useful links
Sources of (commercial) law
- Supranational sources & materials
- EU - European Union
EC Directives & Regulations - Company Law and Corporate Governance
EJN - European Judicial Network
CENTRAL - Lex Mercatoria Principles - Transnational Law Digest & Bibliography
ICC - Int'l Chamber of Commerce
law.texts - Lex Mercatoria Law Sites
law-net.eu
FindLaw LawCrawler - Law, Lawyer, Lawyers. Attorney, Attorneys
LLRX -- Revised Guide to International Trade Law Sources on the Internet
Common Core - Unexpected Circumstances
- The Netherlands
Rechtspraak.nl
wetten.nl - Dutch Statutes & Regulations
Overheid.nl - overzichtspagina NL
Overheid.nl - Wetgeving & Kamerstukken
Wetgeving Actueel JWB
Recht4all - Nederlandse wetgevingMinisterie van Financiën - Financiële markten
Ministerie van VROM - Home
Ministerie van Economische Zaken - Onderwerpen
Ministerie van Justitie - Wetgeving
Ministerie van Justitie - Herziening B.V.-recht
- UK / England / Great Britain
- Germany
Companies Register - Handelsregister DE
Der Bundesgerichtshof
Statutes - Bundesgesetzblatt 1990 ff. - Systematik des Bundesrechts
BGB - English translation German Civil Code
HGB - German Commercial Code (in German)
GmbHG - GmbH Act (in German)
GWB - German Competition law Act (in German)
BGB - German Civil Code (in German)
Der virtuelle Rechtsvergleicher
- France
Infogreffe - Trade and Companies Register - Commercial Court Registry
Journal Officiel - Accueil (législation)
Legifrance - Service public de l'accès au droit
Cour de cassation
Assemblée nationale - Les députés, le vote de la loi, le Parlement français
Sénat français - Accueil
Juriforum - Accueil
Jurispedia - Overview France
- Belgium
- Switzerland
- USA
FindLaw - Cases and Codes
State laws (by jurisdiction) - Cornell Law School
LII (federal law) - Cornell Law School
UCC - Uniform Commercial Code (black letter texts)
Findlaw - topics
EDGAR-Online
SEC Info - SEC filings
Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School
Jurispedia, the shared law - Home
Fields of law
- Intellectual property law (IPR)
WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization
Landon IP Intellogist - Online patent community services
IP-search - Everything from Patents and Trademarks
Trilateral - Patent laws of EU, USA & Japan
esp@cenet - European Patent Office - Search
FreePatentsOnline - Patent Search
Google Patent Search
OAMI - EU Trademark and Designs - filing and registrations
BOIP - Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
US Copyright Office
US Patent and Trademark Office
US Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
- Competition law
- Securities law
- Corporate governance
CorpGov.net - Corporate Governance website
ECGI - European Corporate Governance Institute
Encycogov - Encyclopedia on Corporate Governance
ICAEW - Corporate Governance Links & Reading Lists
ICC - Corporate Governance webpage
ICGN - Int'l Corporate Governance Network
OECD - Corporate Governance
GCGF - World Bank + Int'l Finance Corporation
Eumedion - Corporate Governance Handboek
NL - Commissie Corporate Governance
- Intellectual property law (IPR)
- Private international law (conflicts of law, international jurisdiction)
Hague Conference PIL - HCCH
UNCITRAL
CISG - Vienna Convention 1980 - Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
UNCITRAL case law database (incl. CISG - Vienna Convention 1980)
UNCITRAL - Endorsed texts
Private international law database (grouped by category - in French, by Prof. Johan Erauw)
Lex Mercatoria - Private international (commercial) law texts (grouped by category)
- Arbitration and dispute settlement
ICC - Dispute Resolution Services
NAI - Nederlands Arbitrage Instituut
LCIA - London Court of International Arbitration
Swiss Chambers of Commerce Arbitration
SCC - Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
DIS - German Institution of Arbitration
AAA - American Arbitration Association
CIETAC - China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
SIAC - Singapore International Arbitration Centre
JCAA - Japan Commercial Arbitration Association
IAMA - Australia Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia
CEDR - Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution
UNCITRAL - International Commercial Arbitration & Conciliation
WIPO - Arbitration and Mediation Center
ICSID - International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Customs, import and export
Financial and accounting
- Accounting principles
- Credit rating agencies
- Stock exchanges
- Accounting firms
Professional associations
- General
IBA - International Bar Association
ECLA - European Company Lawyers Association
ICSA - (UK) Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
AFJE - (FR) Association Fran�aise des Juristes d'Entreprise
NGB - (NL) Nederlands Genootschap Bedrijfsjuristen
Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) - The In-house Counsel Bar Association
Australian Corporate Lawyers Association - A voice for In-house Corporate and Government Lawyers
BUSINESSEUROPE - Home
VNO-NCW - dossiers alfabetisch
De Baak - Management Centrum VNO-NCW
NCD - NL Centrum Directeuren en Commissarissen
SMO - Stichting Maatschappij en Onderneming
AIGI - Associazione italiana giuristi di impresa
Regulatory institutions
- General
AFM - Autoriteit Financiële Markten
European Commission - Internal Market - Company law and Corporate Governance
Internal Market - Securities and Investment Funds - Transparency obligations of traded companies
Min. van Financiën - Financiële markten
Belastingdienst
SEC - U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
CESR - Committee of European Securities Regulators
- Securities & shareholder-related institutions
Communicatiekanaal Aandeelhouders
Eumedion - Institutional Investors Representative Organisation
PIRC
Riskmetrics
CalPERS On-Line
VEB - Vereniging van Effectenbezitters
Deminor.be
Euronext.com - Home
Euronext - AEX Companies
EDGAR - SEC Company Search
ISS - Institutional Shareholder Services - Proxy Voting & Corporate Governance Solutions
CII - Council of Institutional Investors
AMF - France, Autorité des marchés financiers
Solutions for legal departments
- General
PLAIN - Plain Language Network - Legal
EU English Style guide (pdf)
EU plain language initiative (Fight the fog)
English Style Guide - European Commission - A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission
SEC - A Plain English Handbook - How to create clear SEC disclosure documents
AdamsDrafting
Corporate Counsel
Voxius - A leading legal recruiter providing permanent recruitment solutions
Richard Susskind - Specialist in the use of IT by lawyers
Law Department Management - Rees Morrison