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Bloomsbury Law Online

Bloomsbury Law Online provides fully searchable, instant access to content from more than 160 leading products across 24 practice areas. Content is UK specific. Practice areas Banking and Finance Law Charities Clinical Negligence Company and Commercial Law Court of Session Practice (Scotland) Employment Law Environmental Law Family Law Insolvency Law Insurance Law IP and IT Law Local Government Law Maritime and Shipping Law Mediation National Infrastructure Planning Service Partnerships Pensions Law Personal Injury Law Planning Law Practice and Procedure Professional Negligence Law Property and Land Law Scots Law Library ... read more

Brill Climate Change and Law Collection

Climate Change and Law Collection ISSN: 2542-6737 Publication Type: Primary Source Online Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff Language: English This comprehensive collection of climate change and law documents contains original source, non-edited and non-redacted “grey literature” (non-peer reviewed) in English, centered on climate change and the law. Incorporated in the category of ‘law’ is any discipline of law which addressed climate change, including corporate law, environmental law and human rights law. Materials in the collection originate from a wide range of organizations in the public and private sector, institutions ... read more

Brill Encyclopedia of Law and Religion Online

Encyclopedia of Law and Religion Online Edited by: Gerhard Robbers and W. Cole Durham ISSN: 2405-9749 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff Language: English In recent years, issues of freedom of religion or belief and state-religion relations have become increasingly important worldwide. The Encyclopedia of Law and Religion, unique in its breadth and global coverage, provides an important foundational resource for study of these issues. The encyclopedia covers the relation between law and religion in its various aspects, including those related to the role of religion in society, the relations between religion and s ... read more

Brill Foreign Law Guide

Foreign Law Guide Access to Global Legal Information ISSN: 2213-2996 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff Language: English General Editor: Marci Hoffman, University of California, Berkeley Law Library Video/tutorial Brill’s Foreign Law Guide EN Acclaimed by librarians, academics, and researchers alike, the Foreign Law Guide (FLG) is an essential database offering relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and selected references to secondar ... read more

Brill Grotius Collection Online

Online Publication Date: 1 Dec 2018 View PDF Flyer This collection consists of 267 printed works by and on the great Dutch humanist and jurist Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), published between 1609-1941, that are kept at the Peace Palace Library in The Hague. 205 of these titles have been published on microfiche before in the collections on international law and jurisprudence. 18 more titles have been digitized from microfiche, that have not been published before. 44 more titles have been newly scanned and added to this online collection. Including one of only three known copies of the rare first state of the first edition of De Iure Belli ac Pacis, purchased in 2012 by the ... read more

Brill Hague Academy Collected Courses Online

Hague Academy Collected Courses Online ISSN: 1875-8096 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff Language: English, French Video and Tutorials Hague Academy Collected Courses Online EN Hague Academy Collected Courses Online CR Hague Academy Collected Courses Online HU Hague Academy Collected Courses Online LT Hague Academy Collected Courses Online SK Hague Academy Collected Courses Online RO Hague Academy Collected Courses Online RU Hague Academy Collected Courses Online PL Founded in 1923, the Hague Academy of Internationa ... read more

Brill Handbook of WTO GATT Dispute Settlement Online

Handbook of WTO/GATT Dispute Settlement Online ISSN: 2211-4386 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff Language: English General Editor: Stewart and Stewart, Washington D.C. Created by experts and updated regularly with international trade law practitioners in mind, and updated regularly, the Handbook of WTO/GATT Dispute Settlement Online offers instant access to a vast legal research database that includes: • Updated summaries of 300+ WTO/GATT Panel, Appellate Body, or arbitrator reports. • Nine comprehensive indexes cross-referencing the reports by key word, article, country, subject, panelis ... read more

Brill Human Rights Documents Online

Human Rights Documents Online ISSN: 2210-7975 Publication Type: Primary Source Online Imprint: BRILL Language: English Published since 1980 Since 1980 access has been provided to an ever-growing, authoritative collection of Human Rights Documents from the collection edited by Human Rights Internet in Ottawa. These documents emanate from 355 nongovernmental human rights organizations (NGOs) worldwide, some of which have a universal scope, whilst others focus on the attainment of human rights in a specific area of the world. More than 55,000 documents from 685 organizations collected by Human Rights Internet are now available online, covering the peri ... read more

Brill International Law anf World Order Westons and Carlsons Basic Documents

International Law & World Order Weston's & Carlson's Basic Documents ISSN: 2211-4394 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff Language: English Burns H. Weston† & Jonathan C. Carlson This online documentary compendium gathers in a single easy-to-use collection the most significant and influential legal primary sources of the post-WWII global order. It is both a comprehensive documentary history of public international law over the past 70 years and an anthology of currently operational international instruments. Organized topically and chronologically, the collection provides easy and quick access to ... read more

Brill International Maritime Boundaries

International Maritime Boundaries Online Edited by: Coalter G. Lathrop Co-Publication with: American Society of International Law (ASIL), https://www.asil.org ISSN: 2214-8388 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff Language: English The ultimate guide to international maritime boundaries provides update-to-date, regionally-organized content. Complete with hyperlinked maps and keyword search functionality, features include: - Systematic, expert analysis of all international maritime boundaries, joint development zones and unitization agreements worldwide; - Comprehensive coverage of every modern maritime b ... read more

Brill Jus Mundi

The first of its kind Academic Search Engine for International Law With over 4000 treaties and 10000 other legal documents, including arbitral awards, judgments, orders and pleadings, Jus Mundi aims to make international law research convenient, comprehensive and quick! Jus Mundi – Academic Research offers the most comprehensive database of multilingual, public international law and investment arbitration documents available. Its powerful, user-friendly and intelligent search engine allows for precise searches to deliver results in seconds. It covers over 16,000 international law and investor-state arbitration documents, including treat ... read more

Brill Ricci Dictionary of Chinese Law Chinese English French

Ricci Dictionary of Chinese Law Chinese English French ISSN: 2542-5234 www.chinesereferenceshelf.brillonline.com The dictionary online includes two sets: one in traditional Chinese with English and French translations and the other in simplified Chinese with English and French translations. The Ricci Dictionary of Chinese Law ( Chinese-English, French), developed by the Ricci Association since 2006, is the very first trilingual dictionary on Chinese law. The dictionary includes approximately 24,000 legal terms in Chinese (legal terms per se as well as terms which are often used in a legal context), as well as English and French translations of t ... read more

Brill Rosennes Law and Practice of the International Court 1920-2015 Online

Rosenne's Law and Practice of the International Court: 1920-2015 Online ISSN: 2468-5992 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff Language: English Year 2016 Malcolm N. Shaw QC, University of Cambridge The popularity of his monumental and definitive works established Shabtai Rosenne as the undisputed expert on the International Court of Justice’s law and practice of his time. Irrefutably the leading work on the court, previous editions of Rosenne’s Law and Practice of the International Court have influenced generations of legal scholars, practitioners, judges, and students alike. The Fifth ... read more

Brill Sovereign Limits 2020

Sovereign Limits ISSN: 2666-7983 View PDF Flyer Sovereign Limitsis the world’s most comprehensive and thoroughly researched digital database of land and maritime boundaries. Trusted by industry leaders in web mapping and large research institutions, Sovereign Limits provides robust spatial and analytical information on every international border. The database offers a detailed mapping scale of 1:25,000 or larger, attributed GIS data, instant access to primary source documents, and much more. Sovereign Limits is a comprehensive database intended for use in the research, visualization, and mapping of international borders that divide up sovere ... read more

Brill The International Year Book and Statesmens Whos Who Online

The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who Online ISSN: 1570-6664 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Language: English The International Year Book and Statesmen’s Who’s Who Online - ACCESS TO ONLINE EDITION: click here - is an authoritative and esteemed source of information on: All the countries of the world, including territories and federal states; All significant international and national organizations, from the United Nations to economic and trade organizations; Comprehensive biographical profiles of over 4,000 of the most important people in the world today. The work is thoroughly ... read more

Brill United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Online

Edited by: Myron H. Nordquist, Satya Nandan, and Shabtai Rosenne View PDF Flyer These Commentaries are based almost entirely on the formal and informal documentation of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III, 1973-1982), coupled, where necessary, with the personal knowledge of editors, contributors, or reviewers, many of whom were principal negotiators or UN personnel who participated in the Conference. The scope and duration of the “Virginia Commentary” project is without precedent as an academic undertaking in the field of international law. The project was conceived by its editors to meet the need - particularly essential in the ... read more

Brill Yearbook of International Organizations Online

Yearbook of International Organizations Online ISSN: 2211-2847 Publication Type: E-Reference Work Imprint: BRILL Language: English About UIA (The Editors) The Yearbook of International Organizations Online provides a comprehensive database of intergovernmental (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) worldwide. Free from print restrictions, the Yearbook Online covers over 67,000 international organizations – federations, scholarly societies, associations and transnational actors of all types – in all corners of the world, over centuries of history, and is updated on a regular basis by a dedicat ... read more

DeGruyter Groskommentar AktG Online

Großkommentar AktG Online (Commentary on the German Stock Corporation Act Online) Ed. by Hirte, Heribert / Mülbert, Peter O. / Roth, Markus / Hopt, Klaus J. / Wiedemann, Herbert One-time purchase of base content (RRP), subsequently annual update fee for new content ISSN 2198-5162 The most comprehensive commentary available on the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) The latest edition of the work For academia and practice Updated several times each year Advanced search features (via 4 criteria) ease access to the entire work Contains links to cited decisions and norms Non-restrictive DRM – allows for an unlimited number of simultaneous u ... read more

DeGruyter JURA Kartei JK online

JURA-Kartei (JK) online (Law Card File Index Online) One-time purchase of base content (RRP), subsequently annual update fee for new content ISSN 2193-302 Discussions of current and exam relevant court decisions Systematically structured All index cards since 1979 (approximately 6,000) in full text Monthly updates All index cards can be searched at the same time Unlimited number of simultaneous users Non-restrictive DRM – allows for an unlimited number of simultaneous users campus / institution-wide Aims and Scope The blue law card files are the trademark of the Journal JURA and an essential means of support during legal training and exams. In ... read more

DeGruyter Leipziger Kommentar StGB Online

Leipziger Kommentar StGB Online (The Leipzig Commentary on the German Criminal Code, Online) Ed. by Laufhütte, Heinrich Wilhelm / Rissing-van Saan, Ruth / Tiedemann, Klaus One-time purchase of base content (RRP), subsequently annual update fee for new content ISSN 2198-5146 The most comprehensive commentary available on the German Criminal Code (StGB) For academia and practice Advanced search features easy access to the entire work The commentary contains links to cited decisions and norms Updated several times each year Non-restrictive DRM – allows for an unlimited number of simultaneous users campus / institution-wide Aims and Scope This ... read more

DeGruyter Lowe Rosenberg StPO Online

Löwe-Rosenberg StPO Online (The Löwe-Rosenberg Commentary on German Criminal Procedure Online) Ed. by Erb, Volker / Esser, Robert / Franke, Ulrich / Graalmann-Scheerer, Kirsten / Hilger, Hans / Ignor, Alexander One-time purchase of base content (RRP), subsequently annual update fee for new content Language: German Type of Publication: Database The most comprehensive commentary available on the German Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO) as well as related law (GVG, EGGVG, MRK, IPBPR) For academia and practice Advanced search features easy access to the entire work The commentary contains links to cited decisions and norms Updated several times ... read more

DeGruyter Staub HGB Online

Staub HGB Online Ed. by Canaris, Claus-Wilhelm / Habersack, Mathias / Schäfer, Carsten ISSN2198-5154 Language: German Type of Publication: Database One-time purchase of base content (RRP), subsequently annual update fee for new content The most comprehensive commentary available on the German Commercial Code (HGB) Explains all aspects of commercial law (with the exception of maritime law), including accounting law, bank contract law, the CMR convention, and transportation law For academia and practice Advanced search features ease access to the entire work The commentary contains links to cited decisions and norms Updated several times each yea ... read more

Taylor and Francis Law eBook section

Law eBook section www.taylorfrancis.com/law Taylor and Francis is one of the largest publishers of legal literature in English with over 7000 titles in print, 6200 of which are available as DRM-free eBooks. Most of these books are published under the imprint Routledge. The thousands of titles, written by experts from throughout the world, include monographs and reference works with the largest number of titles covering International Law, Human Rights Law, Socio-legal Studies, Business and Company Law, Environmental Law, EU Law, Asian Law, English Law and US Law. In addition, there is prolific output in the areas of Criminology and Criminal Law. For a complete ... read more

Law e-Book collections Evidence-Based Acquisition

Law e-Book collections (Evidence-Based Acquisition) You now have the opportunity to gain access to the complete law e-Book collections of three renowned publishers for minimal fees via their Evidence-Based Acquisition models. The publishers include De Gruyter, Brill and Hart (Bloomsbury). Here’s how it works: You pay a deposit You get online access to the selected publisher’s law eBook collections You will receive usage statistics regularly After 12 months you decide which titles you want to keep perpetually for the amount matching the deposit So with this model there is a subscription element - for 12 months users can read all the titles with u ... read more