| Authors: | Anne Greenshields Librarian - Law, Murdoch University |
| Ian Lee MPsych, Grad Dip LIS Librarian, Murdoch University Library | |
| Subjects: | Legal research (Other articles) |
| Issue: | Volume 11, Number 2 (June 2004) |
| Category: | NetWatch |
Primary Legal Materials on the Internet - Case Law, Statutes and Extrinsic Material
Australian legal sites and developments
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) applies principles stated in the Canadian Human Rights Act to cases that are referred to it by the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC). "The purpose of the Canadian Human Rights Act is to protect individuals from discrimination. It states that all Canadians have the right to equality, equal opportunity, fair treatment, and an environment free of discrimination." Links to cases, interim rulings and mediation settlements.
http://www.chrt-tcdp.gc.ca/index_e.aspCriminal Injuries Compensation Assessor of Western Australia (AustLII) Decisions of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Assessor of Western Australia.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/wa/WACIC/Court of Justice of the European Communities (BAILII) Judgments of the Court of Justice and of the Court of First Instance and the Opinions of the Advocates General from 1997.
http://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/EUECJ/Federal Court of Australia - upgraded page and database search features.
http://esearch.fedcourt.gov.au/State Law Publisher: Official publisher of Western Australian legislation and statutory information.
This site has had a major upgrade releasing to the general community free access to the facility to: download complete statutes in pdf format; access numbered Acts passed since 1990; and access to the Government Gazette in a searchable database.
http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/statutes/swans.nsfUnited Kingdom Special Commissioners of Income Tax Decisions (BAILII) Decisions of the Special Commissioners who deal with appeals arising from decisions of the Inland Revenue.
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Tribunals Decisions (BAILII) Decisions of the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal which deals with matters relating to certain decisions of the Financial Services Authority.
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKFSM/
Federal Court of Australia - upgraded page and database search features.
http://esearch.fedcourt.gov.au/Federal Discrimination Law 2004 (Australia)
"This publication provides an overview of key issues in federal discrimination law. It examines the jurisprudence that has been developed by courts and tribunals in unlawful discrimination matters brought under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) ('RDA'), Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) ('SDA') and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) ('DDA'). It considers the manner in which interlocutory applications, procedural and evidentiary matters and awards of costs have been dealt with in the Federal Court and Federal Magistrates Service ('FMS') since the function of hearing federal unlawful discrimination matters was transferred from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ('HREOC') to those courts on 13 April 2000. It also considers the principles which have been applied to damages awards in cases where breaches of the RDA, SDA and DDA have been found and gives an overview of damages awards made since the transfer of the hearing function."
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/legal/fed_discrimination_law_04/index.htmState Law Publisher: Official publisher of Western Australian legislation and statutory information.
This site has had a major upgrade releasing to the general community free access to the facility to: download complete statutes in pdf format; access numbered Acts passed since 1990; and access to the Government Gazette in a searchable database.
http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/statutes/swans.nsf
House
of Representatives Committees
http://www.aph.gov.au/committee/committees_type.htm#house
Senate
Committees of the Current Parliament
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/com-list.htm
Joint Statutory Committee on Corporations and Securities. Reports
(with submissions and transcripts).
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/corporations_ctte/reports/index.htm
Joint Standing Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD
Inquiry
into Intelligence on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/pjcaad/WMD/report.htm
Attorney Generals Department: Publications
http://www.law.gov.au/www/agdHome.nsf/HeadingPagesDisplay/Publications?OpenDocument
Criminal Injuries Compensation Assessor of Western Australia (AustLII) Decisions of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Assessor of Western Australia.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/wa/WACIC/Human Rights in Western Australia - Developments in 2003
http://www.humanrightswa.org.au/State Law Publisher: Official publisher of Western Australian legislation and statutory information.
This site has had a major upgrade releasing to the general community free access to the facility to: download complete statutes in pdf format; access numbered Acts passed since 1990; and access to the Government Gazette in a searchable database.
http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/statutes/swans.nsf
"Corporate Insolvency Laws: a Stocktake" (presented to the Deputy President on 30 June 2004)from the Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee. Australian Parliament.
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/corporations_ctte/index.htmInquiry into the Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment (Anti-Avoidance and Other Measures) Bill 2004 Australia House of Representatives.
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/laca/bankruptcy/index.htmUnited Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Tribunals Decisions (BAILII) Decisions of the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal which deals with matters relating to certain decisions of the Financial Services Authority.
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKFSM/
Virginia Journal of Law & Technology [pdf]
The Virginia Journal of Law & Technology is an online law journal first published in 1997. The journal is indexed by WestLaw and Lexis. "The articles published in VJOLT examine legal issues arising as the result of innovative technological change. Recent topics have included the Internet's effect on the practice of law; genetically modified foods in the developing world; the regulation of online hate speech; privacy issues relating to personal information, genetic data, and face recognition technology; and ownership controls in the new entertainment economy"
http://www.vjolt.net/index.php
Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project. They boast they are "the largest collection of childrens antique books online". A delightful, non-legal site, free with lovely graphics.
http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/index.htm
Asylum and Refugee Resources (USA)
Provides a large collection of human rights material, with links to journals, country information, links to case law and guides to researching these issues.
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/asylum/refugee_index.htmlAustralian Government's Action Plan to Eradicate Trafficking in Persons
http://www.law.gov.au/www/agdHome.nsf/AllDocs/RWPA835B403668897F6CA256EB0000F7264?OpenDocumeExcisions from the Migration Zone—Policy and Practice. Australian Parliamentary Library. Research Note No. 42 2003-04. [pdf]
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2003-04/04rn42.pdf
Inside outcasts: prisoners and the right to vote in Australia
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2003-04/04cib12.pdfLegal and Constitutional Committee report onthe Inquiry into Legal Aid and Access to Justice. Australian Parliament.
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/index.htm
Criminal Injuries Compensation Assessor of Western Australia (AustLII) Decisions of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Assessor of Western Australia.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/wa/WACIC/Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission from 1 January 2003
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/acc_ctte/reports/index.htm
- Australian Crime Commission's response to trafficking in women for sexual servitude (June 2004)
- Cybercrime (March 2004)
University of Michigan Library's Brown v. Board of Education Digital Archive
This project began in the Fall of 2003, and set out to "scan and digitize documents and photographs from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress, the Charlotte Observer newspaper, and the Ann Arbor Public Schools...The archive is divided into four main areas of interest: Supreme Court cases; busing and school integration efforts in northern urban areas; school integration in the Ann Arbor Public School District; and recent resegregation trends in American schools." Contains historical images, and a bibliography of books and videos about the topic.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/exhibits/brownarchive/
Dispute Settlement Bodies - A Worldlii guide to resources
http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/55052.htmlWeb Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research
http://www.llrx.com/features/supremectwebguide.htm
Dispute Settlement Bodies - A Worldlii guide to resources
http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/55052.htmlTowards a less litigious Australia: The Australian Government's Alternative Dispute Resolution initiatives Australia. Attorney Generals Department.
http://www.law.gov.au/www/agdHome.nsf/AllDocs/RWPC869D2824DC653D8CA256E98002268CE?OpenDocument
University of Michigan Library's Brown v. Board of Education Digital Archive
This project began in the Fall of 2003, and set out to "scan and digitize documents and photographs from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress, the Charlotte Observer newspaper, and the Ann Arbor Public Schools...The archive is divided into four main areas of interest: Supreme Court cases; busing and school integration efforts in northern urban areas; school integration in the Ann Arbor Public School District; and recent resegregation trends in American schools." Contains historical images, and a bibliography of books and videos about the topic.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/exhibits/brownarchive/
CITES: Convention on International Trade in Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
http://www.cites.org/Getting Water Right(s) – The future of rural Australia Australia. Parliament, House of Representatives Committee
Inquiry into future water supplies for Australia's rural industries and communities
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/primind/waterinq/report.htmRadioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel Management in Australia Australian Parliamentary Library (updated June 2004)
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/RadioactiveWaste.htm
The Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage
The San Francisco Chronicle provides an archive of their coverage of this issue from the beginning of the year to recently.
http://www.sfgate.com/samesexmarriage/Legal and Constitutional Committee, Australian Senate.
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/index.htm
Report on the provisions of the Family Law Amendment Bill 2004A Question of Fault: A Short History of Australian Divorce Law Since 1959. Australian Parliamentary Library
Research Note No. 38 2003-04.[pdf]
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2003-04/04rn38.pdf
The Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage
The San Francisco Chronicle provides an archive of their coverage of this issue from the beginning of the year to recently.
http://www.sfgate.com/samesexmarriage/
Australian Government's Action Plan to Eradicate Trafficking in Persons
http://www.law.gov.au/www/agdHome.nsf/AllDocs/RWPA835B403668897F6CA256EB0000F7264?OpenDocumeAsylum and Refugee Resources (USA)
Provides a large collection of human rights material, with links to journals, country information, links to case law and guides to researching these issues.
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/asylum/refugee_index.htmlThe Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage
The San Francisco Chronicle provides an archive of their coverage of this issue from the beginning of the year to recently.
http://www.sfgate.com/samesexmarriage/Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) applies principles stated in the Canadian Human Rights Act to cases that are referred to it by the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC). "The purpose of the Canadian Human Rights Act is to protect individuals from discrimination. It states that all Canadians have the right to equality, equal opportunity, fair treatment, and an environment free of discrimination." Links to cases, interim rulings and mediation settlements.
http://www.chrt-tcdp.gc.ca/index_e.asp
Federal Discrimination Law 2004 (Australia)
"This publication provides an overview of key issues in federal discrimination law. It examines the jurisprudence that has been developed by courts and tribunals in unlawful discrimination matters brought under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) ('RDA'), Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) ('SDA') and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) ('DDA'). It considers the manner in which interlocutory applications, procedural and evidentiary matters and awards of costs have been dealt with in the Federal Court and Federal Magistrates Service ('FMS') since the function of hearing federal unlawful discrimination matters was transferred from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ('HREOC') to those courts on 13 April 2000. It also considers the principles which have been applied to damages awards in cases where breaches of the RDA, SDA and DDA have been found and gives an overview of damages awards made since the transfer of the hearing function."
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/legal/fed_discrimination_law_04/index.htmHuman Rights in Western Australia - Developments in 2003
http://www.humanrightswa.org.au/
Promoting Pygmy Peoples Rights The Rainforest Foundation site is designed to "promote the well-being of pygmy communities in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo."
http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/s-Promoting%20Pygmy%20Peoples%20RightsWomen's Rights and Democracy in the Arab World [pdf] a review of the political and educational rights of Arab women, family law, and the impact of women's rights and democracy in the Arab world
From the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Democracy and Rule of Law Project.
http://www.ceip.org/files/pdf/CarnegiePaper42.pdf
Native Title InfoBase "includes selected material commencing from 1839 to the present day and covers all aspects of native title. It gives reference to Australian material including journal articles, book chapters, books, conference papers, reports and press clippings. It also includes relevant material from other jurisdictions such as New Zealand, United States, Canada, Africa and Asia"
http://fedcourt.sirsi.net.au/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/kuyx3tWgcB/PRINCIPAL/125090006/60/1180/X
The Intellectual Property & Technology Forum at Boston College Law School
Designed and published by the dedicated students of Boston College Law School. This site is part online journal, part discussion board, part news service but all law. Browse articles by title and date.
http://infoeagle.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/st_org/iptf/index.html
Australian Government's Action Plan to Eradicate Trafficking in Persons
http://www.law.gov.au/www/agdHome.nsf/AllDocs/RWPA835B403668897F6CA256EB0000F7264?OpenDocumeCourt of Justice of the European Communities (BAILII) Judgments of the Court of Justice and of the Court of First Instance and the Opinions of the Advocates General from 1997.
http://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/EUECJ/Excisions from the Migration Zone—Policy and Practice. Australian Parliamentary Library. Research Note No. 42 2003-04. [pdf]
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2003-04/04rn42.pdf
Australian Digital Theses: The aim of the ADT project is to create a national collaborative distributed database of digitised theses produced at Australian Universities. The ADT database provides access to PhD and Masters by Research theses only.
http://adt.caul.edu.au/bepress Legal Respository (Berkeley Electronic Press) a network of law-related working papers and research materials. Law schools, research units, institutes, centers, think tanks, conferences, and learned societies are posting high-quality papers that you may download without charge
http://law.bepress.com/repositoryTheses Canada Portal publishes masters theses and doctoral dissertations through ..UMI Dissertations Publishing.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/thesescanada/index-e.htmlThe Intellectual Property & Technology Forum at Boston College Law School
Designed and published by the dedicated students of Boston College Law School. This site is part online journal, part discussion board, part news service but all law. Browse articles by title and date.
http://infoeagle.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/st_org/iptf/index.htmlTheses Canada Portal publishes masters theses and doctoral dissertations through ..UMI Dissertations Publishing.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/thesescanada/index-e.htmlVictoria University of Wellington Law Review Vol 28,, issue 2 1998 onwards+
http://www.austlii.edu.au/nz/journals/VUWLRev/Virginia Journal of Law & Technology [pdf]
The Virginia Journal of Law & Technology is an online law journal first published in 1997. The journal is indexed by WestLaw and Lexis. "The articles published in VJOLT examine legal issues arising as the result of innovative technological change. Recent topics have included the Internet's effect on the practice of law; genetically modified foods in the developing world; the regulation of online hate speech; privacy issues relating to personal information, genetic data, and face recognition technology; and ownership controls in the new entertainment economy"
http://www.vjolt.net/index.php
Law Reform Project (WorldLII) Searchable Law Reform database and links to Law Reform reports
http://www.worldlii.org/int/special/lawreform/
Court of Justice of the European Communities (BAILII) Judgments of the Court of Justice and of the Court of First Instance and the Opinions of the Advocates General from 1997.
http://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/EUECJ/Legal and Constitutional Committee report onthe Inquiry into Legal Aid and Access to Justice. Australian Parliament.
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/index.htmTowards a less litigious Australia: The Australian Government's Alternative Dispute Resolution initiatives Australia. Attorney Generals Department.
http://www.law.gov.au/www/agdHome.nsf/AllDocs/RWPC869D2824DC653D8CA256E98002268CE?OpenDocument
Virginia Journal of Law & Technology [pdf]
The Virginia Journal of Law & Technology is an online law journal first published in 1997. The journal is indexed by WestLaw and Lexis. "The articles published in VJOLT examine legal issues arising as the result of innovative technological change. Recent topics have included the Internet's effect on the practice of law; genetically modified foods in the developing world; the regulation of online hate speech; privacy issues relating to personal information, genetic data, and face recognition technology; and ownership controls in the new entertainment economy"
http://www.vjolt.net/index.phpLegal and Constitutional Committee, Australian Senate.
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/index.htm
Report on the provisions of the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored Communications) Bill 2004
The History of Social Security (USA)
http://www.ssa.gov/history/Inquiry into Family and Community Services and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Income Streams) Bill 2004 Australia. Senate Committee.
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/income_streams/index.htm
Cosmic Income tax - taxing potential for an alternative reality.
http://innerself.com/Humor/Cosmic_Income_Tax.htmUnited Kingdom Special Commissioners of Income Tax Decisions (BAILII) Decisions of the Special Commissioners who deal with appeals arising from decisions of the Inland Revenue.
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/
The Commonwealth plan for reforming defamation law in Australia Australian Parliamentary Library Research Note.
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2004-05/05rn04.pdf
Aviation Safety Regulation Chronology 1982-2004 Australian Parliamentary Library (updated June 2004)
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/Aviation.htm