E LAW - MURDOCH UNIVERSITY ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF LAW ISSN 1321-8347 Volume 8 Number 3 (September 2001) Copyright E Law and author File: netw83.txt ftp://law.murdoch.edu.au/pub/elaw-issues/v8n3/netw83.txt http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v8n3/netw83.html ________________________________________________________________________ NetWatch September 2001 Anne Greenshields Librarian - Law, Murdoch University Library * Australian legal sites and developments * Primary Legal Materials on the Internet - Case Law, Statutes and Extrinsic Material * Children and the Law * Islam and law * Constitutional Law * Journals, Essays & Newspapers * Criminal Issues * Legal Education * Directories and Guides * Legal History * Dispute Resolution * Legal Practice * Gender Issues * Reference materials and Search * Human Rights Engines * Industrial Issues * Securities Law * Insurance * Tax * Intellectual Property * Technology and the Law * International Law * Torts * International Relations * Transport * Women and the Law ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australian sites and developments Current Issues Brief from the Parliament of Australia: Parliamentary Library. Briefs provide an overview of topical issues for Australian Parliamentarians: Useful starting points for research on topical issues which concern the Government. Refugee Law-Recent Legislative Developments (September 2001) Mutual Misperceptions: The Historical Context of Muslim-Western Relations (October 2001) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/ URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2001-02/02cib05.htm URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2001-02/02cib07.htm Hansard of the Legislative Assembly for the ACT URL: http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/welcome.htm InfoEssentials.com - directory of internet resources for Australian professionals - medical, legal, financial and reference URL: http://www.infoessentials.com/ Reforming the Old and Refining the New: A Critical Overview of Australian Approaches to Cannabis, Research Paper from the Australian Parliamentary Library. Also in pdf. URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/pubs/rp/2001-02/02RP06.htm URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/pubs/rp/2001-02/02RP06.pdf South Australian Industrial Relations Tribunals website for the SA Industrial Relations Court & Commission and Workers Compensation Tribunal. Decisions, awards and related matters. URL: http://www.industrialcourt.sa.gov.au Primary Legal Materials on the Internet Hansard of the Legislative Assembly for the ACT URL: http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/welcome.htm South Australian Industrial Relations Tribunals website for the SA Industrial Relations Court & Commission and Workers Compensation Tribunal. Current Decisions on this site, older decisions at AustLII URL: http://www.industrialcourt.sa.gov.au URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/sa/SAIRC/ Children and the law The State of the World's Children 2002 report from UNICEF URL: http://www.unicef.org/sowc02/ Trafficking in Human Beings Reports, documents, publications from US Department of State. Links to NGOs and other sites are also useful. URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/global/traffic/ Youth Law Center information and summaries of youth related cases arranged under broad subject headings. URL: http://www.youthlawcenter.com/ Constitutional Law The First Amendment Project offers access to resources and information on the California Brown Act and Open Government Meeting Laws (US Constitutional Law) URL: http://www.thefirstamendment.org/brownx.html Criminal Issues Crime in the United States, 2000 report from the FBI (USA) URL: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/00cius.htm Global Corruption Report 2001 from Transparency International URL: http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/ National Coalition for the Prevention of Economic Crime URL: http://www.ncpec.org/ National Institute of Justice Reference Service - Drug Courts and other useful resources URL: http://www.ncjrs.org URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/drug_courts/drug_courts.html Probation and Parole in the United States - 2000 US Department of Justice, Bureau of Statistics URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ppus00.htm Directories and Guides Afghanistan Studies - Directory of resources URL: http://www.academicinfo.net/afghan.html Directory of Australian and New Zealand University Law Librarians URL: http://elib.library.uwa.edu.au/products/anzlaw/ InfoEssentials.com - directory of internet resources for Australian professionals - medical, legal, financial and reference URL: http://www.infoessentials.com/ Dispute Resolution An Overview of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the USA from Cornell. Links to US and international resources. URL: http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/adr.html Gender Issues Gay/Lesbian Politics and Law: WWW and Internet Resources: "A selective, annotated guide to the best and most authoritative resources on politics, law, and policy" URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtpol/ Human Rights The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) "is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting women’s equality worldwide by guaranteeing reproductive rights as human rights." Site provides US and international information, fact sheets, news updates, etc URL: http://www.crlp.org Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition - historical discussion and information about the Atlantic slave system and its distruction. URL: http://www.yale.edu/glc/ National Center on Elder Abuse (US) fact sheets, bibilographies and research resources. URL: http://www.elderabusecenter.org/ Refugee Law-Recent Legislative Developments (September 2001) from the Australian Parliamentary Library URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2001-02/02cib05.htm The State of the World's Children 2002 report from UNICEF URL: http://www.unicef.org/sowc02/ Trafficking in Human Beings Reports, documents, publications from US Department of State. Links to NGOs and other sites are also useful. URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/global/traffic/ Youth Law Center information and summaries of youth related cases arranged under broad subject headings. URL: http://www.youthlawcenter.com/ Industrial Issues South Australian Industrial Relations Tribunals website for the SA Industrial Relations Court & Commission and Workers Compensation Tribunal. Decisions, awards and related matters. URL: http://www.industrialcourt.sa.gov.au Labor Research Portal : The Institute of Industrial Relation Library (USA) URL: http://iir.berkeley.edu/~iir/library/webguides.html Insurance Air Safety Online report in to passenger problems (DVTs, causes and prevention) and other airsafety issues. URL: http://www.airsafetyonline.com/indepth/asiusa/ crashDATABASE.com indexes airline crashes by airline, aircraft, date and 'custom' search. Easy to access summaries of the details of commercial aircraft crash information. URL: http://www.crashdatabase.com/ Glossary Agent an "annotated gateway to online monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual glossaries of interest to professionals in insurance, reinsurance, risk management, employee benefits, healthcare, and related fields such as law and financial services". Definitions are accessed through subject menus. URL: http://www.insurancetranslation.com/Glossary_Agent/index.htm Intellectual Property Copyright Office USA includes Copyright Search Databases which contain records of registrations with the US Copyright Office and ownership documents since 1978. There are three databases for 1) Books, Music etc, 2)Serials and, 3)Documents. Limited use for non-US copyright holders. URL: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/ URL: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/search/ Digital Millennium Copyright Act Report -- US Copyright Office/ Library of Congress [.pdf] URL: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/reports/studies/dmca/dmca_study.html GigaLaw.com - "Legal Information for Internet Professionals" news, articles etc on topics from IP, identity theft, copyright etc. URL: http://www.gigalaw.com/ Intellectual Property Digital Library - free accounts provide access to databases, magazines, and other IP information. URL: http://ipdl.wipo.int/ Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review the journal began in 1997 all issues are available through the archive. URL: http://www.mttlr.org/ National Academies "advisers to the nation (USA) on Science, Engineering and Medicine" have put together a substantial research site for Intellectual Property. Easy to navigate by topics (Database Protection, Trade Secrets, Trade Marks) or by sector (e-commerce, biotech, internet). URL: http://www.nationalacademies.org/ URL: http://ip.nationalacademies.org/ WIPO - Directory of National and Regional Industrial Property Offices URL: http://www.wipo.int/index.html.en URL: http://www.wipo.int/news/en/links/addresses/ip/ WIPO - international classifications required for registering a patent or trademark. URL: http://www.wipo.int/index.html.en URL: http://www.wipo.int/classifications/en/ Researching WTO and GATT - a guide to selected internet sites, and a bibliography of print and CD resources URL: http://www.llrx.com/features/wto2.htm International Law Center for Immigration Studies URL: http://www.cis.org/ Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project - a clearing house designed to "implement the Chemical Weapons Convention and to strengthen the 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention". URL: http://www.stimson.org/cwc/index.html Policy Library "places public policy knowledge in the public domain. Its aim is to contribute to public understanding of social, economic and political questions through research, dissemination and publication." (UK focus) The International Issues covers a wide range of topics from EU, through Internet, defence and human rights issues.. URL: http://www.policylibrary.com URL: http://www.policylibrary.com/international.htm Refugee Law-Recent Legislative Developments (September 2001) from the Australian Parliamentary Library. Indonesia and Transnational Terrorism (October 2001) Mutual Misperceptions: The Historical Context of Muslim-Western Relations (October 2001) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/ URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2001-02/02cib05.htm URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2001-02/02cib06.htm URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2001-02/02cib07.htm International Relations Asian Perspectives of America's Crisis from AsiaSource a research and current awareness site. URL: http://www.asiasource.org/ URL: http://www.asiasource.org/americacrisis/ CorpWatch: Holding Corporations Accountable - "CorpWatch counters corporate-led globalization through education and activism... a diverse movement for human rights, labor rights and environmental justice." Analysis news and commentary relating to multi national corporations. URL: http://www.corpwatch.org/ International Affairs Resources - WWW Virtual Library. A comprehesive, annotated research starting point. URL: http://www.etown.edu/vl/ IWS - The Information Warfare Site "is an online resource that aims to stimulate debate about a range of subjects from information security to information operations and e-commerce." URL: http://www.iwar.org.uk/ Terrorism and Security Collection recent full text publications from the National Academies about the science and policy issues surrounding terrorism and security URL: http://www.nap.edu/terror/ UNWire - "independent news briefing about the UN" URL: http://www.unwire.org/ Islam and Law Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic, and Religion - provides a scholarly overview of Islam and related subjects. Islam and the Law discussed under the heading "the practice and faith of Islam". URL: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/ URL: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/practices.html Journals, Essays & Newspapers APLPJ: Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal URL: http://www.hawaii.edu/aplpj/ Current Issues Brief from the Parliament of Australia: Parliamentary Library. Briefs provide an overview of topical issues for Australian Parliamentarians: Useful starting points for research on topical issues which concern the Government. Refugee Law-Recent Legislative Developments (September 2001) Mutual Misperceptions: The Historical Context of Muslim-Western Relations (October 2001) URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/ URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2001-02/02cib05.htm URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2001-02/02cib07.htm Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review the journal began in 1997 all issues are available through the archive. URL: http://www.mttlr.org/ UNWire - "independent news briefing about the UN" URL: http://www.unwire.org/ Legal Education APLPJ: Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal - Reform in Japanese Legal Education - June 2001 URL: http://www.hawaii.edu/aplpj/ Legal History Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition - historical discussion and information about the Atlantic slave system and its distruction. URL: http://www.yale.edu/glc/ Legal Practice American Bar Association - link for members. Their LawInfo.org provides legal information for the (US) community URL: http://www.abanet.org/ URL: http://www.abalawinfo.org/ Reference materials and Search Engines All the Worlds Maps maps, links to directories, visa information etc. Easy to use via pull down menus and search option. URL: http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/maps.html Blank & Outline Maps URL: http://geography.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/ City Guides - maps and guides to 140 cities across the world. URL: http://www.worldexecutive.com/cityguides/ Glossary Agent an "annotated gateway to online monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual glossaries of interest to professionals in insurance, reinsurance, risk management, employee benefits, healthcare, and related fields such as law and financial services". Definitions are accessed through subject menus. URL: http://www.insurancetranslation.com/Glossary_Agent/index.htm Maporama - street level maps for 15 European cities and towns URL: http://www.maporama.com/share/ WiseNut Search Engine - an effective search engine with links to categories (wiseguide) listed before individual sites. Comparable searches on google resulted in more items but the wisenut categories provide a useful focus. The advanced search on google is superior with its page specific search features. URL: http://www.wisenut.com URL: http://www.google.com The World Fact Book 2001 (CIA, USA) URL: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html World Wide Words - "Investigating International English words from a British viewpoint". Definitions, histories of words and phrases make this an informative and fun site. URL: http://www.worldwidewords.org Securities Law Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (USA) - search page from the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to find US registered investment advisors. URL: http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/IapdMain/ Taxation tax.org: Tax Information Worldwide. Part free, part subscription. Free trials to subscription material available. URL: http://www.tax.org/ Technology and the Law GigaLaw.com - "Legal Information for Internet Professionals" news, articles etc on topics from IP, identity theft, copyright etc. URL: http://www.gigalaw.com/ Torts Air Safety Online report in to passenger problems (DVTs, causes and prevention) and other airsafety issues. URL: http://www.airsafetyonline.com/indepth/asiusa/ crashDATABASE.com indexes airline crashes by airline, aircraft, date and 'custom' search. Easy to access summaries of the details of commercial aircraft crash information. URL: http://www.crashdatabase.com/ Transport Air Safety Online report in to passenger problems (DVTs, causes and prevention) and other airsafety issues. URL: http://www.airsafetyonline.com/indepth/asiusa/ crashDATABASE.com indexes airline crashes by airline, aircraft, date and 'custom' search. Easy to access summaries of the details of commercial aircraft crash information. URL: http://www.crashdatabase.com/ U.S. Transportation Department's Office of Inspector General URL: http://www.oig.dot.gov/ Women and the Law The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) "is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting women’s equality worldwide by guaranteeing reproductive rights as human rights." Site provides US and international information, fact sheets, news updates, etc URL: http://www.crlp.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------