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NetWatch March 2003

Anne Greenshields 
Librarian - Law, Murdoch University Library 

Contents

Australian legal sites and developments 
    Legal materials from Australian Governments

Primary Legal Materials on the Internet - Case Law, Statutes and Extrinsic 
  Material 
        Children and the Law  
        Constitutional Law  
        Corporate and Securites 
        Directories and Guides  
        Human Rights 
        Intellectual Property  
        International Law 
        Journals, Essays & Newspapers 
        Labour Law 
        Legal History 
        Legal Practice 
        Maritime Law 
        Migration 
        Privacy 
        Reference materials and Search Engines  


Australian sites and developments

  Federal Privacy Commissioner of Australia Cases (AustLII)
  Selected cases of the Federal Privacy Commissioner of Australia from 2002.
  URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/PrivCmrA/

  IPRIA (Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia) "a national 
  centre for multi-disciplinary research on the law, economics and management of 
  intellectual property". (University of Melbourne). Publications, such as 
  working papers are available for download [pdf].
  URL: http://www.ipria.org/intdev/wipo.html

  Journal of Law and Financial Management "a forum for the publication of 
  research and analysis focused on the nexus of the general disciplinary areas 
  of law (primarily business, corporate and commercial law) and financial 
  management. June 2002+ 
  URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/JLFM/

  Research Finder is an internet search tool, made available by the Department 
  of Education, Science and Training: searches approximately 2.4 million 
  research related documents held on Australian web sites. A powerful search 
  engine with results displaying search terms in context.
  URL: http://rf.panopticsearch.com/


Australian Government Publications

  Commonwealth Government
  Joint Statutory Committee on Corporations and Securities. Reports (with 
  submissions and transcripts).
  URL: 
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/corporations_ctte/reports/index.htm

    Review of Australian Securities and Investments Commission. (26 March 2003) 
    Inquiry into the Review of the Managed Investments Act 1998 (12 December 
    2002) 
    Inquiry into the regulations and ASIC policy statements made under the 
    Financial Services Reform Act 2001 (23 October 2002) 


  Royal Commissions. 
    Final Report of the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction 
    Industry (Cole report).
    URL: http://www.royalcombci.gov.au/hearings/reports.asp 

    British Tribunals of Inquiry: Legislative and Judicial Control of the 
    Inquisitorial Process—Relevance to Australian Royal Commissions. Includes a 
    list of all federal Royal Commissions since 1901 [pdf]
    Research Paper, no. 5, 2002–03. 
    URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2002-03/03RP05.pdf 


  Senate Committee Reports
  URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/superannuation_ctte/reports/
    Committee on Superannuation. Provisions of the Superannuation Industry 
    (Supervision) Amendment Bill 2002 and the Superannuation (Financial 
    Assistance Funding) Levy Amendment Bill 2002 [pdf] - (19 March 2003) 


  Economics Legislation Committee.Index to Reports (with submissions where 
  available)
  URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/economics_ctte/reports/index.htm 
    Provisions of the Corporations Legislation Amendment Bill 2002, the 
    Corporation (Fees) Amendment Bill 2002 and the Corporations (Review Fees) 
    Bill 2002 (19 March 2003) 
    Provisions of the Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme Bill 2003 and the Energy 
    Grants (Credits) Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003 (24 March 2003) 

    Provisions of the Corporations Legislation Amendment Bill 2002, the 
    Corporation (Fees) Amendment Bill 2002 and the Corporations (Review Fees) 
    Bill 2002 (26 March 2003)

  Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee. Index 
    Workplace Relations Amendment (Termination of Employment) Bill 2002.
    URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/EET_CTTE/reports/index.htm


  Parliamentary Library Publications

    British Tribunals of Inquiry: Legislative and Judicial Control of the 
    Inquisitorial Process—Relevance to Australian Royal Commissions. Includes a 
    list of all federal Royal Commissions since 1901 [pdf]
    Research Paper, no. 5, 2002–03. 
    URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2002-03/03RP05.pdf

    Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Australia 
    Research Note, no. 31, 2002–03 [pdf]
    URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn31.pdf 

  Parliamentary Library Papers: Current Issues Briefs
  URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/

    The High Court and Deportation Under the Australian Constitution 
    Current Issues Brief, no. 26, 2002–03. [pdf]
    URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib26.pdf 

    National Interests, Global Concerns: the 2003 Foreign Affairs and Trade 
    White Paper
    Current Issues Brief, no. 23, 2002-03. [pdf]
    URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib23.pdf 

    Crime and Candidacy Should someone with a criminal record be able to stand 
    for political office? 
    Current Issues Brief, no. 22, 2002-03. [pdf]
    URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2002-03/03cib22.pdf 

  Western Australia
  Intellectual Property News, Western Australia. Publications, Government 
  Intellectual Property Policy (2002 revision) and Best Practice Guidelines
  URL: http://www.indtech.wa.gov.au/govt/ip/
  URL: http://www.indtech.wa.gov.au/govt/ip/publications.htm
  URL: http://www.indtech.wa.gov.au/govt/ip/policy.htm
    


Primary Legal Materials on the Internet

  Federal Privacy Commissioner of Australia Cases (AustLII)
  Selected cases of the Federal Privacy Commissioner of Australia from 2002.
  URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/PrivCmrA/

  French & German Judicial Decisions contains a "database of translated German 
  and French judicial decisions in the fields of constitutional, administrative, 
  contract and tort law from the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the 
  Bundesgerichtshof, the Conseil Constitutionnel, the Conseil d’Etat and the 
  Cour de Cassation". (Institute of Global Law, University College London and 
  the Institute of Transnational Law, University of Texas.)
  URL: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/global_law/cases/

  International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Decisions (WorldLII) 
  Contains decisions of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 
  Decisions since 1997. 
  URL: http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/ITLOS/

  Proceedings of the Old Bailey London 1674 to 1834 Full text of old trials, 
  with 'sentencing' details.
  URL: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/

  Reference Guide to Geneva Conventions from the Society of Professional 
  Journalists. Full text of conventions, documents, history and links
  URL: http://www.globalissuesgroup.com/geneva/index.html


Children and the law

  Ayelet Shachar, Children of a Lesser State: Sustaining Global Inequality 
  through Citizenship Laws [.pdf] No.2/03
  URL: http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/03/030201.html

  International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour [.pdf] from the 
  International Labour Organization. A variety of reports from 2002.
  URL: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/


Constitutional Law

    Australia. Parliamentary Library Publications 

    British Tribunals of Inquiry: Legislative and Judicial Control of the 
    Inquisitorial Process—Relevance to Australian Royal Commissions. Includes a 
    list of all federal Royal Commissions since 1901 [pdf]
    Research Paper, no. 5, 2002–03. 
    URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/2002-03/03RP05.pdf 

    The High Court and Deportation Under the Australian Constitution 
    Current Issues Brief, no. 26, 2002–03. [pdf]
    URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib26.pdf 

    Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Australia 
    Research Note, no. 31, 2002–03 [pdf]
    URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn31.pdf 

    Crime and Candidacy Should someone with a criminal record be able to stand 
    for political office? 
    Current Issues Brief, no. 22, 2002-03. [pdf]
    URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2002-03/03cib22.pdf 

  1st Amendment Online "publicly accessible information, ideas, and images 
  concerning the First Amendment to the United States Constitution". (University 
  of Minnesota Law School).
  URL: http://1stam.umn.edu/


Corporate & Securities Law

  Australia. Joint Statutory Committee on Corporations and Securities. Reports 
  (with submissions and transcripts).
  URL: 
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/corporations_ctte/reports/index.htm

    Review of Australian Securities and Investments Commission. (26 March 2003) 
    Inquiry into the Review of the Managed Investments Act 1998 (12 December 
    2002) 
    Inquiry into the regulations and ASIC policy statements made under the 
    Financial Services Reform Act 2001 (23 October 2002) 

  Australia. Economics Legislation Committee.Index to Reports (with submissions 
  where available)
  URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/economics_ctte/reports/index.htm 

    Provisions of the Corporations Legislation Amendment Bill 2002, the 
    Corporation (Fees) Amendment Bill 2002 and the Corporations (Review Fees) 
    Bill 2002 (19 March 2003) 
    Provisions of the Corporations Legislation Amendment Bill 2002, the 
    Corporation (Fees) Amendment Bill 2002 and the Corporations (Review Fees) 
    Bill 2002 (26 March 2003) 


  Journal of Law and Financial Management a forum for the publication of 
  research and analysis focused on the nexus of the general disciplinary areas 
  of law (primarily business, corporate and commercial law) and financial 
  management. June 2002+ 
  URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/JLFM/


Crime and Criminal Justice Issues

  Centre for Restorative Justice (Simon Fraser University School of Criminology, 
  funded by the Correctional Service of Canada). The site includes a database 
  with links in the search result to full text documents.
  URL: http://www.sfu.ca/cfrj/ 

  Crime and Candidacy "Should someone with a criminal record be able to stand 
  for political office?" 
  Australian Parliamentary Library Current Issues Brief, no. 22, 2002-03. [pdf]
  URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2002-03/03cib22.pdf

  Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (US Dept. of Justice) a 
  significant collection of rpublications are available for free downloading. 
  URL: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ 

Directories and Guides
  Reference Guide to Geneva Conventions from the Society of Professional 
  Journalists. Full text of conventions, documents, history and links
  URL: http://www.globalissuesgroup.com/geneva/index.html


Human Rights

  Creating Opportunities for Future Generations: Arab Human Development Report 
  2002 - links to pdf versions of this report in different languages.
  URL: http://www.undp.org/rbas/ahdr/

  International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour [.pdf] from the 
  International Labour Organization. A variety of reports from 2002.
  URL: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/

  National Labor Committee (NLC): In Support of Human and Worker Rights around 
  the globe. Resources arranged by company and country. 
  URL: http://www.nlcnet.org/
  Ulrich Petersmann, Robert Howse and Philip Alston , Trade and Human Rights: An 
  Exchange No.12/02
  URL: http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/02/021201.html


Intellectual Property

  Creative Commons a non-legal site for people who want to "dedicate their 
  creative works to the public domain -- or retain their copyright while 
  licensing them as free for certain uses, on certain conditions" Site includes 
  a set of copyright licenses free for public use
  URL: http://creativecommons.org/

  Intellectual Property News, Western Australia. Publications, Government 
  Intellectual Property Policy (2002 revision) and Best Practice Guidelines
  URL: http://www.indtech.wa.gov.au/govt/ip/
  URL: http://www.indtech.wa.gov.au/govt/ip/publications.htm
  URL: http://www.indtech.wa.gov.au/govt/ip/policy.htm

  IPRIA (Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia) "a national 
  centre for multi-disciplinary research on the law, economics and management of 
  intellectual property". (University of Melbourne). Publications, such as 
  working papers are available for download [pdf].
  URL: http://www.ipria.org/intdev/wipo.html


International Law

  Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (Harvard University, John 
  F. Kennedy School of Government). The list of publications includes links to 
  magazine and news articles. Journals published by the school include 
  International Security and abstracts for their book series BCSIA Studies in 
  International Security 
  URL: http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/
  URL: http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/publications.cfm?program=ISP&project=IS&pb_id=14&gma=1
  URL:
http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/publications.cfm?program=ISP&project=IS&pb_id=14&gma=1

  Center for Justice and International Law 
  URL: http://www.cejil.org/

  International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Decisions (WorldLII) 
  Contains decisions of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 
  Decisions since 1997. 
  URL: http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/ITLOS/

  Reference Guide to Geneva Conventions from the Society of Professional 
  Journalists. Full text of conventions, documents, history and links
  URL: http://www.globalissuesgroup.com/geneva/index.html

  Ulrich Petersmann, Robert Howse and Philip Alston , Trade and Human Rights: An 
  Exchange No.12/02
  URL: http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/02/021201.html

  World Customs Organization includes declarations, fact sheets, alerts, and 
  reports. Information can be found by browsing customs topics or searching the 
  database.
  URL: http://www.wcoomd.org/ie/en/en.html


Journals, Essays & Newspaper

  ABYZ News Links - links to more than 20,000 newspapers and other news sources 
  from around the world. Menus arranged by region and country.
  URL: http://www.abyznewslinks.com/

  International Security (Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of 
  Government). 
  URL: 
http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/publications.cfm?program=ISP&project=IS&pb_id=14&gma=1 

  The Jean Monnet Papers: "Under the Jean Monnet Project, the European 
  Commission supports university initiatives aimed at creating teaching 
  activities in European integration." The site includes working papers, 
  available in either pdf or rtf, book reviews, events, and links. (New York 
  University, USA).
  URL: http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org
  URL: http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/index.html

  Working papers are of wide interest to legal researchers. Titles include the 
  following and can be downloaded as either pdf or rtf: 
    Ayelet Shachar, Children of a Lesser State: Sustaining Global Inequality 
    through Citizenship Laws [.pdf] No.2/03
    URL: http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/03/030201.html 

    Ulrich Petersmann, Robert Howse and Philip Alston , Trade and Human Rights: 
    An Exchange No.12/02
    URL: http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/02/021201.html 

    Mitchel Lasser, Anticipating Three Models of Judicial Control, Debate and 
    Legitimacy: The European Court of Justice, the Cour de cassation and the 
    United States Supreme Court No.1/03 
    URL: http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/03/030101.html 


Labour Law
  Australia. Senate, Employment, Education and Training Legislation Committee re 
  Workplace Relations Amendment (Termination of Employment) Bill 2002.
  URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/EET_CTTE/reports/index.htm 

  Australia. Final Report of the Royal Commission into the Building and 
  Construction Industry (Cole report).
  URL: http://www.royalcombci.gov.au/hearings/reports.asp 

  European Trade Union Institute "a link between academic research and the 
  European trade union movement". Includes links and publications, most of which 
  are available in English.
  URL: http://www.etuc.org/etui/

  International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour [.pdf] from the 
  International Labour Organization. A variety of reports from 2002.
  URL: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/

  National Labor Committee (NLC): In Support of Human and Worker Rights around 
  the globe. Resources arranged by company and country. 
  URL: http://www.nlcnet.org/


Legal History

  The Proceedings of the Old Bailey London 1674 to 1834 Full text of old trials, 
  with 'sentencing' details.
  URL: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/


Legal Practice

  Francis Burt Chambers (Western Australia)
  URL: http://www.francisburt.com.au 


Maritime Law

  International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Decisions (WorldLII) 
  Contains decisions of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 
  Decisions since 1997. 
  URL: http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/ITLOS/


Migration

  Forced Migration online: "a world of information on human displacement". The 
  site aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to 
  promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international 
  community of users.
  URL: http://www.forcedmigration.org/

  Institute for the Study of International Migration (Georgetown University, 
USA)
  URL: http://www.georgetown.edu/sfs/programs/isim/

Privacy
  Federal Privacy Commissioner of Australia Cases (AustLII)
  Selected cases of the Federal Privacy Commissioner of Australia from 2002.
  URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/PrivCmrA/


Reference materials and Search Engines 

  Reference Guide to Geneva Conventions from the Society of Professional 
  Journalists. Full text of conventions, documents, history and links
  URL: http://www.globalissuesgroup.com/geneva/index.html

  Research Finder is an internet search tool, made available by the Department 
  of Education, Science and Training: searches approximately 2.4 million 
  research related documents held on Australian web sites. A powerful search 
  engine with results displaying search terms in context.
  URL: http://rf.panopticsearch.com/