar Council. There is a directory of lawyers based in Luxembourg and Diekirch which can be browsed or searched by specialisation, a directory of bankrupt companies and details of legal aid in Luxembourg. Details of conferences, events and training courses are also freely accessible on the site. The site can be viewed in French, English and German.

Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Website of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, which hears cases involving breaches of the rules of professional conduct by solicitors in England and Wales. The site describes the functions and powers of the Tribunal and provides annual reports, practice directions, procedural forms and guidance, cause lists and a database of tribunal decisions.

Municipal Code Corporation online library

Municipal Code Corporation is a company publishing United States municipal, city and county codes and providing online access to these documents via their subscription website Municode.com. This service includes a free online library providing access to full text Codes of Ordinances, minutes and local government charters for a selection of city governments. These are arranged by state and can be accessed using a clickable map. Contact addresses and web links are also given for each city government. Other documents can be purchased on the site.

ICC Legal Tools

ICC Legal Tools is an online resource providing information and commentary about international criminal law. Developed by the Legal Advisory Section (LAS) of the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), it is designed for all those dealing with international war crimes cases. The database contains legal documents and decisions of the ICC; key international treaties; and selected decisions of other international criminal courts and tribunals; scholarly commentary; official statements and speeches; and other material.

State-sponsored homophobia

Series of reports issued annually from 2006 to 2020 by The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World).  Available in English and Spanish, they provide worldwide surveys of national legal systems and laws, highlighting discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Migration Law Database

The Migration Law Database is made freely available online by the International Organization for Migration, an inter-governmental body providing services and advice to governments and migrants. The database provides access to full text international, regional and national laws relating to migration and can be browsed or searched by keyword. The basic search option covers the title, document number, date of adoption and a selection of subject categories including asylum, children, deportation, diasporas, extradition, indigenous peoples, migrant workers, nationality and repatriation.

Financial Law Institute

The Financial Law Institute (FLI) is a research and teaching unit at the Faculty of Law of Ghent University in Belgium. It researches company and financial law, covering regulation, corporate governance and banking law. The site provides FLI working papers from 1999 onwards, in languages including Dutch, French, English or German. There is information about books published by FLI researchers, and news and events information are available.
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