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The States of Guernsey
The States of Guernsey (ie the Guernsey government) can be found at www.gov.gg. This is an excellent site with many helpful features including copies of the billets (detailed agendas) placed before the States (the Guernsey parliament). Access can be gained to each of the States' departments. The Law Officers of the Crown have a website at http://www.gov.gg/law/ which is also helpful. The Guernsey Financial Services Commission is at www.gfsc.guernseyci.com and is very helpful in the context of regulatory matters. It also carries much of the relevant legislation. The Channel Island Stock Exchange is at www.cisx.com.
Guernsey Legal Resources
The Guernsey Legal Resources website it at www.guernseylegalresources.gg. The website is a joint initiative of the Royal Court of Guernsey and the Law Officers of the Crown and now provides a comprehensive collection of Guernsey's more recent legal material. Coverage will be expanded in the course of this year.
The Department for Constitutional Affairs
The Department for Constitutional Affairs is the UK government department responsible for the Channel Islands. The DCA's site has a great deal of relevant information at http://www.dca.gov.uk/ including a helpful set of links, although you will probably have to use the sitemap to find what you want. The following document is particularly important and required reading for any person studying the relationship between the Channel Islands and the United Kingdom. It is the UK government's view of that relationship and the practical details of how it is managed. Given the source of the document it is necessarily of some authority on the subject, although far from being the last word: http://www.dca.gov.uk/constitution/crown/govguide.htm
Guernsey Registry
The Guernsey Registry provides access to a range of corporate and intellectual property information. It can be accessed at www.guernseyregistry.com.
States of Alderney
The States of Alderney is at www.alderney.gov.gg. Information about the Chief Pleas of Sark can be found at www.sark.info/index.cfm?fuseaction=gov.content&cmid=557.
States of Jersey
The States of Jersey website is at www.gove.je while the Jersey Financial Services Commission is at www.jerseyfsc.org.
Jersey Legal Information Board
A particularly helpful Jersey law website is the Jersey Legal Information Board website at www.jerseylaw.je. This gives access to Royal Court of Jersey judgments, Jersey legislation and the Jersey Law Review, which can be accessed directly at: www.jerseylaw.je/publications/jerseylawreview.
Jersey Law Commission
The Jersey Law Commission website is at www.lawcomm.gov.je. Several of the topics currently under review are of interest to Guernsey practitioners.
British Cases
There is a very helpful and free source of British cases at www.bailii.org. There is also a great deal of information at www.courtservice.gov.uk. UK legislation from 1988 can be found at http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts.htm
Privy Council
The Privy Council is the final court of appeal for the Channel Islands its site is at www.privy-council.org.uk. The United Kingdom parliament is at www.parliament.uk. The UK Financial Services Authority is at www.fsa.gov.uk.
French Law
There are various French law resources on the web including www.legifrance.gouv.fr. A very good French newspaper website is to be found at www.lemonde.fr. The University of Caen has a comprehensive website at http://www.unicaen.fr/ The Cour de Cassation has a helpful site at http://www.courdecassation.fr/
European Court case-law and European legal materials
European Court case-law and European legal materials generally can be found at www.curia.eu.int and www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex. European Court of Human Rights case-law and materials can be found at http://www.echr.coe.int/. Hague conventions may be found at http://hcch.e-vision.nl. Note in particular the Hague conference on private international law at http://hcch.e-vision.nl/index_en.php?act=text.display&tid=1.
Independent legal directories
There are various independent legal directories which can be consulted online although these tend to be aimed more at corporate and commercial clients than the needs of the individual. For example, Legal 500 is a helpful and detailed directory of law firms and may be found at www.legal500.com with detailed listings and comments concerning the Channel Islands. Another is Chambers and Partners at http://www.chambersandpartners.com. Simply making enquiries of friends and relatives and word of mouth recommendations is helpful when identfiying a suitable firm or advocate.
Legal profession and law in the United Kingdom
The following site www.venables.co.uk contains a considerable amount of information about the legal profession and law in the United Kingdom and offshore, as well as a great many links to useful bodies and sources of information.
General Council of the Bar of England and Wales
The General Council of the Bar of England and Wales’ website is at www.barcouncil.org.uk and the Law Society is at www.lawsociety.org.uk. Given that the professional rules of conduct for both barristers and solicitors are incorporated into the Guernsey Advocate rules these sites are important resources.
French texts
A particularly helplful resource for reading older French texts is to be found at http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/projects/dicos/, an online dictionary combining several individual dictionaries from the 17th to the 20th centuries. There is an equally helpful online Latin resource, including a medi Latin word list, at this address: http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm
Bibliotheque Nationale de France
Digital versions of several important texts, including the works of Pothier, can be downloaded from the website of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France: www.gallica.bnf.fr.
Facsimile legal texts
A large number of good quality facsimile legal texts are available from http://www.lawbookexchange.com/ including translations of various of Pothier's treatises and a wealth of English legal materials. The following is a very good search engine for rare French books: http://www.livre-rare-book.com/, likewise for books generally the following is very helpful and also has a French language function: http://www.bookfinder.com/
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