Aboriginal Justice Strategy
The web pages of the Aboriginal Justice Strategy are part of the Canadian Ministry of Justice website. The Strategy began in 1997 and aims to reduce victimisation and crime among aboriginal people in Canada, and to improve the administration of justice for aboriginal communities in Canada. Many of the publications associated with the strategy are presented in full text, including reports, fact sheets and evaluations. |
AbyssiniaLaw
A legal resource portal providing open access to primary and secondary legal materials for Ethiopia, such as laws, court decisions, articles, contact guidance and news - with texts supplemented by online videos, a dicussion forum and user blog. The service gives free access to Federal consolidated laws of Ethiopia (with status information whether the law is amended, repealed or effective) and Regional Laws - with particular coverage for Oromiya region and Tigray region. A search facility links to documents in PDF format. The site also contains Federal Supreme Court of Cassation decisions (FSCCD) as PDF files and a growing collection of articles arranged by legal topic. Guidance information is given for the Law faculties of Mekelle University, Addis Ababa University and Jimma University. There is a facility to register freely as a user, comment on articles and upload potential contributions. The site has been developed as an independent initiative by postgraduate law student Liku Worku. |
CISG Canada
A Canadian website about the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) (1980), which was implemented in 1992 in Canada. The site is hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School and is aimed at academic and practising lawyers. It is intended as guidance on the functioning of the CISG in Canadian exports and imports. It includes the Convention in English and French versions, some relevant Canadian legislation and case law, and some links to online commentary and a bibliography. |
Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
The Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) is an independent body which promotes the health and well-being of patients and the public through the regulation of healthcare professionals. It also monitors the work of the nine regulatory bodies that set standards for the training and conduct of those working in the healthcare sector. Its website has links to a range of reports, including its annual report and discussion papers, all of which are available in PDF format. There is also information about a wide range of issues related to healthcare regulation. |
Dispute Resolution and Legal Development in Bangladesh - Links
Provided by Peacemakers Trust, a charitable organisation dedicated to research and education on conflict transformation and peacebuilding, this webpage contains concise information and links to fifty plus government and civil society organisations, agencies and individuals. Compiled by Catherine Morris, it covers legal development, alternative dispute resolution, court caseflow management, human rights, violence prevention, good governance and also provides information on resources such as libraries, news sources and bibliographies on Bangladesh. |
Employment Appeals Tribunal
Website of the Irish Employment Appeals Tribunal. The Publications section of the site provides Tribunal decisions (“determinations”) from mid-2007 onwards. It also has annual reports, press releases, guidelines and other information. The About Us page gives links to relevant Irish legislation. The site is mainly in English, but some of it is also available in Irish. |
Falkland Islands Constitution
Explanatory note and copy of the constitution of the Falkland Islands which came into operation on 1 January 2009 following from agreement by the UK Government and the Falkland Islands Government. The Falkland Islands Constitution Order 2008, made on 5 November 2008 by Her Majesty the Queen in the Privy Council, is available for download from the site as a PDF file. |
Falkland Islands Government Legislative Assembly
Official website for the Falkland Islands Government Legislative Assembly. The site provides information about the role and work of the Assembly including details of the constituencies and portfolios. The site publishes Legislative Assembly transcipts, verbatim reports from the Legislative Assembly sittings from 2007 onwards. The site also features inforamtion about the United Nations General Assembly, Special Committee on decolonisation known as the Committee of Twenty-four , which includes the Falkland Islands in defense of the Falkland Islands right to self determination, which is protected under the terms of the UN's Declaration on Decolonisation. |
Falkland Islands News Network
An online portal providing financial information and news and news links relating to the Falkland Islands. The site includes newsheadlines for the region with a searchable archive of past stories and links to online newspaper services. |
Falkland Oil and Gas Limited
Website for Falkland Oil and Gas Limited (FOGL) an oil and gas exploration company operating in the South and East Falkland Basins. The site provides information about the company and its aims and purpose including an operations map, details of the proposed drilling programme and brief history of the Islands and their status as an overseas territory of the UK. The site also provides a copy of the company's Articles of Association in PDF format and FAQs section. |
General Chiropractic Council
The General Chiropractic Council (GCC) is the UK regulator for the chiropractic profession. The GGC’s website explains both the nature of chiropractic and the work of the Council. It provides links to a variety of materials including chiropractic legislation, professional codes of practice and the Council’s annual reports, agendas, meeting papers and minutes, all of which are accessible in PDF format The site also has a searchable register of chiropractors and links to other UK social and health care regulatory bodies. |
General Dental Council
The General Dental Council (GDC) regulates dental professionals in the United Kingdom. The ‘Members of public’ section on the GDC’s website allows users to search for dentists, dental care professionals and specialists. This section also has information on complaints procedures and details of outcomes of recent hearings of the Professional Conduct Committee (PCC), which are available in PDF format. The site also details standards for dental professionals and provides links to other relevant healthcare organisations, as well as providing information about the GDC itself |
General Medical Council
The General Medical Council (GMC) registers doctors to practise medicine in the UK. The ‘Registration and licensing’ section of the website allows users to search the List of Registered Medical Practitioners, a list of general practitioners eligible to work for the UK health service. It includes any publicly available fitness to practise history since 20 October 2005. There is a separate search facility for recent fitness to practise decisions. The ‘About us’ section provides links to relevant legislation, including a consolidated version with amendments of the Medical Act 1983. The ‘Publications’ section provides links to government sites pertaining to the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. |
Heidelberg Bangladesh Law Translation Project
Established by the ‘South Asia Institute’ of the Department of Law at Heidelberg University, this unofficial project provides English translations of select Acts and Ordinances of Bangladesh, declared in the years 1985 to 1995. Contains full translations, suitable for research purposes only, of over 150 pieces of legislation and the name and number in English of many more. |
ICL - South Africa Index
Part of the International Constitutional Law project managed by the University of Bern, Switzerland. Provides a quick reference list of dates relating to development and changes to the South African Constitution. Includes the draft constitution of 1994, the 1996 Constitution and the amended version of 1997 together with accompanying schedules. Provides a brief background to the Constitution with a list of significant historical dates relating to it. |
ICL - Tunisia Index
Part of the International Constitutional Law project managed by the University of Bern, Switzerland. It provides a quick-reference list of dates relating to development and changes to the constitution. The Constitution is available in English as amended to 1991. Provides a brief background to the Constitution with a list of significant historical dates relating to it. |
ICL - Zambia Index
Part of the International Constitutional Law project managed by the University of Bern, Switzerland. Provides a quick-reference list of dates relating to development of and changes to the constitution. Links are given to the 1991 Constitution and the accompanying Constitution Act and to the website of the Zambian Parliament. |
Laws of the Republic of Lithuania
From the website of the State Registrar's department of legal information, this webpage provides full-text English translations of some basic laws of the Republic of Lithuania. Translations have been prepared in house on an unofficial basis. Whilst there is no search function, legislation is clearly listed and hyperlinked, facilitating browsing. |
LawSync
Initial website for the LawSync project, in development at the Department of Law, Criminology, and Community Justice at Sheffield Hallam University. The project and resulting LawSync service aim to promote a "better synchronisation between law as an academic discipline and professional practice, the expectations both of legal professionals and users of legal services, and regulatory influences". The site sets out the project aims and ways in which academics, practitioners and business can become involved. Team profiles, contact details and feeds from the LawSync Twitter account are also provided. |
Maritime Law Association of South Africa
The Maritime Law Association was established in 1974 with the aim to “promote the study, research, administration and advancement” of maritime laws and their unification with those of road, rail and aviation. Details are given of the aims and objectives of the organisation and its past achievements. Full text access is given to a selection of maritime legislation to which the organisation may have contributed and also to a selection of judgments, both reported and unreported which have been provided by members (the latter is not a comprehensive collection). |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
Official website for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, available in Lithuanian, English, Russian and French. As well as detailed information regarding the officers, operations and mission of the ministry, the site also contains a number of English translations of key documents, such as foreign policy statements, press releases and speeches. There is also a browsable database of English translations of all bilateral and multilateral treaties. |
NATLEX: Afghanistan
Maintained by the ILO’s International Labour Standards Department, NATLEX is a database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation. It holds just over 50 records of law relating to Afghanistan. Where possible links to full text descriptions of the law are given, sometimes as unofficial English translations. |
NATLEX: Bangladesh
Maintained by the ILO’s International Labour Standards Department, NATLEX is a database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation. It holds over 100 records of law relating to Bangladesh. Where possible links to full text descriptions of the law are given, either written originally in English or as unofficial English translations |
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (formerly known as the Organisation of the Islamic Conference) was founded in 1969, and exists to safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world. International agreements are available on its website under Conventions, on the topics of international relations, trade, investments, civil aviation and telecommunications. A list of OIC member states, which have signed / ratified agreements on economic, commercial and technical cooperation, is published. The OIC website is available in English, Arabic and French versions. |
Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania
Official website of the parliament (Seimas) of the Lithuanian Republic. Site is available in Lithuanian, English, French, German, Russian and Chinese. Contains detailed information regarding the history, structure, operation and workings of the Parliament, including the various parliamentary officers and sub committees, parliamentary documents and press releases, and public and international relations information. Contains a searchable database of full text English translations of Lithuanian legislation. Also contains English translations of all relevant EU legislation. |
Prime Minister’s Office: Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Official website of the Prime Minister’s Office of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Provides basic information on the structure and activities of the Office, and links to the various ministries of the government. Some documents are written in Bengali, but the majority of information is available in English. |
Societe Quebecoise d?Information Juridique
The Societe Quebecoise d?Information Juridique, SOQUIJ, produces a range of priced publications and products aimed at law schools and the legal profession. But its website also includes content freely available to everyone, “services aux citoyens” and “ressources pour tous”. Court decisions from the Cour du Québec and from other Quebec courts and tribunals are online, as well as decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada and federal courts. Decisions date from 2000 mainly, and are mostly in French with some decisions translated into English. The current laws of Quebec are also offered, in the Recueil des Lois et règlements du Québec. The site interface and help files are in French, with an overview in English available from the home page. |
South African Labour Courts
Website of the South African Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court. The South African Labour Court has the same status as a high court. Further appeals can be made to the Labour Appeal Court. Links are available to the texts of relevant statutes, regulations and also to the practice directions of both courts. Access is given to full text judgments from 1996. A separate RSS feed allows users to check on the most recent decisions and news from the court. |
State patent bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
Official website of the State patent bureau of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos valstybinis patentu). The Bureau is the executive body of the Republic of Lithuania State budgetary agency, carrying out the state legal protection of industrial property (inventions, designs, trademarks and service marks, semiconductor product topographies) in Lithuania and central industrial property office functions in European Union. The bureau publishes the Official Gazette “Inventions. Designs. Trade Marks.”, Patent Specifications and Annual Reports. Data on Industrial Property protected in the Republic of Lithuania are included also into Database of the Patents of the Republic of Lithuania, Database of the European Patents entered into force in the Republic of Lithuania, Database of Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania, Database of the Design of the Republic of Lithuania and into databases of European Patent Office, Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market and World Intellectual Property Organization. Available in both Lithuanian and English, the site provides access to all the datasets mentioned above, as well as information on the general workings and operation of the bureau, all of which can be browsed or searched in English from the home page. Also provides access to English translations of all relevant legislation in the ‘legal acts’ section. |
Statistics Lithuania
The Lithuanian Department of Statistics (Statistics Lithuania) is a public authority coordinating official statistics in the country that participates in developing and implementing public policy in the field of organisation and methodology of statistics assigned to the Minister of Finance. All reports and publications of the department are available to browse on their website in both Lithuanian and English, including census information, price indices, GDP and much more. |
Supreme Court of Lithuania
Official website for the Supreme Court of Lithuania. The site contains information about the court of cassation, its structure and competence, the judges of the Court and state servants, Court statistics and its international relations. Whilst the information sections of the website are available in Lithuanian, Russian and English, the Court rulings and other documents are currently available only in Lithuanian, therefore the relevant rubrics will offer just some basic information and a link to the case law database in the Lithuanian language. Has court rulings from 1995 for civil cases and 2001 for criminal cases. The site provides access, in Lithuanian only, to the bulletin of court practice, and also provides links to the Internet sites of the principal state authorities of the Republic of Lithuania as well as Lithuanian legal websites. There is a limited search function from the home page, however the site is clearly indexed from the ‘common information’ page |
