| Author: | Anne Greenshields Librarian - Law, Murdoch University |
| Subjects: | Internet computer network (Other articles) Legal research (Other articles) |
| Issue: | Volume 4, Number 3 (September 1997) |
| Category: | NetWatch |
The Aboriginal Independent Newspaper The Aboriginal Independent Newspaper is a Self Determination Project begun by a group of Nyoongar Aboriginal people in Western Australia. (Subscription required)
URL: http://www.akai.com.au/Australian Human Rights Information Centre. A range of interesting an invaluable documents and links for the the Human Rights researcher.
URL: ttp://www.austlii.edu.au/ahric/index.htmlAustralian Marxist Review a partial electronic version of the print journal
URL: http://www.peg.apc.org/~guardian/amr/amr.htmCopyright Reform and the Digital Agenda Proposed Transmission Right, Right of Making Available and Enforcement Measures. A discussion paper with submissions. (Commonwealth of Australia)
URL: http://law.gov.au/publications/digital.htmThe Guardian The weekly newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia
URL: http://www.peg.apc.org/~guardian/guardian/guardian.htmGuide to Legal Research Materials at UNSW Law Library. The guide's purpose is to provide a brief, up-to-date guide to the major research tools available (at UNSW) either in print or electronically. It has wider use in that it provides a guide to Australian legal research materials.
URL: http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~law/guide/guide1.htmlOn the EdgePapers from the 7th Asia Pacific Specials, Health and Law Librarians Conference on the edge, are now available in a fully searchable format. Library science and practice papers predominate but papers from legal practitioners and academics are included as well as papers from an anthropologist and field worker with the National Native Title Tribunal make this collection worth viewing. [I have to admit to being involved in this very successful conference, hence the promotion and the brievity of this issue of netwatch!]
Topics of interest to legal researchers include native title agreements, mining and native title, intellectual property issues in Asia, Australian territories law, law and the internet, medico legal issues, copyright and databases, decision making in relation to death, alternative dispute resolution, finding Indonesian law, and more...
URL: http://www.trimagic.com.au/edge.htmPecuniary Interest Tribunal Publications via the web. NSW Department of Local Government
The Local Government Pecuniary Interest Tribunal is constituted under Chapter 14, Part 4, of the Local Government Act 1993 to hold hearings into and decide allegations of contraventions of Part 2 of that Chapter (which deals with duties of disclosure of pecuniary interests) and to perform such other functions as are conferred or imposed on it by the Act (section 489).
Adobe Acrobat required - link to software provided.
URL: http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/pit.htmSupreme Court International Bulletin digests and headnotes from Superior Courts around the world. An excellent review of current cases - well worth a regular visit or subscribing to. Information about the contents is also available.
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/scib_archive.html
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/scib_aboutz.htmlWindow on the Law is the Australian Government entry point to all Australian Government legal resources. News releases, publications, and databases including SCALEplus (Commonwealth legislation and cases) and the Legislative Instruments Database (which is being developed)
URL: http://law.gov.au/
URL: http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/
URL: http://frli.law.gov.au/
The Avalon Project, Yale Law School. Although not a new site it is worth revisiting to glance at the legal, political and historical documents. The documents are grouped under the headings pre-18th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
URL: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htmInternational Court of Justice- very much under development. At the time of writing the site includes list of all cases brought before the court since 1946, documents relating to cases currently being heard, and some procedural and constitutive documents
URL: http://www.icj-cij.org/Pecuniary Interest Tribunal Publications via the web. NSW Department of Local Government
The Local Government Pecuniary Interest Tribunal is constituted under Chapter 14, Part 4, of the Local Government Act 1993 to hold hearings into and decide allegations of contraventions of Part 2 of that Chapter (which deals with duties of disclosure of pecuniary interests) and to perform such other functions as are conferred or imposed on it by the Act (section 489).
Adobe Acrobat required - link to software provided.
URL: http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/pit.htmSupreme Court International Bulletin digests and headnotes from Superior Courts around the world. An excellent review of current cases - well worth a regular visit or subscribing to. Information about the contents is also available.
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/scib_archive.html
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/scib_aboutz.htmlWindow on the Law is the Australian Government entry point to all Australian Government legal resources. News releases, publications, and databases including SCALEplus (Commonwealth legislation and cases) and the Legislative Instruments Database (which is being developed)
URL: http://law.gov.au/
URL: http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/
URL: http://frli.law.gov.au/
Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information, another guide to elecronic citations.
URL: http://www.uvm.edu/~ncrane/estyles/MLA Style citations of electronic sources, a straight forward guide to electronic citations.
URL: http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html
Report to the Lord Chancellor by Sir Peter Middleton GCB into the Civil Justice System in the United Kingdom: full text of the report without hypertext links.
URL: http://www.open.gov.uk/lcd/middle/report.txt
Cyberspace Law from the John Marshall Law School (USA) http://host1.jmls.edu/cyber/index.htmlOn the EdgePapers from the 7th Asia Pacific Specials, Health and Law Librarians Conference on the edge, are now available in a fully searchable format. Library science and practice papers predominate but papers from legal practitioners and academics are included as well as papers from an anthropologist and field worker with the National Native Title Tribunal make this collection worth viewing. [I have to admit to being involved in this very successful conference, hence the promotion and the brievity of this issue of netwatch!]
Topics of interest to legal researchers include native title agreements, mining and native title, intellectual property issues in Asia, Australian territories law, law and the internet, medico legal issues, copyright and databases, decision making in relation to death, alternative dispute resolution, finding Indonesian law, and more...
URL: http://www.trimagic.com.au/edge.htmScholarly Communication and Technology Papers from The Conference Organized by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation at Emory University April 24-25, 1997. Of particular interest to librarians, writers and publishers of legal information.
URL: http://www.arl.org/scomm/scat/index.html
Substantive Law on the World Wide WebA well organised directory of US state and US federal law, includes some international link.
URL: http://www.mother.com/~randy/law.html
LegalMinds contains archives of several hundred legal and law related discussion lists. Worth browsing before subscribing.
- LAW-POSTGRADS The list has been established to foster and support the electronic discussion of issues relevant to postgraduate research in law and its related fields. Postings could include: requests for recommended references on a subject, or for advice, questions about theory or research, thoughts on recent books. It is hoped that the respondents to requests would be other postgraduate lawyers but all interested parties should feel free to join.
- #2 Interested parties can join the list by emailing:
- mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
- with the message
- join law-postgrads firstname lastname
- e.g. join law-postgrads Anne Greenshields
URL: http://www.legalminds.org/Prarielaw.com offers three free forums to support discussion between professionals in different areas of practice in relation to issues, topics and concerns in which they have overlapping interests. While US based these forums should provide an opportunity for discussion which may be invaluable for the sole practitioner.
The Medical Malpractice Law Forum
URL: http://prairielaw.com/mm
The Workers Compensation Law Forum
URL: http://prairielaw.com/wc
The Emplyment Law Forum
URL: http://prairielaw.com/em
The Aboriginal Independent Newspaper The Aboriginal Independent Newspaper is a Self Determination Project begun by a group of Nyoongar Aboriginal people in Western Australia. (Subscription required)
URL: http://www.akai.com.au/Australian Human Rights Information Centre. A range of interesting an invaluable documents and links for the the Human Rights researcher.
URL: ttp://www.austlii.edu.au/ahric/index.htmlCouncil of Europe. European Commission against racism and intolerance. Legal measures to combat racism and intolerance in the member States CRI (97) 38. A comprehensive series of documents in the area of Human Rights
URL: http://www.ecri.coe.fr/en/03/03/e03030001.htmIndigenous Peoples' Law and Legal Issues: law and legal issues related to indigenous peoples of the world. A well organised resource in the area of indigenous peoples law and human rights with links to primary materials and relevant documents.
URL: http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia cases, documents, press statements and more.
URL: http://www.un.org/icty/cases.htmMajor War Criminals/Suspects information and documents from various Human Rights organisations interested in War Crimes.
URL: http://www.cco.caltech.edu/%7Ebosnia/criminal/criminals.htmlThe Lillian Goldman Library at Yale Law School has an impressive and well organised directory of internet sites and documents. In particular the Human Rights listing is impressive.
URL: http://elsinore.cis.yale.edu/lawweb/lawlib.htm
Copyright Reform and the Digital Agenda Proposed Transmission Right, Right of Making Available and Enforcement Measures. A discussion paper with submissions. (Commonwealth of Australia)
URL: http://law.gov.au/publications/digital.htmThe Washington Post Company and others v Total News Inc and others US District Court, Southern District of New York. February 20, 1997. A case dealing with intellectual property rights and the internet.
URL: http://zeus.bna.com/e-law/docs/total.html
International Trade Law Branch of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs servicing the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
URL: http://www.un.or.at/uncitral/United Nations Development Programme Sustainable Human Development (UNDP) includes many useful links and documents. The Permanent Missions to the United Nations contain a wide ranging and diverse set of links relevant to each mission. For example the Korean Mission includes links to Korean newspapers, the Algerian Mission includes the Algerian Constitution in English and French. Worth considering as a starting point for information about countries which have Permanent Missions to the UN.
URL: http://www.undp.org:81/
URL: http://www.undp.org:81/missions/
The Aboriginal Independent Newspaper The Aboriginal Independent Newspaper is a Self Determination Project begun by a group of Nyoongar Aboriginal people in Western Australia. (Subscription required)
URL: http://www.akai.com.au/Australian Marxist Review a partial electronic version of the print journal
URL: http://www.peg.apc.org/~guardian/amr/amr.htmBBC including world service with its world news
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/default.htmThe Guardian The weekly newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia
URL: http://www.peg.apc.org/~guardian/guardian/guardian.htmInternet Legal Practice Newsletter full of practice based information and discussion. Although US based many of the articles are relevant to practice rather than jurisidictional issues.
URL: http://www.collegehill.com/ilp-news/The Internet Lawyer, Navigating the Internet for the Legal Profession. A good introductory site for Internet beginners - although the focus is clearly US
URL: http://www.internetlawyer.com/Prarie Law Journal legal practice information for members of the community. (USA)
Supreme Court International Bulletin digests and headnotes from Superior Courts around the world. An excellent review of current cases - well worth a regular visit or subscribing to. Information about the contents is also available.
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/scib_archive.html
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/scib_aboutz.htmlLex Mundi WORLD REPORTS . (Use the search function in the top frame and type "wr current issue".) Wide ranging issues and topics including business and law reports.
URL: http://www.hg.orgWorld Press Review Online selected excerpts from the printed journal.
URL: http://www.worldpress.org/WPR.htmlYesterday Once More: Skeptics, Scribes and the Demise of Law Reviews" Bernard Hibbitts update on electronic publishing of legal scholarship. Another document of interest to librarians, writers and publishers of legal information.
URL: http://www.law.pitt.edu/hibbitts/akron.htm
The Case Against Judge Lorin Duckman - The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has recommended, by a vote of 7 to 4, that Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Lorin Duckman be removed from the bench. In one of the most controversial judicial conduct cases in recent New York history, the Commission found Judge Duckman 'is a biased, intemperate judge who deliberately misapplies the law and abuses judicial powers.' Decisions, reports and documents relating to this case and general discussion of judicial independence.
URL; http://www.nylj.com/links/duckman.html
Guide to Legal Research Materials at UNSW Law Library. The guide's purpose is to provide a brief, up-to-date guide to the major research tools available (at UNSW) either in print or electronically. It has wider use in that it provides a guide to Australian legal research materials.
URL: http://www.library.unsw.edu.au/~law/guide/guide1.html
UK law schools: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- LAW-POSTGRADS The list has been established to foster and support the electronic discussion of issues relevant to postgraduate research in law and its related fields. Postings could include: requests for recommended references on a subject, or for advice, questions about theory or research, thoughts on recent books. It is hoped that the respondents to requests would be other postgraduate lawyers but all interested parties should feel free to join.
- #2 Interested parties can join the list by emailing:
- mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
- with the message
- join law-postgrads firstname lastname
- e.g. join law-postgrads Anne Greenshields
URL: http://www.law.warwick.ac.uk/html/universities.htmlScholarly Communication and Technology Papers from The Conference Organized by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation at Emory University April 24-25, 1997. Of particular interest to librarians, writers and publishers of legal information.
URL: http://www.arl.org/scomm/scat/index.htmlYesterday Once More: Skeptics, Scribes and the Demise of Law Reviews" Bernard Hibbitts update on electronic publishing of legal scholarship. Another document of interest to librarians, writers and publishers of legal information.
URL: http://www.law.pitt.edu/hibbitts/akron.htm
Internet Experiments in Electronic Court Filing By Bradley J. Hillis, MA, JD September 1997 (USA)
URL: http://www.wolfenet.com/~dhillis/efile/toc.htmLegalMinds contains archives of several hundred legal and law related discussion lists. Worth browsing before subscribing.
URL: http://www.legalminds.org/Prarielaw.com offers three free forums to support discussion between professionals in different areas of practice in relation to issues, topics and concerns in which they have overlapping interests. While US based these forums should provide an opportunity for discussion which may be invaluable for the sole practitioner.
Supreme Court International Bulletin digests and headnotes from Superior Courts around the world. An excellent review of current cases - well worth a regular visit or subscribing to. Information about the contents is also available.
- The Medical Malpractice Law Forum
- URL: http://prairielaw.com/mm
- The Workers Compensation Law Forum
- URL: http://prairielaw.com/wc
- The Employment Law Forum
- URL: http://prairielaw.com/em
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/scib_archive.html
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/
URL: http://www.farislaw.com/scib_aboutz.html
British Library - includes links to services, collections and online exhibitions.
URL: http://portico.bl.uk/The Lillian Goldman Library at Yale Law School has an impressive and well organised directory of internet sites and documents. In particular the Human Rights listing is impressive.
URL: http://elsinore.cis.yale.edu/lawweb/lawlib.htm
Eurodicautom: "a translators best friend on the Web". Need to verify terms and abbreviations in various European languages try this resource. The Source and Target languages are Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Finnish; you can search for terms or abbreviations, and limit to particular subjects, including Customs, Economics, Employment, Environment, Finance, Insurance, Law, Taxation, Telecom, Trade. Very easy to use.
URL: http://www2.echo.lu/edic/
Report to the Lord Chancellor by Sir Peter Middleton GCB into the Civil Justice System in the United Kingdom: full text of the report without hypertext links.
URL: http://www.open.gov.uk/lcd/middle/report.txtCouncil of Europe. European Commission against racism and intolerance. Legal measures to combat racism and intolerance in the member States CRI (97) 38. A comprehensive series of documents in the area of Human Rights
URL: http://www.ecri.coe.fr/en/03/03/e03030001.htm
Copyright Reform and the Digital Agenda Proposed Transmission Right, Right of Making Available and Enforcement Measures. A discussion paper with submissions. (Commonwealth of Australia)
URL: http://law.gov.au/publications/digital.htmCyberspace Law from the John Marshall Law School (USA) http://host1.jmls.edu/cyber/index.html
Scholarly Communication and Technology Papers from The Conference Organized by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation at Emory University April 24-25, 1997. Of particular interest to librarians, writers and publishers of legal information.
URL: http://www.arl.org/scomm/scat/index.html