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Click on the link below to download the PDF in full text: Alexander Hamilton, The federalist. A commentary on the Constitution of the United States.

Click on the link below to download the PDF in full text: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Du Contrat social, ou Principes du droit politique, 1762.

An online library about legal history could of course contain thousands of references. The menus below contain just a few historical sources, with no intention to be complete in any area.   Menu Civil procedure – historyCode Louis (Ordonnance de 1667)Hamilton, Alexander, The FederalistRousseau, Jean-Jacques, Du Contrat Social, 1762

Click on a subject in the menu below in order to access further information (bibliographical references as well as a number of sources in full text).   Menu Mediation – introductionMediation – literatureHybrid ADR mechanismsMed-arb

Click on a subject in the menu below in order to access further information (bibliographical references as well as a number of sources in full text).   Menu Arbitration – introductionArbitration – literatureArbitration clause

Click on the links below to download these sources in full text: Berriat-Saint-Prix, Jacques (1769-1845), Cours de procédure civile: fait à la faculté de droit de Paris, 6e édition revue, corrigée et augmentée par M. Berriat-Saint-Prix, 1835. Berriat-Saint-Prix, Jacques (1769-1845), Berriat-Saint-Prix, Félix (1810-1883), Cours de procédure civile, 7e édition refondue en partie et mise au … Read more Civil procedure – history

Click on the link below to download the PDF in full text: Ordonnance de Louis XIV, Roy de France et de Navarre, donnée à Saint Germain en Laye au mois d’avril 1667.

Click on the links below to download these sources in full text: Martineau, Anne-Charlotte, “A Forgotten Chapter in the History of International Commercial Arbitration: The Slave Trade’s Dispute Settlement System”, Leiden Journal of International Law 2018, 31, pp. 219–241. Sorsby, Victoria Gardner, BRITISH TRADE WITH SPANISH AMERICA UNDER THE ASIENTO / 1713 – 1740, Thesis … Read more Asiento de negros (slave trade)

Belgium – general legal information: www.elfri.be Belgium – CEDIRES (Center for Dispute Resolution): www.cedires.com.  Cedires is a center for alternative dispute resolution, offering services in the areas of arbitration, mediation, and hybrid ADR mechanisms such as med-arb. Belgium – Holmes Kirby: www.holmeskirby.com.  Holmes Kirby is a Brussels-based niche firm focusing on commercial dispute resolution (litigation … Read more Links

Transparency, added value and efficiency.  Those are the three notions which I consider to be of paramount importance when it comes to fees and expenses. My clients receive clear overviews of work performed at regular intervals. Many lawyers in large firms are under enormous pressure to meet all sorts of targets imposed by their organisation.  … Read more Fee structure