Refugee Studies Centre
The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) is part of the University of Oxford's International Development Centre. Its website has information about the Centre's research, courses, seminars and publications.
Research centres and projects
Adoption and Child Welfare LawSite
The Adoption and Child Welfare LawSite is hosted by the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy at Capital University Law School in the United States. The aim of the Center is to improve child protection laws in the U.S. through research, advocacy and education. The site is a free online resource providing access to state and federal child welfare and adoption laws and cases. Information can be searched or browsed by state and document type including cases, statutes, articles and regulations. There is a page of links to related bodies and individual state court Websites.
Liechtenstein-Institut
The Institute was founded in 1986 and is engaged in teaching and research. It is private and independent in status. It is situated in Bendern, Liechtenstein. Various social sciences are covered - with research on economics, politics and law. Working papers can be viewed online. NB. All information is in German only.
Lawphil
Lawphil is a project of the Arellano Law Foundation in the Philippines. The project aims to make available online all Philippine laws, statutes, case law, presidential decrees and other legal materials. The site currently provides selected Philippine legislation from 1900 onwards some in full text and includes full text copies of the 1987, 1973, 1935 and 1899 Malolos Constitutions. Full text legal decisions are given from 1910 onwards and can be browsed by year or searched using the site's search engine.
Center for the Study of the Public Domain
Website of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain (CSPD) at Duke Law School in the United States. The Center was founded in 2002 and aims to "promote research and scholarship on the contributions of the public domain to speech, culture, science and innovation." The site gives details of lectures and conferences providing papers, Powerpoint presentations and webcasts (requires RealPlayer download) covering topics such as 'Music and Theft: Technology, Sampling and the Law' and 'How Law Constructs and Constrains Culture'.
Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas
Website of the Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas (Legal Research Institute) at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (National Autonomous University of Mexico). The site has information about the organisation and activities of the Institute including profiles of staff. There are details of Institute publications, some of which can be freely accessed online. The site provides Mexican federal and state legislation, including an English translation of the Constitution and a searchable version of the Mexican Official Gazette.
Centre for Constitutional European Law
Website of the Athens-based Centre for Constitutional European Law a research organisation specialising in Greek, European and comparative public law. The site provides information on projects being undertaken at the Centre and details of various publications produced by the Centre. The site can be viewed in English or Greek.
Representing Children Worldwide
Representing Children Worldwide (RCW) was a research project of the Yale Law School conducted during 2005 by Clinical Professor Jean Koh Peters. The research is described as being a "global snapshot of legal provisions to guarantee children's right to express views freely in child protective proceedings". The project was concerned with child protection proceedings in the United States and other countries that are signatories to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC). The site provides a summary of the research.
Foreign Law Translations
Free database of foreign legislation and cases translated into English, provided by the Institute for Transnational Law at the University of Texas at Austin. Foreign Law Translations makes available translated French, German, Austrian and Israeli cases and French and German legislation in the areas of constitutional, administrative, contract and tort law; most of the content is from France and Germany. The site also has a glossary of French legal terms and a list of German legal abbreviations
Irish Centre for European Law
Website of the Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL) which is based at Trinity College in Dublin. The ICEL is concerned with European Union and European Human Rights law as it affects Ireland. The site provides information about the aims, membership and activities of the Centre. Selected abstracts of conference papers are available free and details are given of publications for sale. A page of Irish web links is also included.