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South African Legal Research: Databases of Articles

Focus: Sources to support U.S. law students working in a South African legal aid clinic

Sabinet ePublications ($)

Sabinet licenses these searchable, extensive collections of South/Southern African e-journals (pdf): Business & Finance; Law; Medical & Health; Religion; Science, Technology & Agriculture; and Social Sciences & Humanities.

BLS Library's catalog link to SA ePublications: Law ($)

Link to Sabinet's Open Access Journal Collection (free)

Social Science Research Network

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) provides a large collection of articles and papers (pdf) regarding law, accounting, economics, finance & management.  Scholars throughout the world now post documents here.  Many articles are free. 

Link to search SSRN database

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