E LAW - MURDOCH UNIVERSITY ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF LAW ISSN 1321-8247 Volume 7 Number 1 (March, 2000) Copyright E Law and/or authors File: netw71.txt ftp://cleo.murdoch.edu.au/pub/elaw/issues/v7n1/netw71.txt http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v7n1/netw71.html ________________________________________________________________________ NetWatch: March 2000 Anne Greenshields Librarian - Law, Murdoch University Library ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Australian legal sites and developments * Primary Legal Materials on the Internet - Case Law, Statutes and Extrinsic Material * Asian Sites * Human Rights * Adminstrative Law * Intellectual Property * Children and the Law * International Law * Commercial Law * Journals, Essays & Newspapers * Criminal Law and Criminology * Medico-Legal Links * Directories and Guides * Mining Law * Environmental Law * Reference materials and Search Engines * Ethics * Technology and the Law * Gender Issues * Women and the Law * History ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australian sites and developments Administrative Review Council: "established under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 to provide advice to the Attorney-General on strategic and operational matters relating to the Commonwealth system of administrative law." URL: http://law.gov.au/arc/ APEC Competition Policy & Law Database - country and regional legislative information, treaties, statistics etc. URL: http://www.apeccp.org.tw/ ecommerce: Attorney Generals Department URL: http://law.gov.au/publications/ecommerce/Welcome.html The Indigenous Law Bulletin (at present back issues 1995-1997 only) URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/ilb Primary Legal Materials on the Internet BAILI (British and Irish Legal Information Institute) comprehensive starting point for accessing primary materials in these jurisdictions. The time frame for decisions is variable, and coverage of legislation is patchy but has the "promise" of comprehensiveness. Developed in conjunction with AustLII so the interface will be familiar to Australian researchers. URL: http://www.bailii.org/ Hansard (UK): House of Commons Debates (upgraded site - with debates added daily) URL: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmhansrd.htm Hansard (UK) House of Lords Debates URL: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld/ldhansrd.htm Victorian Government Gazette 1998 + (although coverage of special gazette is not complete) URL: http://www.craftpress.com.au/gazette/Default.htm Weblaw: a co-operative indexing project from Australian Law Librarians. Subjects covered so far. URL: http://www.lawfoundation.net.au/olap/weblawou.html URL: http://www.lawfoundation.net.au/olap/weblawou.html#Heading4 Asian Sites APEC Competition Policy & Law Database - country and regional legislative information, treaties, statistics etc. URL: http://www.apeccp.org.tw Mining Laws of Asian Countries from the Metal Mining Agency of Japan includes legislative details as well as a "comparative table of mining law and policy" by each Asian country is available. The Agency also provides an interactive map of mineral resources in Asia and specific information about Japanese mining. URL: http://www.mmaj.go.jp/mmaj_e/asianlaw/asianlaw.html URL: http://www.mmaj.go.jp/mmaj_e/home.html Adminstrative Law Administrative Review Council: " established under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 to provide advice to the Attorney-General on strategic and operational matters relating to the Commonwealth system of administrative law." URL: http://law.gov.au/arc/ Children and the law ABA Juvenile Justice Center issues, articles and discussion (American Bar Association). URL: http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/home.html Child Rights Information Network (CRIN), a Global Network of Organisations Sharing their Experiences of Information on Children's Rights. URL: http://www.crin.org/ Commercial Law APEC Competition Policy & Law Database: country and regional legislative information, treaties, statistics etc. URL: http://www.apeccp.org.tw/ CyberSecuritiesLaw.com includes links to news and an online journal Wallstreet Lawyer (current articles only) URL: http://www.cybersecuritieslaw.com/ URL: http://www.cybersecuritieslaw.com/wallstreetlawyercom.htm ecommerce: Attorney Generals Department (Australia) URL: http://law.gov.au/publications/ecommerce/Welcome.html E-Commerce Policy reports, news items, examples of ecommerce. (USA Government) URL: http://www.ecommerce.gov/ Criminal Law and Criminology ABA Juvenile Justice Center particular focus on criminal justice issues and children- articles and discussion (American Bar Association). URL: http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/home.html Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS - Dept. Justice, USA) URL: http://www.cybercrime.gov/ Crime Mapping Research Center. "Established in 1997, the goal of the Center is the promotion, research, evaluation, development, and dissemination of GIS (geographic information systems) technology and the spatial analysis of crime." Includes the full text report Crime Mapping: Principle and Practice.(NIJ, USA) URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/cmrc/ URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/html/nij/mapping/pdf.html United Nations Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) includes 'digital publications' and the databases World Directory of Criminological Resources and the LMS Bibliographic Collection. URL: http://www.unicri.it/ Directories and Guides The Resource Discovery Network (RDN) UK based listing of guides and links to internet resources arranged by subject area. Slow to load but useful links. URL: http://www.rdn.ac.uk/ Weblaw: a co-operative indexing project from Australian Law Librarians. Subjects covered so far. URL: http://www.lawfoundation.net.au/olap/weblawou.html URL: http://www.lawfoundation.net.au/olap/weblawou.html#Heading4 Environmental Law The Biosafety Protocol: "The Biosafety Protocol (Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety) was adopted by more than 130 countries on January 29, 2000, in Montreal, Canada. Upon entry into force, this first Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity will provide a framework for addressing environmental impacts of bioengineered products (referred to as living modified organisms or "LMOs") that cross international borders. The Biosafety Protocol will help protect the environment without unnecessarily disrupting world food trade." [.pdf, RealPlayer] URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/global/biosafe/ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Legal Office provides access to national legislation and international agreements concerning food and agriculture. URL: http://www.fao.org/legal/default.htm International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation URL: http://www.greenchannel.com/iceac/ Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy - full text [pdf] of many articles and links to relevant treaties. URL: http://www.jiwlp.com Mining Laws of Asian Countries from the Metal Mining Agency of Japan includes legislative details as well as a "comparative table of mining law and policy" by each Asian country is available. The Agency also provides an interactive map of mineral resources in Asia and specific information about Japanese mining. URL: http://www.mmaj.go.jp/mmaj_e/asianlaw/asianlaw.html URL: http://www.mmaj.go.jp/mmaj_e/home.html Ethics Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions: Codes of Ethics Online Project - ethics for various professions, guidelines for constructing a code, codes from various professional bodies. (USA) URL: http://csep.iit.edu/codes/index.html Gender Issues The Affirmative Action and Diversity Project: A Web Page for Research - legislation, articles, policy documents, discussion. URL: http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/ Gendercide seeks to confront acts of gender-selective mass killing around the world. Full text case studies, and news items. URL: http://www.gendercide.org/gwmain.html History Directory of Digitized Collections - multidisciplinary collection of historical material including links to Australian Federation Debates of the 1890's Collection and other legal collections. URL: http://thoth.bl.uk/ URL: http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/fed/ Women's Legal History Biography Project (USA) bibiliographic information plus full text articles[.pdf] URL: http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/ Human Rights Child Rights Information Network (CRIN), a Global Network of Organisations Sharing their Experiences of Information on Children's Rights. URL: http://www.crin.org/ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999 from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor U.S. Department of State (February 25, 2000). URL: http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/99hrp_index.html European Court of Human Rights decisions, pending decisions, convention and other texts.. URL: http://www.echr.coe.int/ Gendercide seeks to confront acts of gender-selective mass killing around the world. Full text case studies, and news items. URL: http://www.gendercide.org/gwmain.html Index on Censorship, a bi-monthly magazine with full text issues on a range of issues. URL: http://www.indexoncensorship.org/ The Indigenous Law Bulletin (at present back issues 1995-1997 only) URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/ilb Millennium Report of the Secretary General of the United Nations [.pdf, RealPlayer] URL: http://www.un.org/millennium/sg/report/ Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal 1 issue a year, full text in various formats. Vol 1 1999 + URL: http://diana.law.yale.edu/yhrdlj/index_enhanced.htm Intellectual Property The Biotech Database devised for regulatory officicals in OECD countries to share information about commercial developments in the area. Information is arranged by organism, by company and search options are available. URL: http://www.olis.oecd.org/bioprod.nsf Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS - Dept. Justice, USA) URL: http://www.cybercrime.gov/ Genetically Modified Pest Protected Plants [.pdf] report from National Research Council, part of the US National Academy of Sciences - calls for increased review and regulation options. URL: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9795.html International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations, members only database, open newsletters, a comparative chart of relevant copyright legislation. URL: http://www.ifrro.org/index.html M.E.L.O.N.: Multimedia & Entertainment Law Online News - legal articles for the entertainment industry. (Idell, Berman & Seitel, US firm) URL: http://www.ibslaw.com/melon/ Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)(USA) - simple and effective search capacity for different searchers. URL: http://tess.uspto.gov/ International Law The Biosafety Protocol: "The Biosafety Protocol (Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety) was adopted by more than 130 countries on January 29, 2000, in Montreal, Canada. Upon entry into force, this first Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity will provide a framework for addressing environmental impacts of bioengineered products (referred to as living modified organisms or "LMOs") that cross international borders. The Biosafety Protocol will help protect the environment without unnecessarily disrupting world food trade." [.pdf, RealPlayer] URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/global/biosafe/ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Legal Office provides access to national legislation and international agreements concerning food and agriculture. URL: http://www.fao.org/legal/default.htm International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation URL: http://www.greenchannel.com/iceac/ International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations, members only database, open newsletters, a comparative chart of relevant copyright legislation. URL: http://www.ifrro.org/index.html Millennium Report of the Secretary General of the United Nations [.pdf, RealPlayer] URL: http://www.un.org/millennium/sg/report/ United Nations Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) includes 'digital publications' and the databases World Directory of Criminological Resources and the LMS Bibliographic Collection. URL: http://www.unicri.it/ U.S. Information Research Center e-Bulletins: brief synopsis of current affairs issues concerning U.S. Foreign Policy and related issues. URL: http://www.usis-australia.gov/bulletin/ US State Department Library, Electronic Research Collections including treaty matters and other legal issues. URL: http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/index.html URL: http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/collections.html Journals, Essays & Newspapers Harvard Law School Forum [RealPlayer] Audio of presentations made to the Harvard Law School Forum 1999+ URL: http://www.law.harvard.edu/studorgs/forum/index.html Index on Censorship, a bi-monthly magazine with full text issues on a range of issues. URL: http://www.indexoncensorship.org/ The Indigenous Law Bulletin (at present back issues 1995-1997 only) URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/ilb The Internet Law Journal - current affairs newsletter. URL: http://www.tilj.com/ Journal of Social Change and Critical Inquiry (JoSCCI) Uni of Wollongong, refereed journal. URL: http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/joscci/ Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy - full text [pdf] of many articles and links to relevant treaties. URL: http://www.jiwlp.com National Law Review Australian peer reviewed full text journal URL: http://www.nlr.com.au/main.htm New York Times (subscription is free) URL: http://www.nytimes.com/ Wallstreet Lawyer (current articles only) URL: http://www.cybersecuritieslaw.com/wallstreetlawyercom.htm Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal 1 issue a year, full text in various formats. Vol 1 1999 + URL: http://diana.law.yale.edu/yhrdlj/index_enhanced.htm Medico-Legal Links International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations, members only database, open newsletters, a comparative chart of relevant copyright legislation. URL: http://www.ifrro.org/index.html Mining Law Mining Laws of Asian Countries from the Metal Mining Agency of Japan includes legislative details as well as a "comparative table of mining law and policy" by each Asian country is available. The Agency also provides an interactive map of mineral resources in Asia and specific information about Japanese mining. URL: http://www.mmaj.go.jp/mmaj_e/asianlaw/asianlaw.html URL: http://www.mmaj.go.jp/mmaj_e/home.html Reference materials and Search Engines Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology - key word search or browsing through 130 scientific fields definitions and related terms. URL: http://www.harcourt.com/dictionary/ Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal (APLPJ) Full text journal from William S. Richardson School of Law URL: http://www.hawaii.edu/aplpj/ Bartleby.com Relaunches with five major reference works including the Cambridge History of English and American Literature: an encyclopedia in eighteen volumes, historical dictionaries, thesaurus and Bartlett and Simpsons Quotations (published late 1800s). URL: http://www.bartleby.com/ URL: http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/ Directory of Digitized Collections - multidisciplinary collection of historical material including links to Australian Federation Debates of the 1890's Collection and other legal collections. URL: http://thoth.bl.uk/ URL: http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/fed/ LLSDC Legislative Source Book - information, links and guides for researchers interested in US legislative materials[.pdf] URL: http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/ Legal Engine - a collection of search engines with legal focus - geared to the legal researcher. Although has US focus it does have substantial international coverage. URL:http://www.legalengine.com/ Search Engines Worldwide a comprehensive list of 850 search engines covering 130 countries. URL: http://www.twics.com/~takakuwa/search/ Search Tools Chart - an excellent tool with links and guidance on search methods for a range of search engines (InFoPeople Project, USA)) URL: http://www.infopeople.org/src/chart.html Technology and the Law Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS - Dept. Justice, USA) URL: http://www.cybercrime.gov/ CyberSecuritiesLaw.com includes links to news and an online journal Wallstreet Lawyer (current articles only) URL: http://www.cybersecuritieslaw.com/ URL: http://www.cybersecuritieslaw.com/wallstreetlawyercom.htm DomainMagistrate an "online assistance center to help you through your domain name registration dispute". URL: http://www.domainmagistrate.com/index.html ecommerce: Attorney Generals Department URL: http://law.gov.au/publications/ecommerce/Welcome.html E-Commerce Policy reports, news items, examples of ecommerce. (USA Government site) URL: http://www.ecommerce.gov/ "The Electronic Frontier: The Challenge of Unlawful Conduct Involving the Use of the Internet: A Report of the President's Working Group on Unlawful Conduct on the Internet" (USA) URL: http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/hp.html UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy includes a bibliography of resources, links to significant reports and sites. URL: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/unlawful.htm Women and the Law The Affirmative Action and Diversity Project: A Web Page for Research - legislation, articles, policy documents, discussion. URL: http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/ Gendercide seeks to confront acts of gender-selective mass killing around the world. Full text case studies, and news items. URL: http://www.gendercide.org/gwmain.html Women's Legal History Biography Project (USA) bibiliographic information plus full text articles[.pdf] URL: http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------