Denmark
Printed resources
Items with shelf marks starting Denmark can be found on Floor. 3
We may also have works of interest dealing with Scandinavian/Nordic law in the section of the Library called General on Floor 2.
Electronic resources
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Danish MonarchyFree resource. English version of official website
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Folketinget (Parliament)Free resource. Official website. Link is to the English content.
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Statsministeriet (PM & government)Free resource. Official website
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Justits Ministeriet (Ministry of Justice)Free resource. Official website
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Lovtidende (Official Gazette)Danish only
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Oversatte danske love: Danish Law in English - English titleFree resource. Royal Danish Library portal These links contain unofficial translations of the laws. Legal Knowledge Centre does NOT answer for the validity of the laws or the translations. Only the Danish documents published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) have legal validity. Please note that these translations do not necessarily reflect the latest version of the laws
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RetsinformationDanish only
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Domstol (Courts website)Free resource. Official website. English pages give good introduction to the various courts and the structure of the system.
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Globalex: Foreign Law Research IndexFree resource. Click on the words Foreign Law Research to reveal library of free online guides to jurisdictions arranged alphabetically. Written by country experts drawn from law librarians & practitioners from around the world. Scroll down the list of jurisdictions. These are usually in English, sometimes in French. Both updated and the archived versions are available. List of countries growing.
Faroe Islands
Since 1948, a self governing region of the Kingdom of Denmark.
It is not, however, a member of the European Union and all trade is governed by special treaties.
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Løgtingið (Faroese parliament)Official website.
Estonia
Printed resources
Items with shelf marks starting Estonia can be found on the Floor 3.
Electronic resources
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Vabariigi presidendi (President)Free resource. Official website.
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Riigikogu (Parliament)Free resource. Official website.
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Riigi Teataja (Official Gazette)Free resource. English content is very useful presentation which includes help on how to search & find legislation. Offers also consolidated text of important legislation, & point in time versions.
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Database of International Agreements & Border TreatiesFree resource.
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Justiitsministerium (Ministry of Justice)Free resource. English content includes explanation of the court system
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Konkurentsiamet (Competition Authority)Free resource. English pages include translation of important acts.
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Riigikohus (Supreme Court)Free resource. Official website. This court "performs simultaneously the functions of the highest court of general jurisdiction, of the supreme administrative court as well as of the constitutional court." English language pages include translation of Constitution and of judgments of the Constitutional Review Chamber.
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KOLAFree resource. Database of decisions from 2005. Link to KIS previous database.
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Globalex: Foreign Law Research IndexFree resource. Click on the words Foreign Law Research to reveal library of free online guides to jurisdictions arranged alphabetically. Written by country experts drawn from law librarians & practitioners from around the world. Scroll down the list of jurisdictions. These are usually in English, sometimes in French. Both updated and the archived versions are available. List of countries growing.
Finland
Printed resources
Items with shelf marks beginning Finland are shelved on Floor 3.
We may also have works of interest dealing with Scandinavian/Nordic law in the section of the Library called General on Floor 2.
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Suomen tasavallan presidentti (President)Free resource. Official website.
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Finnish GovernmentFree resource. Official website
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FINLEXFree resource. Finnish & Swedish. Legislation (some translations into English) Bills. Treaties. Cases from the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, the Courts of Appeal, the regional Administrative Courts, the Market Court, the Labour Court and the Insurance Court.
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Korkein oikeus (Supreme Administrative Court)Free resource. Official website.
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Korkein oikeus (Supreme Court)Free resource. Official website
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Globalex: Foreign Law Research IndexFree resource. Click on the words Foreign Law Research to reveal library of free online guides to jurisdictions arranged alphabetically. Written by country experts drawn from law librarians & practitioners from around the world. Scroll down the list of jurisdictions. These are usually in English, sometimes in French. Both updated and the archived versions are available. List of countries growing.
Aland
Åland is now a demilitarised, Swedish-speaking region of the republic of Finland with a right of self-government secured through international guarantees.
The Åland (or Aaland) Islands Question was a dispute about jurisdiction/sovereignty between Finland and Sweden over the islands. It was resolved peacefully by the League of Nations in 1921 ([1921] League of Nations Official Journal 699), before the establishment of the PCIJ.
Holders of an Oxford SSO can read the article Åland Islands by Sten Harck in MPEPIL via link below
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Aland.axThe Official Åland Website
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Lagtinget (Aland Parliament)Official website. Has overview "Briefly in English" rest of content is Swedish.
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Internationella avtalLibrary of international agreements
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Globalex: Foreign Law Research IndexFree resource. Click on the words Foreign Law Research to reveal library of free online guides to jurisdictions arranged alphabetically. Written by country experts drawn from law librarians & practitioners from around the world. Scroll down the list of jurisdictions. These are usually in English, sometimes in French. Both updated and the archived versions are available. List of countries growing.
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Autonomy and Demilitarisation in International Law by Call Number: Internat 535 H245aISBN: 904110271XPublication Date: 1997
