Tag Archive for Legal Research

What on earth is a Max Planck Institute?

By: Claudia HollandLibrary Director, Library of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and international Private Law, HamburgMember of the IALL Board of Directors This year, the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG) celebrates its 75th anniversary. This…

Here comes the “new” Legifrance

As of September 12, 2020 is a new version of the French portal, Legifrance, available. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/ What is Legifrance? Legifrance is the French Government’s official website on French law. It is a public service for the dissemination of Law. Legifrance…

Yearbook of the United Nations

As many researchers know, finding UN documents can be an unpredictable process.  Though sophisticated search engines and digitized materials have improved access significantly, many researchers are surprised to find that not all materials are available electronically.  Of the materials becoming…