European Union
This is the gateway site of the European Union. It provides up to date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration. It also has websites for each of the EU institutions. It has a link to EUR-LEX (EU Documents), the portal to EU law, containing treaties, regulations, directives and decisions, legislation in preparation and case law. It contains the EU Official Journal in pdf format since 1998.
European Court of Justice
This provides a useful guide to the European Court of Justice and the European Court of First Instance and their jurisdictions. It contains the full text of the Courts’ case law since 1997, although some documentation is not available in English. It also contains summaries of pre-1997 cases which are available via a link to the EUR-LEX database on the Europa website.
European Consumer Centre
This website is funded by the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs and the European Commission and provides information on consumer rights within the EU. It is useful if one has a consumer dispute involving a supplier from another European country.
European Court of Human Rights
This website provides free online access to case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the former European Commission on Human Rights.
European Patents Office
This is the website of the European Patent Office Headquarters in Munich.
Institute of European Affairs
The Institute of European Affairs is a policy research institute based in Dublin and it provides information on EU policy developments and analysis of their implications for Ireland.
Irish Centre for European Law
The Irish Centre for European Law is based at Trinity College Dublin. It organises a number of conferences and the papers are available to purchase.