Locating London’s past
Locating London’s past This revamped website enables searching of digital resources relating to early modern and eighteenth-century London. The results are then mapped on to a version of John Rocque’s Survey of London, Westminster & Southwark, 1746. Datasets include:
Portal on Gender-Based Violence in Africa
Created by Alt Advisory, based in South Africa, this website provides information on and mapping of responses to gender-based violence in African nations. Currently covered countries include Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria and Uganda. Each country file includes statistical information on trends, policies, and legislation.
Hub for African Thought
Created at the London School of Economics, the hub aims to showcase African academic authors, offering profiles, reading lists and reviews.
AI intersections database
AI intersections database maps intersections between social justice and human rights, documented AI impacts and their manifestations in society. Each section has a brief summary of the resource, contact email and link to the website. Topics covered include human rights, gender justice, environmental justice and racial justice.
Global Health and Care Worker Policy Lab
Created in April by the World Health Organization and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, this resource aims to provide free access to legal texts, international and national instruments covering global health. It covers occupational health, working conditions, protection relating to whistle blowing and protection against violence for health […]
United States Statutes at Large 1789-1950
The USGPO website now contains the full text of significant US legislation including the constitution, treaties and the Declaration of Independence. Statutes at Large from 1789-1950 : https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/STATUTE
US caselaw
Caselaw Access Project The Caselaw Access Project is based on the holdings of Harvard Law School. Its aim is to provide free public access all published U.S. court decisions. The earliest dates from 1658. Details of coverage is on the website. This also offers data download options.
Seized LGBT books
An online exhibition from Senate House Library which marks the 40th anniversary of the 1984 “Operation Tiger” customs raids on Gay’s the Word bookshop on charges of importing indecent and obscene literature. The site lists the books taken and has original photographs plus background detail on the historic context of section 28 and the censorship of LGBT writings […]
National Archives: Sexuality and gender identity history
A guide on research on gender and sexuality in the UK National Archives. Emphasis is on their holdings of government, legal and police records. Guidance is offered on other organisations too.
Leigh Buchanan Bienen: Works
Academic website from Leigh Buchanan Bienen who has been based at Northwestern University School of Law and specialises in legal history. Provides information on her academic websites as well as books. Strong resources for US legal history and criminology.Resources are grouped together here and also available separately on other university websites.They include: The database also […]
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