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Courts and Caselaw
Links from WorldLII
The World Law Guide – Courts/Cases
Pick a country and this will link you to available courts/cases.
Belgian Supreme Administrative Court
About the Court, fulltext search on the decrees of the Supreme Administrative Court, Virtual Tour of the Court and links.
CanLII
Links to federal and provincial courts
Supreme Court of Canada
Information about the Court, link to judgments, services and information for parties and counsel, research information, services and information for the media, and a "what's new" section. Also available in French.
Supreme Court of Canada - Judgments
Contains press releases, recent judgments, weekly bulletins (from 1994) and fully searchable judgments from 1989.
Alberta Courts
Court of Appeal, Court of Queen’s Bench, Provincial Court, Search Judgment Database, and court services.
British Columbia Superior Courts
Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, information (about the superior courts, search the reasons for judgment database and more), legal compendium, links
European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance
Includes Introduction to the Institution, Texts relating to the institution, Judicial statistics, publications, general information, diary, press releases, cases lodged, recent case law and proceedings.
European Court of Human Rights
General Information, Pending Cases, Judgments and Decisions, Basic Texts and Press Releases. In English and French.
Supreme Court of India
This site includes the following sections: early history, inauguration, constitution, jurisdictions, binding nature of orders and judgments, judgments on TV, our services, Indian law, Queries relating to Indian law and legal links
Indian Courts
Links to Indian Courts and information about the Indian Judiciary
IrelandCourts Service of Ireland
Information about the courts, procedures, various documents and plenty more.
Supreme Court of Japan
Available in English or Japanese – the site provides an overview of the judicial system, a virtual tour of the Supreme Court, a guide to Court procedure and prominent judgments of the Supreme Court (the Japanese version appears to contain more).
Guide to Lithuanian Courts
Part of an LLRX article by Elona Norvaisaite entitled A Guide to the Lithuanian Legal System on 17 December 2001. Includes links to Courts and information about them.
The Judicial System of the Republic of Lithuania
Useful guide provided in English by the Department of Courts at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania
Includes Information about the Constitutional Court; Rulings, decisions and conclusions of the Constitutional Court; Statistics on petitions and inquiries received at the Constitutional Court from 1993 until 1 December 2001; Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania (translation by the Seimas (Parliament)) and Law on the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania (translation by the Seimas (Parliament)); Publications of the Constitutional Court and Links
The Malaysian Judiciary
About the Malaysian Judiciary, members of the judiciary, the building, addresses of courts, jurisdiction of courts, the federal court library, speeches and links to world courts.
Supreme Court of the Philippines
List of Supreme Court Justices, Court circulars and contact details.
Philippine Supreme Court Decisions
Sponsored by Chan Robles Law Firm - contains decisions from 1901
Supreme Court of Russia (in Russian)
The Scottish Courts Web Site
Court of Sessions, High Court of Justiciary, Sheriff Courts, District Courts, Court Groups, Scottish Court Service, Court Locations, Leaflets and Publications, Court Opinions and Links
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia
Includes the constitution, the constitutional court act, rules of procedure, composition of the court, case law, statistics, links to other sites and more.
Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia
Supreme Court of Singapore
Information about the organisation, policies and procedures, hearings, computerisation, history, media releases, announcements, court charter and speeches of the Chief Justice.
Constitutional Court of South Africa
Latest Constitutional Court decisions, archive of decisions and search options, jurisdiction in Constitutional cases, contact details, general information, the Constitution as the Supreme Law, other bodies for protecting human rights, how cases reach the court, co-operation with Parliament and provincial assemblies, proceedings in court, sessions of the court, information about Judges of the Court and judicial service commission interviews.
The Land Claims Court of South Africa
Judgments available in name or date order. Also includes information about the Court (including contact information, the Restitution of Land Rights Act, The Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act 3 of 1996, the Extension of Security of Tenure Act, Judges of the Court, Sessions of the Court, Rules of the Land Claims Court and Practice Directions
Labour Courts of South Africa
Judgments from 1998-1999 available
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court
In English, German, French and Italian. Contains the Court’s constitutional position in historical perspective; the seat of the Court; the Judges, their background and their assignment; the Court’s process of decision making; the clerks and the personal assistants of the judges; the Federal Supreme Court as a polyglot institution; the Court’s administration and decisions of the Court. This site also contains information about the Federal Insurance Court.
The Supreme Court of Trinidad and Topago
Contains information on Trinidad and Topago, the Administration of Justice, the Judiciary, Supreme Court News, Orders and Rules, Judgments (Court of Appeal from 1997), Court Lists and a Law Library page (with collection information, publications, links and plenty more).
House of Lords Judgments
Contains information on the Judicial work of the House of Lords and judgments delivered since 14 November 1996.
The Court Service Website
Information about various UK courts.
Employment Appeal Tribunal (UK)
Information about the tribunal, cause lists, judgments (searchable), forum and questions and contact details
National Center for State Courts
Links to State Courts and judgments
US Federal Courts Home Page
The Federal Judiciary Home Page. Includes information about the US Courts, Publications and Directories, Newsroom, Federal Judiciary Channel, "What's New", frequently asked questions, for public review, links, search, employment opportunities. It provides links to all the court home pages throughout the US.
Understanding the Federal Courts
US - PDF book - 4 pages divided into various useful sections
US Supreme Court Decisions (at Findlaw)
This searchable database enables you to do citation searches (ie, 410 US 113), party name searches or full-text searches of decisions from 1893. Also contains links to annotated US Constitution and other Supreme Court resources.
Court of Appeal Judgments at Findlaw
Decisions of all Circuit Courts can be found at Findlaw. This site also has materials for other courts. Circuit decisions can be browed or searched for by docket number, party name or a full text search.
Court of Appeal Judgments at WashLaw Web
Decisions of all Circuit Courts as well as heaps of other material can be found at this site. It also links to District and other Courts.
