Greenshields, Anne --- "NetWatch December 1998" [1998] MurdochUeJlLaw 25; (1998) 5(4) Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law

NetWatch: December 1998

Author:	Anne Greenshields Librarian - Law, Murdoch University
Issue:	Volume 5, Number 4 (December 1998)

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• Australian legal sites and developments
  
• Primary Legal Materials on the Internet - Case Law, Statutes and Extrinsic Material
  

Asian- Pacific Sites Commercial Law Criminal Justice Directories and Internet tools Environmental Law Human Rights and Civil Rights Indigenous Issues Intellectual Property International Organisations Journals & Newspapers Law Reform Legal Education

Legal History Legal Practice Medico Legal Issues Police Management Issues Private International Law Public International Law Reference materials Religous Law Tax Law Technology and the Law Torts Law

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Australian sites and developments

Australian Institute of CriminologySelected publications and statistics available in full text
URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/index.html

Australian Parliament has loaded Bills 1998+ (rtf) and Explanatory Memoranda 1998+ (rtf) at ScalePlus
URL: Bills - http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/bills/browse/TOC.htm
URL: EM's - http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/ems/browse/TOC.htm
URL: http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/

Copyright Law Review Committee
URL: http://www.agps.gov.au/clrc/

Hansard. Parliament of Western Australia 35th Parliment + (6th March 1997 onwards) . Fully searchable with a range of options.
URL: http://www.slp.wa.gov.au:8080/hansard/hans35.nsf/hansard+menu/index.html

IP Australia An overview of concepts and issues.
URL: http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/intell/ipsintro.htm

Law Link NSW : the law and you. (NSW Attorney Generals Department). A very good overview of the relationship between individuals and legal institutions in New South Wales. Useful for other Australian jurisdictions as a guide to the legal process.
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/

Law for You: plain English legal information. Focus is for NSW and Victoria but the principles and points covered will give an idea of the issues involved.
URL: http://www.law4u.com.au/index.asp

Netjustice: Human Rights: An excellent site - but very slow to load.
URL: http://www.netjustice.com.au/cgi-bin/wsisa.dll/WService=idi/memlogin?id=amnesty

NSW Law Reform Commission & Community Law Reform Program References. Full text of selected Reports published since 1968.
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/lrcindex.reports

Queensland Bills and Explanatory Memorandum
URL: http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Bills.htm

Queensland Law Reform Commission Reports No. 52+, Working Papers 50+
URL: http://www.qlrc.qld.gov.au/

Queensland Supreme and Court of Appeal judgments (End of 1998+) AustLII.
Select the Search Austlii databases for the basic search option or try the Extended Search Form.
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/do/form.pl
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/do2/form.pl?formtype=extended

Victorian Society for Computers and the Law Inc. Local news, reports, and links to the Australian and New Zealand Computers and Law Journal with selected full text articles.
URL: http://www.vscl.org.au/
URL: http://www.vscl.org.au/JOURNAL.HTM

Primary Legal Materials

Australian Parliament has loaded Bills 1998+ (rtf) and Explanatory Memoranda 1998+ (rtf) at ScalePlus
URL: Bills - http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/bills/browse/TOC.htm
URL: EM's - http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/ems/browse/TOC.htm
URL: http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/

Casebase: An index service offering access to UK judgments within the Courts of Appeal (Civil and Criminal Divisions) and QBD (Crown Office). From Smith Bernal, official reporters to the Court of Appeal.
URL: http://www.smithbernal.com/casebase_frame.htm

CIMEL - Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Links to primary materials and articles.
URL: http://www.soas.ac.uk./Centres/IslamicLaw/Materials.html

Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) A comprehensive collection of treaties
URL: http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/

A Guide to Japanese LawThis site will provide you with information on Japanese law in English, including translations of selected statutes and articles
URL: http://home.highway.or.jp/JAPANLAW/index.htm

Internet Chinese Legal Research Center (from Washington University School of Law, Library). An effective gateway to relevant legal resources for Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Guides to researching Chinese law are also useful.
URL: http://ls.wustl.edu/Chinalaw/

Pacific Law Materials The School of Law from the University of the South Pacific has made available a collection of recent judgments from South Pacific countries.
URL: http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/Paclawmat/Paclawmat_MAIN.html

Queensland Bills and Explanatory Memorandum
URL: http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Bills.htm

Queensland Law Reform Commission Reports No. 52+, Working Papers 50+
URL: http://www.qlrc.qld.gov.au/