Title : NetWatch December 1995 Author : Anne Greenshields Organisation : Murdoch University Library Keywords : internet resources; law Abstract : Information on internet resources related to law Citation : E Law - Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, : vol 2, no 3, (December 1995) (There are no page numbers.) ISSN : 1321-8247 Filename : netw3.txt File size : File type : Document File format : ASCII RETRIEVAL- EMAIL: message "get elaw-j netw3.txt" to majordomo@cleo.murdoch.edu.au URL: gopher://infolib.murdoch.edu.au:70/00/.ftp/pub/subj/law/jnl/elaw/ netwatch/netw3.txt URL: ftp://infolib.murdoch.edu.au/pub/subj/law/jnl/elaw/ netwatch/netw3.txt URL: http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au:8088/ecolln/type/jnls/murdoch/elaw /elaw.html Contact Name : The Editors, E Law Contact Address: Murdoch University School of Law, PO Box 1014, : Canning Vale, Western Australia, 6155 Contact Phone : + 61 9 360 2979 Contact Email : elaw-editors@central.murdoch.edu.au COPYRIGHT POLICY: Material appearing in E Law is accepted on the basis that the material is the original, uncopied work of the author or authors. Authors agree to indemnify E Law for all damages, fines and costs associated with a finding of copyright infringement by the author or by E Law in disseminating the author's material. In almost all cases material appearing in E Law will attract copyright protection under the Australian *Copyright Act 1968* and the laws of countries which are member states of the *Berne Convention*, *Universal Copyright Convention* or have bilateral copyright agreements with Australia. Ownership of such copyright will vest by operation of law in the authors and/or E Law. E Law and its authors grant a license to those accessing E Law to call up copyright materials onto their screens and to print out a single copy for their own personal non-commercial use subject to proper attribution of E Law and/or the authors. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NETWATCH DECEMBER 1995 Preparation of this issue of netwatch was a "nightmare" of culling. Law firms across world are putting up web sites and resources at a phenominal rate. and will not usually be included in Netwatch. The compilation of Netwatch is largely a subjective exercise by which the law librarians select sites which offer useful resources or useful links to other sites. All entries noted in this and previous issues of Netwatch have been incorporated into the web pages compiled by the Murdoch University Law Librarians. URL: http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au:8088/ecolln/subj/law/legale.html These pages will be updated regularly to incorporate sites of substance which we think will be of value to law students and legal practitioners. Future issues of Netwatch will focus on particular topics and resources which stand out as sites of excellence. In response to a 'readers' request a section of this netwatch focuses on the topic "Labor law and industrial relations". The divisions in Netwatch are Geographic : Asian Australiasia European (none noted this issue) North American (none noted this issue) Specialist resources Special topic - Labor law and industrial relations. Computers and the law Commerce and trade (none noted this issue) Crime and Criminology Environmental law International law (none noted this issue) Intellectual property (none noted this issue) Miscellaneous Types of materials Primary Legal Materials Reference sites and directories Discussion Lists Electronic Journals Types of providers Publishers ASIAN SITES Singapore Statistics URL: http://www.ncb.gov.sg/stats/index.html The Statistics Singapore Home Page is a service provided by the Department of Statistics, Singapore. The Department is the national statistical responsible for disseminating official statistics on Singapore. AUSTRALASIAN SITES High Court of Australia, decisions since 1950 URL: http://austlii.law.uts.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/ New resource added to AustLII The Department of Employment, Education and Training URL: http://www.deet.gov.au If you are looking for information on EdNA (Education Network Australia), then it is worth keeping an eye on DEET's Web page. It has copies of press releases, and speeches by departmental staff and Ministers on both EdNA and Open Net. SPECIALIST RESOURCES * Special topic - Labor law and industrial relations. Centre for Labour Studies - University of Adelaide URL: http://gopher.labour.adelaide.edu.au/ Centre for Labour Studies, headings include Labour Studies Gopher ,Social Justice Research Foundation, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Business and Community Services, Labour Issues , Unions and Women's Studies. MINISTRY OF LABOUR - Singapore URL: http://www.sg/infomap/gov/mol The Ministry of Labour is responsible for matters pertaining to employment, industrial relations, industry safety and health and social security. . Areas of Responsibility . Industrial Relations; Regulation of Trade Unions; National Wages ... Also connections to other sites in Singapore. Burea of Labor Statistics - USA URL: http://stats.bls.gov/majprog.htm Current information from the federal government's principle fact-finding agency in the field of labor econmics and statistics. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Multilaterals Project URL: http://www.tufts.edu/departments/fletcher/multi/humanRights.html Labour related treaties under the heading "Human Rights". LaborWEB - USA URL: http://www.aflcio.org/ The AFL-CIO is a US federation of 81 labor unions representing some 13.6 million working men and women who have joined together to help workers improve their lives on the job and in their communities. Many links to Internet sites related to industrial and labor relations. Labor Relations Information Products Daily Labor Report . Labor Relations Reporter . Labor Relations Week . Union Labor Report . Collective Bargaining Negotiations and Contracts . Construction Labor Report, Government Employee Relations Report . See also BNA Books: "Labor & ... URL: http://www.bna.com/hub/bna/labrel/index.html (1K) School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University URL: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/othersites/ Martin P. Catherwood Virtual Library - ILR Virtual Library, a reference to internet sites of special interest to industrial &labor relations practitioners, scholars, and students. U.S. Department of Labor Gopher URL: gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/federal/fedinfo/byagency/executive/labor LaborNet URL: http://www.igc.apc.org/labornet/ Computer communications, news, information and resources for a democratic labor movement. LaborNet@IGC (US) is a community of labor unions, activists, and organizations using computer networks for information-sharing and collaboration with the intent of increasing the human rights and economic justice of workers University of Minnesota Human Rights URL: http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/auon.htm Under the heading "Employment and Forced Labour" links to ILO conventions and other resources. Unison URL: http://www.poptel.org.uk/unison/ UNISON is the biggest trade union in the UK, representing public sector workers. UNISON is at the forefront of campaigns to defend public services and essential industries and to protect them against further cuts and privatisation Computer sites Law Office Technology URL: http://www.well.com/user/lawtech/ Information and consulting on software and hardware products for the law office. Information also provided related to network security, email privacy, and computer fraud. Crime and Criminology Department of Justice of Canada URL: http://canada.justice.gc.ca/index_en.html The purpose of this site is to furnish citizens of Canada and of the world with information originating with the federal Department of Justice. These pages will be regularly updated. Penal Lexicon URL: http://www.demon.co.uk/penlex/ This server provides information on all matters concerned with prisons and penal affairs. Primarily the focus is on prisons in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. As more information becomes available coverage will extend to European and North American prisons. The Woolfe Report "Access to Justice - The interim report on the administration of civil justice in England & Wales", also known as the Woolf Report is now available on the Internet through the CTI Law Technology Centre Web Server. URL: http://ltc.law.warwick.ac.uk/woolf/woolf.html International legal directory via web (Lex Mundi's Hieros Gamos) Environmental sites The International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research web site for information concerning the Antarctic Treaty. URL: http://icair.iac.org.nz/environment/index.html The Oil Spill Public Information Center web site might also be helpful. URL: http://www.alaska.net:80/~ospic/ Family law Supreme Court of the State of Florida JOSHUA URL: http://justice.courts.state.fl.us/ The Judicial Online Super Highway User Access System (JOSHUA) is Florida's state-wide judicial information system. Access is provided to a home pages for the Family Court Initiative and the Alternative Dispute Resolution as well as Florida legislation and case law. TYPES OF MATERIALS Primary legal materials: Case law Supreme Court of the State of Florida JOSHUA URL: http://justice.courts.state.fl.us/ The Judicial Online Super Highway User Access System (JOSHUA) is Florida's state-wide judicial information system. Access is provided to a home pages for the Family Court Initiative and the Alternative Dispute Resolution as well as Florida legislation and case law. Reference sites and directories The Lex Mundi "Hieros Gamos": URL: http://www.hg.org/ An international legal directory on the World Wide Web looks like a pretty impressive organisation of internet resources - well worth a visit. The McKinley Internet Directory URL: http://www.mckinley.com/ Each resource listed in the McKinley Directory is reviewed, evaluated and rated by its editors. (This may not be a new site - but its new for the Netwatch editors, and it looks good!) The Virtual Library URL: http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/I-M/law/library/virt.html From the virtual library you can access legal resources from all parts of the internet compiled by a MA students. The virtual library includes links to networked journals, law reports and some national and international primary sources of law. Law Links URL: http://lawlinks.com/ Promoted as to the gateway to the internet's most "comprehensive legal resource site for both Attorneys and Consumers". (We are not sure this is the case but it certainly a useful site to visit). * Discussion Lists Foreign International Law International lawyers from all over the world are encouraged to subscribe and join in thediscussion of the most current topics dealing with international law. This list will allow lawyers from all over the world who practice international law to have a forum for their discussion and also as a way to network with each other. To subscribe to the list send an e-mail message to: listserv@law.wuacc.edu In the body of the message type: subscribe forintlaw (your name) Electronic journals and newsletters Insight URL: http://www.dpie.gov.au/dfat/ipb/mags/insight/insmnu.html Insight is produced by the International Public Affairs Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 1995 + available as a WWW site. The Legal Express URL: http://www.butterworths.com.au/legalexp/legalexp.htm A newsletter of Australian legal developments published daily by Butterworths TEACHLAWRES-L A list for teachers of legal research in all kinds of settings, using formal and informal types of instruction. Topics raised may include: Pedagogical issues, such as how to successfully teach legal research to a particular audience; Efforts to coordinate legal research instruction among law school, law firm and court libraries; firm and court libraries; Innovative teaching techniques; and more. To subscribe to the list send an e-mail message to: listproc@lawlib.wuacc.edu In the body of the message type: subscribe teachlawres-l [your first name and last name] TYPES OF PROVIDERS Publishers on the Net Butterworths Legal Information Centre URL: http://www.butterworths.com.au/ Butterworths is one of Australia's leading legal, tax and commercial publishers. This site includes The Legal Express is a daily newsletter on Australian legal developments as well as their product information. Shepard's McGraw-Hill URL: http://www.shepards.com You will find a wealth of information on Shepard's citations, software, newsletters, treatises and on-line services. Visit "LawTown" a virtual community connecting users with reference sources,law schools, legal publishers and vendors. Reed Reference Publishing URL: http://www.reedref.com/home_text.html R.R Bowker , Marquis Who's Who, National Register Publishing, Martindale-Hubbell, Bowker-Saur, K.G. Saur MISC Women of the world: formal laws and policies affecting their reproductive lives URL http://www.echonyc.com/~jmkm/wotw/ This site contains a review of women's reproductive freedom in six countries around the world - Brazil, China, Germany, India Nigeria, and the United States. Each country's pertinent laws and policies are discussed on a wide range of topics. ITAR-TASS Russian News Agency URL: http://www.trib.com/NEWS/tass.html TASS is the Russian equivalent of UPI, AP or Reuters. This service is in English and is transmitted to Trib.com 24 hours a day. TASS covers Russia as well as the nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States. In addition TASS has reporters around the world including many locations where the major western news services do not. Preserve/Net Law Service URL: http://www.crp.cornell.edu/ Preserve/Net Law Service is designed to aide lawyers, activists and owners in understanding the law as it relates to preservation. PLS will provide hypertext versions of federal and state legislation, full transcripts of important court cases and analysis of the law from, among others sources, Preservation Law Reporter