Title: Bereichsbibliothek Rechtswissenschaft: eine Auswahl rechtswissenschaftlicher Datenbanken im Internet

Source/Sponsoring Agency: Universitat Mannheim. Bereichsbibliothek Rechtswissenschaft

URL: http://www.bib.uni-mannheim.de/bib/jura/db-verz.shtml

Date Checked: 7/30/2008      Status: Inactive

Date Annotated: 4/16/1998

Topics: Foreign Law; International Law; International Trade

Other keywords: Germany; University of Mannheim

Contents: The library at the University of Mannheim compiled this impressive compendium of links to legal websites, with brief annotations. Much of the website is in German, but since it includes North American and European sites, some of the sites pertaining to European countries are in English. The German section covers statutory and case law, government, and some provincial web pages. This section also has topical divisions (e.g. business and finance, patents, intellectual property,criminal law, including the newly revised German criminal code). The U.S. section is quite extensive and includes links to federal and state law sites, legal resources, the American Society of International Law and the like. Other countries covered are Great Britain, Ireland, France, the Netherland,s Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Canada, China, Japan, and Australia. There are also international sites listed, e.g. the European Union, United Nations, and topical sections on human rights, public international law, international private law, and electronic commerce. For researchers with an interest in international law as well as German law, this is certainly a useful resource to use as an Internet gateway.

Author of Annotation: Anne Carson