The Law-related Internet Project originally was part of the
Legal Internet Project Saarbrücken under the direction of
David Thorneloe. --- This is an archive of this project. ---
A relaunch has been taken place as Law Web Saarbrücken.
Law-Related Internet Project Saarbrücken: English Service
Legal Resources in Europe
Council of Europe Institutions
European Union
Austria /
Belgium /
Denmark /
Finland /
France /
Germany /
Greece /
Ireland /
Italy /
Luxembourg /
Netherlands /
Portugal /
Spain /
Sweden /
United Kingdom
Albania /
Belarus /
Bulgaria /
Czech Republic /
Estonia /
Hungary /
Iceland /
Malta /
Norway /
Poland /
Romania /
Slovakia /
Switzerland /
Turkey
Legal History, Roman Law
- Europa - the main server run by the European Commission, with a wide range of information on the European Union's activities
- IDEA - The Electronic Directory of the
European Institutions with flexible search facility
- European Commission - homepage with information on its members, its President's speeches, and its future work programme, and also including:
- Citizens' Server - offering information on
the regulations which apply in various fields when travelling to each Member State
- Council of the European Union - homepage with detailed information
on the Council, its meetings, and its publications, including:
- European Parliament - homepage with news on its members and activities
- European Court of Justice - homepage with general information, publications,
and press releases
- European Court of Auditors - homepage
- Economic and Social Committee -
includes general information and the texts of its opinions
- Committee of the Regions -
offering news and publications, and other resources
- European Investment Bank - information
on its activities and news
- European Monetary Institute -
limited homepage, offering an overview of its role
- European Ombudsman
- offering its reports, decisions and recommendations
- I*M Europe
- wealth of information on multimedia in Europe, including:
- European Environment Agency
- offering documents, general information, and news
- PENELOPE -
a project funded by the EU on Environmental Law, with resources including legislation,
judgements, and case studies
- Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
- Homepage of EUR-OP, with regularly updated wide range of documents
- Cordis
- information, news and a database of EU research and development policy
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InFEA: European Labour Law - project with legislative texts and the case law of different
Member States and the European Court (University of Saarland)
- Business Guide to the EU - in zip format for PC and Macintosh (index from Hieros Gamos)
- The Government - server in English with links to a wide range of Belgian
institutions, and general information on the country
- The Constitution - full texts in English and French, with
background information (from Uni. Wuerzburg)
- Parliament - homepage offering information in English on both its chambres
- The Chamber - homepage in French offering a number of official publications
- Senate - homepage in French only for the Parliament's upper chamber, including a database of official publications
- Moniteur Belge the official journal in French
- The Euro - information from the Government on
the introduction of the single currency
- Supreme Administrative Court - homepage of the Conseil d'État, with some info in English, and a searchable database in French and Dutch only
- Droit et Nouvelles Technologies - a guide in French to Belgian and international legal internet resources
- Law and Internet - guide in English to Belgian Resources (from University of Antwerp)
- Regulation of the Legal Profession - a collection of the regulations relating to lawyers' freedom to provide services under EU Law in Belgium (from Institute of European Law, Uni. Birmingham)
- Guide to Law Online - list of useful Belgian links
(from Law Library of Congress in US)
- Foreign Ministry - server in English with wide range of links on Finland, and
the latest news and press releases
- Parliament - server in Finnish, but offering some information on the Parliament in
English
- The Constitution - full English text, also with those of some
major laws (from Uni. Wuerzburg)
- Regulation of the Legal Profession - a collection of the regulations relating to lawyers' freedom to provide services under EU Law in Finland (from Institute of European Law, Uni. Birmingham)
- Guide to Law Online - list of useful Finnish links
(from Law Library of Congress in US)
- Business Guide - in zip format for PC and Macintosh (index from Hieros Gamos)
N.B. See our French Service on this server for a wide range of information and links in French.
- Government - latest news and detailed information on
France and government activities in English, on Foreign Ministry's server
- The Prime Minister - homepage in English offering
information on the major institutions, the government, and France in General
- The Senate - homepage, with wide range of information in English
- National Assembly - homepage in French only
- The Constitution - full English text (from Uni. Wuerzburg)
- L'Internet Juridique - a server offering articles in English and French on
Information Technology Law in France
- Regulation of the Legal Profession - a collection of the regulations relating to lawyers' freedom to provide services under EU Law in France (from Institute of European Law, Uni. Birmingham)
- Guide to Law Online - list of useful French links
(from Law Library of Congress in US)
- Other French Servers - detailed index in English of the most important WWW
servers in France (from Adminet)
See separate index on this server.
- The Government - server in English with links to the main ministries
and institutions, and regularly updated news
- Irish Politics - comprehensive index of political links (from University College Dublin)
- The Constitution - full English text (from Uni.Wuerzburg)
- Irish Law - homepage with a wide variety of legal links (from
Regional Technical College Tallaght)
- Regulation of the Legal Profession - a collection of the regulations relating
to lawyers' freedom to provide services under EU Law in Ireland (from Institute of European Law, Uni. Birmingham)
- Irish Law from Kieron Wood - lawyer's
homepage, offering various resources
- The Government - server in Swedish only, with wide range of information (English pages
under construction)
- The Constitution - full English text, and those of some other
important laws, with background (from Uni. Wuerzburg)
- Swedish Information Service - providing information on the country
in English, from the Consulate General in New York
- Regulation of the Legal Profession - a collection of the regulations relating to lawyers' freedom to provide services under EU Law in Sweden (from Institute of European Law, Uni. Birmingham)
- Guide to Law Online - list of useful Swedish links
(from Law Library of Congress in US)
- Business Guide - in zip format for PC and Macintosh (index from Hieros Gamos)
- Other links - index in Swedish and English of other
general and law-related links (from The Swedish Page)
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
- The Government - server with access to ministries, other institutions, and documents, regularly updated with all the latest news
- The Monarchy - information on HM The Queen and her family
- The Houses of Parliament - homepage with information on both the House of
Commons and the House of Lords, their publications, debates, committees and members
PRIMARY LEGAL RESOURCES
- House of Lords - includes official texts of judgements from the country's highest legal body since 14 November
1996
- British Statutes on the Internet - brief background on the copyright issues, with
links to HMSO's database of statutes on the WWW (SAARBRÜCKEN)
ONLINE JOURNALS
LAW SCHOOLS
OTHER LEGAL RESOURCES
SCOTLAND
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The Scots Law Site - general information about the Legal system in Scotland - courts,
education, influence of English Law
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Cullen Report - full report of the The Public Enquiry into the Shootings at Dunblane Primary School on 13th March 1996
- Scottish Council for Civil Liberties - offering information, links, and some publications online
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Scottish Parliament - official site, offering information updates on the devolution process
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Scottish Office - of the British Government, offers news, reports, legal texts
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'Scottish Hyperlinks Case' - a summary by Cecilia Parker of the interim judgement, with links to the relevant sites (SAARBRÜCKEN)
NORTHERN IRELAND
See Law and Politics in Belarus on this server for information on the country in English.
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The Constitution - full text in English (from Uni. Würzburg)
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Hungarian Embassy in Washington - offers general information and some news
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Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Case - information on the legal battle of Hungary and Slovakia at the International Court of Justice in the Hague (from ministry of Foreign Affairs)
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Parliament - information mostly in Hungarian, but some in English
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Trademark Act - detailed summary in English of the provisions, which came into force on 1 July 1997 (from S.B.G.& K. Patent and Law Office)
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Guide to Law Online - useful variety of Hungary links (from Law Library of Congress)
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Codified Laws - over 80 statutes in full text, in Hungarian only
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Legal Sites - a large index in English, but sites mostly in Hungarian
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More legal sites - index including some English articles (from House of Representatives Internet Law Library)
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The Constitution - full text in English (Dept. of Foreign Affairs)
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The Constitution - full text in Norwegian (Cern)
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ODIN - the Government's main server, includes:-
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Stortinget - homepage of the Norwegian Parliament, with introductory information in English
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Norwegian Resources - good starting point to find legal, political, financial and news sites (University of Tromso)
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Public Documents - a wide range available in Norwegian (University of Oslo)
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International Trade Law - a large variety of legal texts and articles, and links to other sites (University of Tromso)
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Norway Online Information Service - cultural and political information, and news available (Norwegian Embassy, Washington)
- Business Guide - in zip format for PC and Macintosh (index from Hieros Gamos)
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Kopinor - homepage dedicated to copyright in Norway, includes articles in English
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Statutes - texts available in Norwegian (University of Oslo)
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Statutes - texts on gopher (Project Runeberg)
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General Information - details on the country (World Factbook)
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The Constitution - text in English, not fully up to date (from Uni. Würzburg)
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The Constitution - full text in German (from Government server)
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Federal Administration - the main Government server, multilingual, including:-
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Federal Assembly - homepage of the Swiss Parliament, with wide range of materials in French and German
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SwissLawNet - a detailed site in German, with English pages under construction, including legislative texts
and court decisions
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Rechtsinformationen Online - in German, French and Italian, offering databank of decisions from the Swiss Federal Court and from the European Court of Justice (from Eurospider)
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Legal Research Center - continually expanding pages, with indexes of Swiss and international links
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Swiss Law & IT Web - a fairly small project with some articles and news on computer and internet law in Switzerland
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung - up to date online service providing Swiss and international news in English
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The Swiss Embassy in London - homepage with general information on the country, including business and news
- World Legal History - a detailed account of the historical development of
the law (from World Wide Legal Information Association)
- Ancient Law - the full text of Henry Sumner Maine's book available on the WWW (from McMaster Uni., Canada)
- The Nuremberg Trial - an impressive archive in English with background
information on the famous war crimes tribunal of 1945, and transcripts available for downloading (from Court TV)
- War Crimes: American Prosecutions of Nazi Military Officers - by Matthew Lippman (from Touro Law Center)
- Roman Law - project offering original Latin texts
which have formed the basis of many European legal systems
- Roman Law Resources - offering full texts and a broad range of related links (from
University of Aberdeen)
Please mail any suggestions or comments to David Thorneloe (dj.thorneloe@rz.uni-sb.de).