Research centres and projects

Europe and Eurasia Program

The Europe and Eurasia Program is an initiative of the American Bar Association's Center for Global Programs. It gives technical legal assistance to countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, with a view to strengthening the rule of law, with projects focusing on internet freedom, commercial law, combating corruption and strengthening judicial systems. The Program's website provides news, research papers and details of activities in each country.

British Institute of International and Comparative Law

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is a London-based organisation focusing on international law, comparative law and the rule of law. BIICL was established in 1958, incorporating the Grotius Society and Society of Comparative Legislation. The BIICL website describes the institute's aims and activities, including research projects, publications, forums and events. A collection of articles is provided on the Insights page and there are brief details of the journal, International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ).

Priv-War

Priv-War was a collaborative project by seven European academic institutions, coordinated by the European University Institute in Italy. It ran from 2008 to 2011 and the website is being maintained as an information source. The aim of Priv-War was to research the use of private military companies and security companies in situations of armed conflict and examine national and international regulatory frameworks.

Intesa Sanpaolo Center for Transnational Litigation and Commercial Law

Based at New York University School of Law, this research centre focuses on international business transactions and dispute resolution. Its website has profiles of faculty and staff and details of courses, events and publications covering private international law, international commercial law, international commercial arbitration and transnational civil litigation.

National Sea Grant Law Center

Marine law and policy research centre founded in 2002 and based at the University of Mississippi. Sea Grant is a partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and universities that work with coastal communities conducting research, education, outreach and technology transfer.

Gender Justice Collection

The Gender Justice Collection (formerly the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice) is a resource provided by Cornell Law School in the United States. It comprises treaties and other regional and international documents relating to gender-based violence and gender justice, along with statutes and case law from around the world.

Early English Laws

The Early English Laws project has undertaken to produce new editions and translations of all English law codes, edicts and treatises up to the year 1215, and to publish them on this website and in print. Numerous new editions are already available on the Laws page, together with digitized versions of the original source manuscripts. It is possible to view corresponding pages of the manuscripts and edited texts side-by-side, and scholars may add their comments online. The Reference page provides a set of essays, a bibliography and a glossary.

Australian Human Rights Centre (on AustLII)

This section of the AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute) website provides information about the Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRCentre), an inter-disciplinary research and teaching institute based at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The Centre is engaged in research and teaching on Australian and international human rights law and publishes the Australian Journal of Human Rights and the Human Rights Defender.

Centre for Criminology

Website of the Centre of Criminology, a research unit at the University of Cape Town's law faculty. Research at the Centre is focused on public safety, criminal justice and crime. Its website gives details of the centre's research and teaching, together with events information.

Judicial Performance Evaluation

The Judicial Performance Evaluation Initiative is a project of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) a national research body based at the University of Denver. The purpose of judicial performance evaluation (JPE) is to help "increase public confidence and assist judges in identifying areas of professional development". This site gives an overview of all state JPE programmes using a clickable map and there are links to states with official JPE programs.

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