CIEL - Center for International Environmental Law
URL: http://www.igc.org/ciel/

The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a non-profit, public interest law firm. Founded in 1989 and dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to environmental problems, CIEL directs a research and teaching program at The American University College of Law and participates in a number of collaborative projects worldwide. CIEL's main program areas, all prominently featured on its web site with full-text project descriptions, include the Global Commons, Biodiversity and Wildlife, Trade and Environment, International Financial Institutions, and Law and Communities. The site also has a searchable North American Environmental Law Database with summaries of environmental law in Canada, Mexico, and the United States available in French, Spanish, and English. Numerous links to other environmental law resources, as well as information on its educational activities (e.g., internships and fellowships) and publications make this a content-rich site for anyone interested in environmental concerns.

 

Electronic Court Filing Project
URL: http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/gsuecp/

The Electronic Court Filing Project is a research partnership between Georgia State University's College of Law and College of Business' Center for Digital Commerce. Funded by the Georgia Courts Automation Commission pursuant to Georgia's Electronic Records and Signatures Act (1997), the Project's research focuses on the legal, technical, and policy implications of digital signature technology. The Project's web site contains a number of working papers on electronic court filing and related issues, including draft amendments to the Electronic Records and Signatures Act. The Project also sponsors a Digital Signature Task Force Mailing List and a Legal XML Workgroup Discussion List, with subscription details on the site, for anyone interested in the development and implementation of such technologies.

 

ICSID - International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
URL: http://www.worldbank.org/icsid/

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) was established in 1966 under the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States. An autonomous international organization, ICSID "provides facilities for the conciliation and arbitration of disputes between member countries and investors who qualify as nationals of other member countries." Since 1978, ICSID has had a set of "Additional Facility Rules" authorizing the ICSID Secretariat to "administer certain types of proceedings between States and foreign nationals which fall outside the scope of the Convention." The Centre's Website includes an informative "About ICSID" section explaining the history and objectives of the organization. Other sections of the site feature "ICSID Basic Documents," "ICSID Cases," "ICSID Publications" (includes an extensive bibliography), "Bilateral Investment Treaties" (not the texts of the treaties themselves, but a listing of countries and dates on which treaties were signed and entered into force), and "News from ICSID" (published twice yearly). Although lacking a search engine, the site is well-organized and easy to navigate.

 

Juriscom.net
URL: http://www.juriscom.net/

The site offers an English description of itself, but otherwise is entirely in French. Juriscom began in 1998 and is mainly the work of four attorneys and a graduate student in Montreal. It provides a good source of cyberspace law in French in the Canadian and French jurisdictions. The authors provide articles (theirs and others), press and case summaries (French and Canadian) pertaining to law and the Internet. The site is easily navigable. It is well maintained and the coverage of the topic is broad.

 

National Association of Attorneys General
URL: http://www.naag.org/

The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) has a very attractive and easy-to-use homepage which will appeal to members of NAAG, legal researchers and the general public. NAAG's mission is to facilitate interaction between and the enhanced performance of its 56 members. To this end, the web site provides a section entitled "Attorneys General in the News," which provides extensive coverage of recent news items regarding the activities of various states' attorneys general. There are several sections that are for NAAG members only, as well, such as the "Violence Against Women Project." For the consumer, the site offers numerous articles on consumer fraud and scams, and a searchable database that provides information on contacting the visitor's own state attorney general. In the database, each Attorney General has a web site and extensive bibliography, along with a mailing address and phone numbers. There is a very well-written FAQ entitled "The Work of Attorneys General," which explains, in plain English, what attorneys general do, how they are elected, and how long they serve. NAAG's "State Constitutional Law Bulletin" is available from this site, and its archive goes back to Volume 12, No. 1 (October 1998). The site has a simple search engine available from the main page, but no information regarding how frequently it is updated.

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InSITE contributors: A. Carson, J. Luke, J. Pajerek, D. Smith, B. Whittington.

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