| Author: | Anne Greenshields Librarian - Law, Murdoch University |
| Subjects: | Internet computer network (Other articles) Legal research (Other articles) |
| Issue: | Volume 8, Number 1 (March 2001) |
| Category: | NetWatch |
Australian Digital Theses Program - full text of digitized theses from 7 universities. Clearly a work in progress, the law coverage is slight as yet.
URL: http://adt.caul.edu.au/APO Manual Of Practice And Procedure
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/ipaus/apo/manual/Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation "A coalition of community groups and concerned citizens that is seeking a just and equitable solution to the Wik case and is opposed to any plan that seeks to extinguish native title and further dispossess Australia's Indigenous people". Documents, discussion and current issues are highlighted.
URL: http://www.antar.org.au/Draft National Privacy Guidelines from the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (Australia) - comment invited. [pdf]
URL: http://www.privacy.gov.au/publications/dnppg1.pdfIndigenous Law Resources from AustLII
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/Partnerships Against Domestic Violence is a Commonwealth initiative, working with the States and Territories and the community to prevent domestic violence.
URL: http://www.padv.dpmc.gov.au/
Congressional Quarterly (USA) daily bulletins - for those people keen on following US politics.
URL: http://www.cq.comInstacase.com Access to digests and links to current US court decisions. Subject/keyword searching for older material also available.
URL: http://www.instacase.comKorean Legal Research Resources on the Internet -Links to many sites containing Korean laws and regulations.
URL: http://www.siu.edu/offices/lawlib/koreanlaw/
URL: http://www.siu.edu/offices/lawlib/koreanlaw/#Laws
Korean Legal Research Resources on the Internet - an overview of the legal system and links to relevant sites.
URL: http://www.siu.edu/offices/lawlib/koreanlaw/
National Crime Prevention - towards a safer Australia. Crime prevention including many documents relating to youth issues.
URL: http://www.ncp.gov.au/ncp/index.htmNational Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center site "is designed to share information about prevention programs, publications, research, and statistics on violence committed by and against young people." Easy to work around, information for teens, professionals, and parents. (USA)
URL: http://www.safeyouth.org/home.htm
National Crime Prevention - towards a safer Australia. Crime prevention including many documents relating to youth issues.
URL: http://www.ncp.gov.au/ncp/index.htmNational Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center site "is designed to share information about prevention programs, publications, research, and statistics on violence committed by and against young people." Easy to work around, information for teens, professionals, and parents. (USA)
URL: http://www.safeyouth.org/home.htmPartnerships Against Domestic Violence is a Commonwealth initiative, working with the States and Territories and the community to prevent domestic violence. (Australia)
URL: http://www.padv.dpmc.gov.au/
Guide to the Law Online - from the Library of Congress. Research links for most jurisdictions. There are gaps in the Australian coverage - but a valid starting point.
URL: http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/index.htmlLawIDEA.com - extensive directory of legal links.
URL: http://www.lawidea.com/Online Health Law Library (USA) from Pace University. Directory of US primary and secondary legal materials.
URL: http://csmail.law.pace.edu/lawlib/Healthlaw/index.htmPac-Info - a directory of publicly-accessible databases (phone books, patent databases, legislation collection, aircraft registries etc.) US and world wide.
URL: http://www.pac-info.com/
Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI). An Initiative of the Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, World Economic Forum this site "is a composite measure of the current status of a nation’s environmental systems, pressures on those systems, human vulnerability to environmental change, national capacity to respond, and contributions to global environmental stewardship. It was developed in a collaborative effort between the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) of Columbia University." [ESI available in pdf, powerpoint format]
URL: http://www.ciesin.org/indicators/ESI/pilot_esi.html
European Commission Online Press Room. Current news as well an archive database of older press releases. Invaluable for anyone interested in current European issues. A free email alert service is provided.
Subject access via defined topics such as Enterprise and Information Society and Competion Policy results in lists of releases with the most recent displayed first. Links to related sites are useful. [pdf]
URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/press_room/index.htm
Handbook of Forensic Sciences - FBI
URL: http://www.fbi.gov/programs/lab/handbook/intro.htm
Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence - First Annual Report [.pdf] USA government report, links and strategic plan.
URL: http://www.dtic.mil/domesticviolence/
URL: http://www.dtic.mil/domesticviolence/Report.pdfPartnerships Against Domestic Violence "is a Commonwealth initiative, working with the States and Territories and the community to prevent domestic violence." (Australia)
URL: http://www.padv.dpmc.gov.au/
2000 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - reports from the US State Department.
URL: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. (August - September 2001, South Africa). Conference information - useful links under "Issues in Focus".
URL: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/racism/index.htm
ClearedForLanding.com (in the US) Explanation of US visas, cards, immigration rules etc.
URL: http://www.clearedforlanding.com
Aboriginal Connections (Canada) A useful directory of resources. Subject arrangement is easy to navigate around. While the focus is Canadian and North American the search feature does bring up Australian links.
URL: http://www.aboriginalconnections.com/Aboriginal Canada Portal - A Canadian government and Aboriginal peoples initiative to link to projects, publications and other initiatives. Well structured site easy to move through the subject links to relevant material and links.
URL: http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation "A coalition of community groups and concerned citizens that is seeking a just and equitable solution to the Wik case and is opposed to any plan that seeks to extinguish native title and further dispossess Australia's Indigenous people". Documents, discussion and current issues are highlighted.
URL: http://www.antar.org.au/Indigenous Law Resources from AustLII
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/
APO Manual Of Practice And Procedure
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/ipaus/apo/manual/European Commission Online Press Room. Current news as well an archive database of older press releases. Invaluable for anyone interested in current European issues. Subject access via defined topics such as Enterprise and Information Society and Competion Policy results in lists of releases with the most recent displayed first. Links to related sites are useful. [pdf]
URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/press_room/index.htmResearching Intellectual Property Law in an International Context an excellent guide for researchers - selected links within the text.
URL: http://www.llrx.com/features/iplaw.htmUDRPlaw.net - The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Legal Information Site: Internet legal issues including domain name, internet policy and more. Digest, and link, to relevant cases and sites.
URL: http://www.udrplaw.net/Web Patent Databases of patent grants and recent patent applications in the US (US Patent and Trademark Office)
URL: http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
2000 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - reports from the US State Department.
URL: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) Use pull down menus and check boxes to find information, facts and/or links. Slow response.
URL: http://first.sipri.org/Refugee Caselaw Site: "The purpose of this site is to promote transnational analysis of refugee law by advocates, decision-makers, and policymakers committed to the effective implementation of international standards." Decisions from the 'highest courts' of Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States - easily searchable with cases downloadable in pdf format. From the Program in Asylum Law at The University of Michigan Law School
URL: http://www.refugeecaselaw.org/Refugee/index.htmThe UN Works - personal and general stories illustrating how the UN works makes this an ideal introductory site for primary and high school students.
URL: http://www.un.org/works/
European Commission Online Press Room. Current news as well an archive database of older press releases. Invaluable for anyone interested in current European issues. Subject access via defined topics such as Enterprise and Information Society and Competion Policy results in lists of releases with the most recent displayed first. Links to related sites are useful. [pdf]
URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/press_room/index.htmInstacase.com Access to digests and links to current US court decisions. Subject/keyword searching for older material also available.
URL: http://www.instacase.comNew York Lawyer - a chatty current legal and lawyers 'affairs' news letter.
URL: http://www.nylawyer.com/The Washington Post Email Newsletter is a free e-mail program delivering personally-selected content to the 'subscriber'.
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters
Online Health Law Library (USA) from Pace University. Directory of US primary and secondary legal materials.
URL: http://csmail.law.pace.edu/lawlib/Healthlaw/index.htm
Bloomsbury Research Centre: reference books including Dictionary of English Literature, Biographical Quotations, Bloomsbury Thematic Quotations, and the Guide To Human Thought. (Use Internet Explorer to see results, Netscape does not display results and documents).
URL: http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/ARC/Arc_home.aspResearchville - directory of newspapers, reference materials. Easy to browse and search.
URL: http://www.researchville.com/Strange and Unusual Dictionaries White Queen's Dictionary of One-Letter Words (over 700 entries), the Dictionary of All- Consonant Words, and the Dictionary of All-Vowel Words and more obscure, fun and silly dictionaries!
URL: http://blueray.com/dictionary/If you're looking for a few odd dictionaries, look no further than http://blueray.com/dictionary/. Available on this site are the White Queen's Dictionary of One-Letter Words (over 700 entries), the Dictionary of All- Consonant Words, and the Dictionary of All-Vowel Words.
PackagingLaw.com - news items and discussion for those people involved in packing industry and producers of items to be packed and shipped. (US law firm)
URL: http://www.packaginglaw.com/
WorldWideWeb Tax (USA) - relevant for those dealing with the US IRS, the glossary of taxation terms may have use to those outside the US.
URL: http://www.wwwebtax.com/
Computerworld IT resources - research and resources page for IT information
URL: http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/itresourcesDraft National Privacy Guidelines from the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (Australia) - comment invited. [pdf]
URL: http://www.privacy.gov.au/publications/dnppg1.pdfUDRPlaw.net - The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Legal Information Site: Internet legal issues including domain name, internet policy and more. Digest, and link, to relevant cases and sites.
URL: http://www.udrplaw.net/
Ministry of Women's Equality (BC Canada) - reports and initiatives relevant to the ideal of womens equality. Documents include the Women's Economic Independence and Security: A Federal/Provincial/Territorial Strategic Framework [pdf report] and "fact files" and resource kits on the issue of Prevention of Violence Against Women
URL: http://www.weq.gov.bc.ca
URL: http://www.weq.gov.bc.ca/publications/FPTENG01.PDF
URL: http://www.weq.gov.bc.ca/prevention-of-violence-week/2001/index.stm