| Author: | Anne Greenshields Librarian - Law, Murdoch University |
| Subjects: | Legal research (Other articles) |
| Issue: | Volume 9, Number 2 (June 2002) |
| Category: | NetWatch |
GovPubs: The Australian Government Publications Guide from the National Library and Council of Australian State Libraries Consortium - Directory of Australian government publications s"such as Acts, Hansards, Gazettes and Parliamentary Papers, located in Australia's National, State and Territory libraries or available on the Internet".
URL: http://www.nla.gov.au/govpubs/Law Handbook of South Australia
URL: http://www.lawhandbook.sa.gov.au/National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention Inquiry - submissions from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
URL: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/index.htmlMediation Competencies from the Community Services and Health Training Australia (CSHTA)
URL: http://www.cshta.com.au/cstp_review.htmProtection of Human Genetic Information: Issues Paper 26 from the Australian Law Reform Commission
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/issues/26/
Scotland Legislation from HMSO
URL: http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/The University of the South Pacific Law School Pacific Law Materials now includes legislation and cases from Samoa, and the 1988 Vanuatu Consolidation of legislation.
URL: http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/paclawmat/Paclawmat_MAIN.htmlWIPO Cases and WIPO Panel Decisions including Domain Name Disputes - "A database containing detailed information on thousands of cases of 'cybersquatting' handled by the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)": Search or browse options available.
URL: http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/search/
Malaysian Securities Commission: Including full text of the Malaysian Code on Take-overs & Mergers 1998 which should be read in conjunction with the practice notes.
URL: http://www.sc.com.my/html/resources/fr_resource.html
freedominfo.org data on freedom of information laws from areas all across the globe. Articles, analysis, case studies and links.
URL: http://www.freedominfo.org/
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention Inquiry - submissions from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
URL: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/index.html
Center for Constitutional Rights (USA) a "non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights".
URL: http://www.ccr-ny.org/Common-place: Roundtable Discussion on the Uses and Abuses of the Constitution USA.Sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History this site contains articles and discussion on constitutional issues which go beyond the US jurisdiction.
URL: http://www.common-place.org/
Malaysian Securities Commission: Including full text of the Malaysian Code on Takeovers & Mergers 1998 which should be read in conjunction with the practice notes.
URL: http://www.sc.com.my/html/resources/Fr_resource.htmlMergers and Acquisitions Involving UK Companies: 1st Quarter 2002 [.pdf] from United Kingdom's Office of Statistics
URL: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/m&a0502.pdf
Drug Situation in Canada 2001 Report from Criminal Intelligence Program of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
URL: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/crim_int/drugs_2001_e.htmPolice Departments in Large Cities, 1990- 2000 [.pdf] USA Bureau of Justice Statistics
URL: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pdlc00.htmRevalidating External Prison Classifications Systems: The Experience of Ten States and Model for Classification Reform [.pdf - warning this is a big document 146 pages long] from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) (USA)
URL: http://www.nicic.org/pubs/2002/017382.pdfWomensLaw.org a US online resource for women and girls living with or escaping domestic violence.
URL: http://www.womenslaw.org/
GovPubs: The Australian Government Publications Guide from the National Library and Council of Australian State Libraries Consortium - Directory of Australian government publications s"such as Acts, Hansards, Gazettes and Parliamentary Papers, located in Australia's National, State and Territory libraries or available on the Internet".
URL: http://www.nla.gov.au/govpubs/International Rule of Law Directory from the International Bar Association (IBA)
URL: http://www.roldirectory.org/Law and Politics: Internet Guide- material arranged in broad categories. Search by keyword or category.
URL: http://www.lpig.orgUS States and Territories - directory of primary legal materials from the Library of Congress.
URL: http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/usstates.htmlUniversities Worldwide Searchable directory of over 6000 universities in over 150 countries. Search by country, name and keyword. Links to the official university Web sites.
URL: http://geowww.uibk.ac.at/univ/
Mediation Competencies from the Community Services and Health Training Australia (CSHTA)
URL: http://www.cshta.com.au/cstp_review.htm
National Environmental Publications Information System access to over 9,000 full text, on line EPA documents (USA)
URL: http://www.epa.gov/clariton/
Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (USA)
URL: http://www.bioethics.gov/cloningreport/
Domestic Partnerships - Division 2.5 of the Family Code, California: Definitions, legislation, criteria and forms.
URL: http://www.ss.ca.gov/business/sf/SF_dp.htmDomestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre (DVIRC) "funded by the Department of Human Services Victoria, Australia. It is a statewide resource centre for information about domestic violence and sexual assault"
URL: http://www.dvirc.org.au/
Free Expression Network (FEN) Censorship, First Amendment issues, court cases, legislation, volunteering, advocacy, and links (USA)
URL: http://www.freeexpression.org/Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP): "A Think Tank on Artistic and Intellectual Freedom" it includes accounts of censorship attempts, press reports, court briefs, policy reports, commentaries and links (USA)
URL: http://www.fepproject.org/Internet Freedom: news and articles affecting free speech and censorship on the Net" (UK based)
URL: http://www.netfreedom.org/
Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 from the Library of Congress, USA
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml/
Beagle Web site for Lawyers cases and annotations relating to the Human Rights Act 1998 (UK).
URL: http://www.beagle.org.uk/hra/newindex.htm
Public Liability Insurance Internet resource guide
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/econ/publicliability.htm
BitLaw 1,800 pages discussing patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal issues. Summaries of the law linked directly to primary materials.
URL: http://www.bitlaw.com/Internet Freedom: news and articles affecting free speech and censorship on the Net" (UK based)
URL: http://www.netfreedom.org/Protection of Human Genetic Information: Issues Paper 26 from the Australian Law Reform Commission
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/issues/26/WIPO Cases and WIPO Panel Decisions including Domain Name Disputes - "A database containing detailed information on thousands of cases of 'cybersquatting' handled by the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)": Search or browse options available.
URL: http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/search/
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) a "nonprofit, nonpartisan institution" documents and discussion about terrorism, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, nuclear terrorism, key stockpiles of weapons and materials, and more.
URL: http://www.isis-online.org/Council on Ocean Law (COL) "reference center, document library, and guide to information related to the development and application of ocean law, and in particular to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea." (USA)
URL: http://www.oceanlaw.org/RAND - policy and decision making through research and analysis. Site includes research reports, discussion and the RAND Review reports periodically on RAND research and related issues of general interest to policy makers and decision makers Sign up for a free online subscription. Other reports and documents also available for free downloading.
URL: http://rand.org/
Commonplace: Roundtable Discussion on the Uses and Abuses of the Constitution USA - articles and discussion on constitutional issues.
URL: http://www.common-place.org/freedominfo.org data on freedom of information laws from areas all across the globe. Articles, analysis, case studies and links.
URL: http://www.freedominfo.org/Global Jurist peer review journals: The Journals of Legal Scholarship, Issues in Legal Scholarship and Theoretical Inquiries in Law abstracts are free, full text access by subscription.
URL: http://www.bepress.com/gj/frontiers/Internet Freedom: news and articles affecting free speech and censorship on the Internet
URL: http://www.netfreedom.org/RAND Review "reports periodically on RAND research and related issues of general interest to policy makers and decision makers". free online subscription. Many of the other documents are available free on line.
URL: http://rand.org/
URL: http://rand.org/publications/randreview/Roll Call: US Congressional news and information.
URL: http://www.rollcall.com/
ABA Commission on Law and Aging publications, discussion and information. (USA)
URL: http://www.abanet.org/elderly/home.htmlElder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America (2002) Report from the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) (USA)
URL: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309084342/html/
Protection of Human Genetic Information: Issues Paper 26 from the Australian Law Reform Commission
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/issues/26/
Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (USA)
URL: http://www.bioethics.gov/cloningreport/Medical Reference For Non-Medical Librarians and other non- medical professionals. A well organised site of medical reference materials.
URL: http://denison.uchsc.edu/outreach/medbib3.htmProtection of Human Genetic Information: Issues Paper 26 from the Australian Law Reform Commission
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/issues/26/
Migration Information Source "fresh thought, authoritative data, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends" and chronicles global migration movements. Immigration charts and tables date from 1990.
URL: http://www.migrationinformation.org/National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention Inquiry - submissions from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. (Australia)
URL: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/index.htm
Medical Reference For Non-Medical Librarians
URL: http://denison.uchsc.edu/outreach/medbib3.htmSearch-22: Reference Searches A directory of search engines - four main collections, indexes and directories, meta, health resources and reference. Easy to use - type your search terms and click on the search engine and your results are listed. Worth testing.
URL: http://www.search-22.com/reference.htmlVirtual Reference Desk from the Library of Congress (USA). Links arranged by subject libraries, easy to navigate. Current topics of interest on the front page.
US focused, includes an "ask a librarian reference service". Not available for law questions.
URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.htmlUniversities Worldwide Searchable directory of over 6000 universities in over 150 countries. Search by country, name and keyword. Links to the official university Web sites.
URL: http://geowww.uibk.ac.at/univ/
Parsons, Ross, "Income Taxation in Australia: Principles of Income, Deductibility and Tax Accounting" (Law Book Company, 1985) out of print. An electronic version is available through the Australian Studies Resources at the University of Sydney. Fully searchable or it can be browsed in pdf
URL: http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/law/
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: Internet Rights and issues (USA)
URL: http://www.chillingeffects.org/Digital Technology: Working for Parliament and the Public First report from UK House of Commons Information Committee examining the use of communications technology to improve the working of Parliament, and communication with the public. An important review of the state of technology use in the UK. July 2002.
URL: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cminform/1065/106502.htm
URL: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cminform.htmThe Rise of the E-Citizen: How People Use Government Agencies' Web Sites [.pdf]
URL: http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/pdfs/PIP_Govt_Website_Rpt.pdfWIPO Cases and WIPO Panel Decisions including Domain Name Disputes - "A database containing detailed information on thousands of cases of 'cybersquatting' handled by the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)": Search or browse options available.
URL: http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/search/
Domestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre (DVIRC) "funded by the Department of Human Services Victoria, Australia. It is a statewide resource centre for information about domestic violence and sexual assault"
URL: http://www.dvirc.org.au/National Women's Law Center (USA) their mission is "to protect and advance the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives".
URL: http://www.nwlc.org/WomensLaw.org a US online resource for women and girls living with or escaping domestic violence.
URL: http://www.womenslaw.org/