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LL.M. in European and International Business Law

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INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND OTHER NORMATIVE LEGAL SOURCES,

COURT DECISIONS, ARBITRAL AWARDS AND OTHER CASE LAW

COLLECTIONS OF JURISPRUDENCE AND OTHER LEGAL WRITINGS

 

ALBERT H. KRITZER

CISG DATABASE

ˇ         Different language versions of the United Nation's Convention for Contracts on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and status information. Extensive legislative history, Advisory-Council opinions, guides, contract drafting instructions, etc. The text of antacedent sales laws (ULIS and ULFIS).

ˇ         Over 2500 court decisions and arbitral awards about the CISG, over 10.000 annotations, drafts, various search facilities.

ˇ         About 1500 online scholarly writings about the CISG. A CISG bibliography of about 10.000 citations.

ˇ         Database maintained by Pace Law School, Institute of International Commercial Law, New York

CLOUT

ˇ         Over 1200 cases on a number of UNCITRAL (United Nation's Commission on International Trade Law) conventions and model laws. Case abstracts, annotations and digests. Search forms by various criteria. Database in 6 languages.

ˇ         Extensive related bibliography since 1968 in 6 languages.

ˇ         Database maintaned by UNCITRAL  Secretariat (Vienna, Austria).

CMR DATABASE

ˇ         Different language versions of the CMR (Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road) and its protocols.

ˇ         Over 2500 court decisions about the CMR. Cases are annotated and searchable according to various criteria.

ˇ         An extensive bibliography and coverage of CMR-related legal writings.

ˇ         Database maintained by UNIDROIT (International Institut for the Unification of Private Law, Rome, Italy) and IDIT (Institut du Droit International des Transports, Rouen, France).

CONCURRENCES

ˇ         Competition law and antitrust database and encyclopedia. Online journal and extensive case law collection. Access to 3000+ articles on 30 national competition regimes in Europe.

ˇ         Database maintained by the international network and think-tank Institute of Competition Law.

COMPETITION

  • Comprehensive collection by the DG Competition of the Commission of the European Union.
  • Legislation, cases, publications in connection with antitrust, cartels, mergers, liberalisation, state aid, etc.

COTIF DATABASE

ˇ         Different language versions of the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) and its annexes and protocols. Status information, official documents, reports, working documents.

ˇ         A collection of case law relating to the COTIF.

ˇ         Database maintained by the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF, Berne, Switzerland).

CPI

ˇ         Competition Policy International: online journals, e-books and other resources on competition law.

CURIA

ˇ         Compehensive database of the case-law of the Court of the European Union (Court of Justice, General Court, Civil Service Tribunal). Judgments and opinions in the languages of the Member States of the EU. Search engine on cases entered into the European Court Reports since 1954. Case summaries and digests are provided. Comments and annotations-

ˇ         Database maintained by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

DEC.NAT

ˇ         Over 26,600 references to national decisions (case-law) concerning Community law from 1959 up to the present day. References to annotations and comments in books and articles related to national decisions and judgements delivered under the preliminary ruled procedure by the Court of Justice of the European Union. Search engine.

ˇ         Database maintained by the Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union i.n.p.a. (Brussels, Belgium)

EUR-LEX

ˇ         Access to the official journal of the European Union in electronic format. Legislation, information and notices since 1952. Access to all forms of legislation of the EU, including preparatory acts. A selection of case law. Database in official languages of the EU.

ˇ         Database maintained by the Publications Office of the European Union.

HCCH DATABASE

ˇ         The Hague Conference on Private International Law conventions collection (39 conventions). Convention texts in several languages, status information, legislative history,  application guides, citation of related case law, bibliography per instrument, HCCH publications relating to the instruments.

ˇ         Extensive sections with additional souces on a number of highlighted subject areas in private international law.

ˇ         Database maintained by the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

ICSID DATABASE

ˇ         The ICSID (International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes) Convention, Regulation and Rules, status information, incorporating measures by the contracting states, model clauses, etc.

ˇ         Bilateral investment treaty listing collection.

ˇ         ICSID on-line case-law collection.

ˇ         Searchable bibliography.

ˇ         Database maintained by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.

JOURNAL OF ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT

ˇ         Online journal on public and private competition law enforcement, at both domestic and international levels.

KLUWER ARBITRATION

ˇ         The text of about 25 international conventions on arbitration and their protocols, and the national laws relating to commercial arbitration all over the World. It also lists all bi-lateral investment treaties per country.

ˇ         About 20 international commercial arbitral institutions with their rules, model clauses and a selection of their awards. A list of all major arbitral institutions with the same data in all countries.

ˇ         An extensive section on the case-law of the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.

ˇ         Access to the on-line editions of 8 journals specializing in international commercial arbitration. A rich bibliography in connection with international commercial arbitration.

ˇ         Database maintained by Kluwer Law International BV.

UNALEX

ˇ         Different language versions of a number of European civil procedural and private international law instruments.

ˇ         Over 3000 court decisions of Member State courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union with drafts, keywords and search facilities on instruments of European civil procedural law and European private international law.

ˇ         On-line commentary on the Brussels I Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters).
Database Maintained by IPR Verlag GmbH, Munich, Germany.

UNCITRAL TEXTS DATABASE

ˇ         Texts (conventions, model laws, recommmendations, guides, etc.) in 6 languages adopted by UNCITRAL (United Nation's Commission on International Commercial Law), grouped by subject matter. Related official documents (status information, legislative history, working documents, reports, colloquia and conference materials,  etc.)

ˇ         Comprehensive case law studies on UNCITRAL documents digested by UNCITRAL.

ˇ         Extensive related bibliography since 1968.

ˇ         Database maintaned by UNCITRAL  Secretariat (Vienna, Austria).

UNIDROIT INSTRUMENTS DATABASE

ˇ         The text of all instruments (conventions and protocols, model laws, principles, guides) adopted by UNIDROIT. Texts in different languages and status information. Extensive legislative history, commentaries, preparatory work, reports, related conference materials. Blibliography per instrument.

ˇ         Database maintained by UNIDROIT (International Institut for the Unification of Private Law, Rome, Italy)

UNILAW

ˇ         Az extensive collection of international instruments - mostly conventions; others include model laws, principles and other lex mercatoria - adopted by UNIDROIT and other international organizations. The instruments are grouped into 42 different subject areas, most of them being commercial law-related or international procedure. Conventions include status information and most of them are available in all official languages. One of the strongers collection of international transport law conventions.

ˇ         Database maintained by UNIDROIT (International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, Rome, Italy).

UNILEX

ˇ         Text and status of the United Nation's Convention for Contracts on the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Text of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts and the 2010 Official Comments.

ˇ         About 900 court decisions and arbitral awards relating to the CISG. About 150 court decisions and arbitral awards on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts. Both databases are annotated with case drafts searchable according to various criteria.

ˇ         Extensive bibliography covering hunders of writings on both the CISG and the UNIDROIT Principles.

ˇ         Database maintained by UNIDROIT (International Institut for the Unification of Private Law, Rome, Italy).

WIPO ADR DATABASE

ˇ         A selection of the 31.000+ proceedings initiated with the Domain Name Dispute Resolution System of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Cases and decisions in searchable format, arbitration and mediation rules and statistics.

ˇ         Database maintained by the Arbitration and Mediation Center of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)

WTO DOCUMENTS DATABASE

ˇ         A comprehensive collection of WTO documents, including treaties and ancilliary materials, official documents, NGO documents and position papers addressed to the WTO, etc.. The database includes a unique collection of about 51.000 official documents issued under the GATT-era (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs, 1947-1995).

ˇ         Database maintained by the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization

WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DATABASE

ˇ         A searchable collection of all cases brought into WTO (World Trade Organization) dispute settlement. Case summaries are provided. Includes pre-WTO cases as well.

ˇ         Database maintained by the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

(and specialized agencies of the UN)

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

EU

The European Union

HCCH

Hague Conference on Private International Law

ICC

International Chamber of Commerce

ICL

Institute of Competition Law

ICN

International Competition Network

IDIT

Institut du Droit International des Transports

IMF

International Monetary Fund

LIDC

International League of Competition Law

OAS

Organization of American States

OECD

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

OTIF

Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail

UNCITRAL

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNIDROIT

International Institute for the Unification of Private Law

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

WORLD BANK

The World Bank

WTO

World Trade Organization

MISCELLANEOUS OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES

ANTITRUST PROF BLOG

ˇ         Open discussion of competition law issues, free articles on competition law and policy

KLUWER COMPETITION LAW BLOG

ˇ         Opinions, comments and discussion of the latest deveopments and significant cases in competition law

LL.M. GUIDE

ˇ         Master of Laws (LL.M. - Legum Magister) programs worldwide. LL.M. programs by geographic regions, countries and subject matter. Evaluation and ratings. Contains over 700 programs.

ˇ         Database maintained by Pritzwalks GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany

VERSENYJOG.COM

ˇ         The Competition Law Research Center is organized within the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Hungary. A collection of articles, conference and training announcements, blog, etc.

THE WILLEM C. VIS MOOT

ˇ         Official home-page of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

ˇ         Site maintained by Organisation and Promotion of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and the Insitute of International Commercial Law at Pace University, School of Law, New York.