I. Other Starting Points
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Lex Mercatoria International Trade/Commercial Law Monitor (ITL), Ralph Amissah at University of Tromso, NO, University of
Oslo, NO, and Pace University, NY, US. Excellent entry point for research in the
area of International Trade Law. Provides the full texts of several of the most important conventions and other documents used
in International Trade as well as a wide range of related links.
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Guide to International Trade Law Sources on the Internet Marci Hoffman at
LLRX
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International Economic Law Jean M. Wenger at ASIL.
This collection of annotated links forms part of the
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law,
another fine site to start research from. Like the following sites in this section, the ASIL Guide is not limited to
International Trade, but covers international legal issues in the private as well as in the public sector, including
information on Legal Research.
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Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet Lyonette Louis-Jacques, University of Chicago, IL, US
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Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases Mirela Roznovschi, New York University School of Law, NY, US
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Law and Politics: Internet Guide Randy Roberts, University of Texas, Austin, TX, US
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Rechtswissenschaftliche Datenbanken im Internet Mannheim University, DE (German)
- Cf. also the sources listed at Private International Law: Comparative Law.
II. Antitrust
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Directorate-General IV: Competition European Commission
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US Department of Justice: Antitrust Division Washington, D.C., US
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Federal Trade Commission: Antitrust/Competition Washington, D.C., US
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The Antitrust Case Browser Anthony D. Becker, Ph.D., at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, US.
Provides a collection of US Supreme Court case summaries dealing with violations of antitrust statutes
as well as antitrust news.
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American Antitrust Institute (aai) Washington, D.C., US
III. Intellectual Property
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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva, CH
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Trilateral Web Site Links
the European Patent Office (EPO),
the Japanese Patent Office (JPO),
and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Dephion IP Search Formerly located at IBM Intellectual Property Network (IPN) . Possibility to search and view patent documents from the US, Europe and Japan
as well as patent applications published by WIPO. Another possibility to conduct an international search for patents
is esp@cenet at the European Patent Office.
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IP Law Practice Center Law.com. Extensive site featuring Intellectual Property news, current cases and practice papers.
The News section is free of charge, for other information subscription is required.
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European Database Patents Database by the European Intellectual Property Association containing millions of
patent documents and many other services related to the intellectual property.
IV. Electronic Commerce
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I. General Sources
II. Vienna Sales Convention (CISG)
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UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) (Vienna 1980)
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Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (New York 1974)
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Status of UNCITRAL Conventions UNCITRAL, Vienna, AT
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Texts of ULIS and ULF via Pace University, NY, US. The Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the Formation of
Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (ULF) and the Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of
Goods (ULIS) (The Hague, 1964) represent the antecedents to the Vienna Sales Convention.
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CLOUT - Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts UNCITRAL, Vienna, AT
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CISG w3 Database Institute of International Commercial Law, Pace University, NY, US. Presents a CISG annotated table of
contents and a schedule of court and arbitral proceedings by country, scholarly materials on the Vienna Sales Convention,
multiple database research, and information on the
Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
as well as on the Pace Essay Competition
on the CISG. Also features
The Autonomous Network of CISG Websites.
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CISG online Database
Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Schwenzer, LL.M., at the Law Faculty of the University of Basel, CH. Formerly located at the Institute of Foreign and International Law, Freiburg University, DE. Provides texts, articles,
bibliographic references and German case law on the Vienna Sales Convention.
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UNILEX on CISG & UNIDROIT Principles The UNILEX database i.a. contains detailed abstracts of the most important cases decided under both instruments by courts and arbitral tribunals worldwide, the full text of each decision in its original language (when available), a status report on the state of ratifications of the CISG, and a comprehensive bibliography for each instrument.
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CCISG www.ccisg.org, Corterier's Commentary on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
III. Various National Laws
Nations of the World
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Nations of the World US Library of Congress link collection to many national laws and legal institutions.
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Doing Business World Bank link collection to many national laws.
Australia
Canada
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CanLII Canadian Legal Information Institute. Initiated by the Federation of Law Societies in Canada,
CanLII is a site for the distribution of Canadian primary legal material.
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Department of Justice Canada.
Offers information on i.a. the Canadian Legal System and the Court System as well as access to
Consolidated Statutes and Regulations.
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Access to Justice Network (ACJNet). Provides access to legislation, people and organizations, publications,
databases and discussion forums on justice and legal issues.
France
Germany
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Juristisches Internetprojekt Saarbrücken Professor Dr. Maximilian Herberger and Professor Dr. Helmut Rüßmann,
Institute for Computers and Law, University of Saarland, DE. As to German legal sources cf. also Herberger,
NJW 1998, 2801-2805; 2882-2885; 1999, 1168-1170 (German).
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Marktplatz Recht (German).
Presented by Soldan Online in cooperation with
Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (BRAK),
Deutscher Anwaltverein (DAV),
Bundesnotarkammer (BNotK),
and Deutscher Juristentag (DJT).
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Verlag Recht und Praxis Kissing, DE. Extensive web service including legal news, links, search engines and further
legal information of all kinds (German).
Italy
Japan
Switzerland
United Kingdom
USA
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FindLaw. Exhaustive collection of all kinds of legal information, including Cases & Codes,
Community Groups and Legal News, cf. also the searching tool
Lawcrawler.
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Thomas. Legislative Information on the Internet provided by the Library of Congress.
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The Federal Web Locator Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, US
IV. Comparative Law
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International Commercial Arbitration
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I. Arbitration Acts and Conventions
II. Arbitration Courts, Institutions, and Rules
(in alphabetical order)
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American Arbitration Association (AAA) New York, NY, US
International Arbitration Rules (2003) |
Procedures for Cases under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (2000)
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Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) Vienna, AT
Rules of Arbitration and Conciliation (2001)
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Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation (CEPANI) Brussels, BE, including rules
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British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (BCICAC) Vancouver, CA
International Commercial Arbitration Rules (2000) |
Mediation - Rules of Procedure
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Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) Cairo, EG
including Arbitration Rules
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Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) London, GB
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Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association (CIDRA) Chicago, IL, US
Arbitration Rules (1999) |
Mediation Rules (1998)
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China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) Beijing, CN
Arbitration Rules (2000)
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Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Center for the Americas (CAMCA)
Mediation and Arbitration Rules (1996)
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CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution New York, NY, US
Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration of International Disputes (2000)
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Croatia - Chamber of Commerce, Permanent Arbitration Court (PAC - CCC) Zagreb, HR, including rules
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Czech Republic - Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber Prague, CZ
Rules of Arbitration Court (2002)
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European Court of Arbitration Strasbourg, FR
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German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) Bonn, DE
Arbitration Rules (1998) |
Schiedsordnung (1998) (German)
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Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) Hong Kong, CN
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Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia (IAMA) Melbourne, AU
Rules for Alternative Dispute Resolution processes
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Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (IACAC)
Rules of Procedure (1988)
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International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Washington, D.C., US
Arbitration Rules |
Conciliation Rules |
Additional Facility Rules
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International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Court of Arbitration Paris, FR
Rules of Arbitration (1998) |
ADR Rules (2001)
ICC UNCITRAL Appointing Authority Rules
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International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Deutschland Cologne, DE (German)
Schiedsgerichts- und Schlichtungsordnung (1998)
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Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA) Tokyo, JP
Commercial Arbitration Rules (1997)
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Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) Seoul, KR
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Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) Kuala Lumpur, MY
Rules for Arbitration
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London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) London, GB
LCIA Rules (1998)
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Mexico - Centro de Arbitraje de México (CAM) MX
Arbitration Rules
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Permanent Court of Arbitration The Hague, NL
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Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) The Adelphi, SG
SIAC Rules
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Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Arbitration Institute Stockholm, SE
Rules of the Arbitration Institute (1999) |
Rules for Expedited Arbitrations (1999)
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Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) Basel, CH
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United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Vienna, AT
Arbitration Rules (1976) |
Conciliation Rules (1980)
Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings (1996)
Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985)
AAA Procedures for Cases under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (2000)
ICC UNCITRAL Appointing Authority Rules
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WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Geneva, CH
Arbitration Rules |
Expedited Arbitration Rules |
Mediation Rules
On-Line Arbitration
III. Further Arbitration Sources
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IBA Supplementary Rules (1983) via T.M.C. Asser Instituut
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DIS Online Database on Arbitration Law.
Database containing the case law of German courts on German
Arbitration law in the version of January 1, 1998. The decisions are
indexed by case number, the date of the decision and bibliographical
references. In addition, the decisions are indexed by a list of key words
(in German) to facilitate your search. English summaries of the key
decisions are provided.
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Lovells: International Arbitration Guide. After a short registration with name and email address, this
guide presents a draft engine for arbitration agreements along with information on how to draft such
clauses, moreover a comparative table of arbitration rules, a cost calculator, and further links.
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World Chambers Network (WCN) G8 Pilot Project
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International Commercial Arbitration Charlotte L. Bynum at ASIL
Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
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WWW Virtual Library: Arbitration Michael Chapman
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International Commercial Arbitration: Resources in Print and Electronic Format Lyonette Louis-Jacques,
University of Chicago, IL, US. Massive collection of
International Commercial Arbitration sources.
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La conciliation, la médiation et l'arbitrage Serge Braudo (French)
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International Arbitration Institute (IAI) Paris, FR
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Arbitration Links , a collection of links to international arbitration sites
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Further Sites of Interest
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I. Legal Miscellanea
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Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX). Web journal launched in 1996 and dedicated to providing legal and library professionals with information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools. New articles and regular columns are published on the 1st and 15th of each month.
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JURIST: The Legal Education Network at University of Pittsburgh, PA, US. The Jurist Network
includes the country guides
JURIST Germany,
JURIST Canada and
JURIST UK.
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Humboldt Forum Recht Humboldt University at Berlin, DE. Online publication edited by law students
and junior barristers.
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Law.com One of the leading legal online publications, partly free of charge.
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International Centre for Commercial Law. This official web site of The Legal 500 series also presents
specialist information on commercial law developments.
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globalEDGE Michigan State University, MI, US.Global business knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning
resources on global business activities.
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FindLaw.LawCrawler . When using this research tool, it is recommended to generally include the term "international"
to filter through all the domestic sources.
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WWW Virtual Library - Law at Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, IN, US
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Hieros Gamos. Comprehensive Legal Ressearch Center i.a. featuring Legal Practice Areas, Legal Directories and Legal News.
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Public International Law Associate Professor Francis Auburn, University of Western Australia, AU.
Leading guide to public international law on the internet.
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RAVE Research of articles and decisions in Public International Law and European Law,
Professor Dr. Juliane Kokott, LL.M., University of Duesseldorf, DE
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German Law Journal Review of Developments in German, European and International Jurisprudence
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Introduction to Basic Legal Citation Peter W. Martin, Cornell Law School, NY, US
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Law Lists Info Lyonette Louis-Jacques, University of Chicago, IL, US. Starting point for the search of legal lists, cf.
also Lists, Newsgroups & Networks at ASIL.
As to German legal newsgroups see
Juristische Mailinglisten und Newsgroups University of Saarland, DE (German).
II. International Organizations
- United Nations Headquarters (UN) New York, NY, US
Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Vienna, AT
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Geneva, CH
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Europa, the European Union's Server. As to legal texts cf.
EUR-Lex. EUR-Lex contains recent Official
Journal editions, Treaties, consolidated Legislation, Community preparatory acts, and
recent Case-Law.
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World Bank Group. Consists of IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA, ICSID.
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, D.C., US
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Paris, FR. For Germany cf.
OECD Berlin Centre / Bonn Office.
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World Trade Organization (WTO) Geneva, CH
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International Organization Web Sites. Very extensive compilation of web sites of international organizations of all types
by the Union of International Associations (UIA).
III. Legal Institutes and Associations
(in alphabetical order)
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American Bar Association (ABA) Network Chicago, IL, US
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American Society of International Law (ASIL). The International Economic Law Group of the Society maintains the
International Economic Law Web Site.
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T.M.C. Asser Instituut The Hague, NL. Includes specializations in European Law, International Commercial Arbitration,
International Humanitarian Law, International Trade Law, Private International Law and Public International Law.
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Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung (DAJV) [German-American Lawyers Association] Bonn, DE
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Deutsch-Französische Juristenvereinigung (DFJ) [German-French Lawyers Association] Mainz, DE. Contains a
list of German-Foreign Lawyers Associations.
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European Law Students' Association (ELSA)
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Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA) Reston, VA, US. Features include a very extensive annotated collection of
Web Resources for International Trade.
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Institut für Internationales Privat- und Verfahrensrecht Bern, CH (German)
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International Bar Association (IBA) London, GB
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International Law Institute (ILI) Washington, D.C., US. Maintains the
Legal Omnibus.
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International Law Students' Association (ILSA). Includes all relevant information on the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court.
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Legal Information Institute (LII) Cornell Law School, NY, US. Presents a wide range of legal information with
emphasis on the US, i.a. constitutions & codes as well as court opinions.
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Moot Alumni Association (MAA). Alumni Association of the
Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
IV. Tracking Legal Literature
- Legal Books
As to free web services, a first starting point for the search of legal books might be national libraries such as the
Library of Congress Washington, D.C., US, or
Gabriel, the gateway to Europe's national libraries.
Furthermore, Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog (KVK)
is a recommendable meta search interface. A good entry point for research
in Germany is
Bibliotheken, Bücher und Berichte (BBB) containing an extensive index of German library catalogues and further institutions.
Next to searching the national libraries, a second approach is to consult the databases of leading online bookstores such as
amazon.com/.de,
Barnes & Noble or
bol.de.
A third possibility is to check the web sites of (legal) publishers. For this purpose
Publishers' Catalogues
is an excellent starting point featuring an exhaustive geographic index of publishers in general.
- Legal Articles
For retrieving legal articles, useful sites certainly are the
Westlaw and
Lexis-Nexis databases, both of wich provide all kinds of legal information, i.a. full text articles.
They require a fee-based log-in, though.
Further informative free sites are
UnCoverWeb Denver, CO, US (as to articles from US libraries),
Jason/Jade
University of Bielefeld, DE, or Subito Berlin, DE
(both as to articles from German libraries), all of which are fee-based article delivery sevices offering
free searches within their respective databases.
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