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A-Z list of all e-journals available at Hebrew University through the SFX link server.   Available to the Hebrew University community ONLY.

Electronic journal subscriptions of the Israel University libraries: alphabetical title or subject area list of journals (includes law) available full-text.  Most of the full-text journals are accessible from campuses ONLY.

Subject, journal title, or "Source List" keyword search of American, Canadian and selected European legal journals; full-text.  Available to the Hebrew University community ONLY.

American, Canadian and selected European legal journals; full-text.  Available to the Hebrew University community ONLY.

Largely bibliographic database, though some abstracts and full-text are included, of legal periodical publications from the United States, British Commonwealth, European Union and International Law.  Available to the Hebrew University community ONLY.

Multilingual index database to articles and book reviews appearing in approximately 520 legal journals covering all jurisdictions other than the United States, the U.K., Canada, and  Australia.  Accessible from Hebrew University Law Library homepage ONLY.

Retrospective collection of more than 800 journal titles available in full-text. Additional sources included: Federal Register, treaties and agreements library, U.S. Federal History Legislative library,  U.S. Statutes at Large,  U.S. Supreme Court library.  Available to the Hebrew University community ONLY.

Free, web-based service offering two search capabilities.  Search by abbreviation OR title of publication for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law. A selection of abbreviations for major foreign language law publications is also included. The database mainly covers law reports and law periodicals, but some legislative publications and major textbooks are also included.

Australian Commonwealth, State & Territory case law, decisions from Australian Commonwealth courts and tribunals, and state and territory supreme courts.  Accessible from campuses ONLY [subscription database].

AustLII: commonwealth, state & territory case law and legislation, Australian journals and special databases including Australian human rights law, Law Reform Commission documents, treaties library, etc.

 All available English, Scottish, and Northern Ireland cases since 1865-  .  Accessible from campuses ONLY [subscription database].

Lexis has three points of entry into Canadian primary sources.  Contains all available reported and unreported full text judgments from Canadian courts and tribunals. Canadian legislative materials allows full-text, up-to-date searching of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada and the Consolidated Regulations of Canada at one time.  The Canadian Statutes & Regulations allows full-text, up-to-date searching of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada by itself or the statutes and regulations of three Canadian Provinces: Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.  Accessible from campuses ONLY  [subscription database].  

Canadian Legal Information Institute

CanLII: primary legal documents (case law and legislation) accessible by jurisdiction and type.  Dates of  coverage depend on the title and source.  

Legifrance

Includes English translation. LEGIFRANCE wishes to point out that only the French versions of the texts published in the Official Journal have legal force
and that the translations are provided for information purposes only

LexisNexis

Judicial opinions addressing the interaction between law and religion..

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World Law Index is part of the AustLII database.  Provides links to foreign law by country name, type of legal resource, and subjects.  

Cornell Law School developed the "original" LII:  the collection of world legal materials gathers, country by country, continent by continent,  Internet- accessible sources of  constitutions, statutes, judicial opinions, and related legal material from around the globe.  Also provides links to portals and organizations which link to international materials.

Includes comparative guides/multiple country resource links and links by country name.

Links to U.S. and foreign constitutional resources, many in English translation, as well as case reports, books, journals, articles, and current commentary on constitutional law. Also includes links to research centers and organizations, listservs and newsgroups on the subject.

Supreme Court cases, full-text from 1970- ;other courts from 1985- (Hebrew & English)  

Links to full-text of all contentious case judgments and summaries of advisory opinions referred to the Court since 1946.  Also links to basic documents of the court such as statutes and rules.    

Proceedings and judgments, full-text, from case no.1- .

Official site of the court. Judgments will be posted when court begins to hear/decide cases. Basic documents of the court available full-text. Additionally, the official UN site for the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court links to relevant documentation leading to the establishment of the court and ratification status information on the Rome Statute.

All judgments of the Tribunal, full-text.  Also accessible on the site: basic legal documents for the Tribunal, indictments and proceedings, and press releases.   

HUDOC is the database of the ECHR containing the full text of all judgments of the Court, decisions and reports of the Commission and resolutions of the Council of Ministers from the beginning (1959) until the present.

All judgments of the Court from 1994- , full-text.  Also accessible on the site: basic legal documents for the Tribunal, pending cases, and press releases.

Basic documents relevant to the Court including statute and rules (English), case law series A - E (judgments, pleadings and provisional measures in English and Spanish), annual reports from 1996- (English and Spanish), press releases from 1998- (English) and other relevant documents (Spanish only).  All available full-text.

Dispute case documents and rulings (where applicable), full-text from 1995- 

A comprehensive online search service linking to full text of environmental treaties and  providing information about national resource indicators.

The portal to European Union law:  access to the Official Journal (from 1998), treaties, legislation, legislation in preparation, case law (European Court of Justice 1954-), parliamentary questions and documents of public interest.  

Full text of legislation as published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, Series L (legislative) and C (communications).  Also allows searching of EU Parliamentary Questions, abstracts of EU preparatory acts, EU treaties and national provisions  implementing directives.  Does not give access to case law of the European Court of Justice.  Accessible from campuses ONLY [subscription database].

Comprehensive listing of electronic resources for human rights including primary and secondary sources, and research guides and bibliographies. Links to:  United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; United Nations Treaty Collection [accessible from Hebrew University Law Library ONLY]; University of Minnesota Human Rights Library;  the Tufts University Multilaterals Project; European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter; Council of Europe treaties and the European Court of Human Rights-HUDOC; International Humanitarian Law (IHL) database and many other sources of full-text documentation.

The Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA) database is a unique international electronic archive of intellectual property legislation. This tool provides easy access to multilateral treaties and to the intellectual property laws of a wide range of countries, some in English translation.

An excellent resource for full-text documents in law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government from pre-18^thcentury to the present.  In addition, there are  links to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.

HUDOC is the database of the ECHR containing the full text of all judgments of the Court, decisions and reports of the Commission and resolutions of the Council of Ministers from the beginning (1959) until the present.

Full text of legislation as published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, Series L (legislative) and C (communications).  Also allows searching of EU Parliamentary Questions, abstracts of EU preparatory acts, EU treaties and national provisions  implementing directives.  Does not give access to case law of the European Court of Justice.  Accessible from campuses ONLY [subscription database].

Links to full-text of all contentious case judgments and summaries of advisory opinions referred to the Court since 1946.  Also links to basic documents of the court such as statutes and rules.    

This collection contains the UN Treaty Series which includes texts of over 50,000 bilateral and multilateral treaties and the UN Treaty Series Cumulative Index, and gives access to the Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the UN Secretary-General and the League of Nations Treaty Series, the texts of treaties published in the 205 volume hardbound series, c.1920-1946. (Hebrew version of UN treaties is given where available).  Accessible from Hebrew University Mt. Scopus campus ONLY [subscription database].