DIAL News ========= 31 January 2001 2001/1 In this issue: * WELCOME TO DIAL NEWS * NEW LEGISLATION * OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS * FEATURED WEBSITE * RESEARCH TIPS * DIAL TRAINING ********************************************************************** WELCOME TO DIAL NEWS This is the first edition of DIAL News, to be sent to all members of the DIAL User List on a regular basis from now. DIAL News is part of Project DIAL (http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/) and is compiled by the DIAL team at the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). Each DIAL News will highlight new legislation and other new material added to World Law/DIAL, plus research tips, information about DIAL training and usage, and a Featured Website (a major new website recently added to DIAL). An archive of DIAL News will be available from the Project DIAL home page (http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/) Please feel free to distribute DIAL News to interested colleagues. Please try to avoid unsanctioned cross-postings to news groups or email lists. DIAL News will be posted to relevant Internet lists from AustLII. We would like to receive comments and suggestions for improvements to the Newsletter via the DIAL User List. Remember if you have any questions about legal research using DIAL, or other questions about legal research using the Internet, you can send your questions to the DIAL User List and the Project DIAL team will do its best to assist. ********************************************************************** NEW LEGISLATION "Heidelberg Bangladesh Law Translation Project" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/50620.html "Laws and Regulations of Cambodia" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/212.html "Laws and Regulations of the Kingdom of Cambodia adopted since 1993" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/212.html "Securities Investment and Regulation - Legislation" (India) See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/52285.html ********************************************************************** OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS ELECTIONS LAW AustLII has established a collaborative project with Elections Canada to develop a world-wide resource on election legislation and related material. Current sub-directories cover Education, Electoral Boundaries, Electoral Systems, Law Journals, Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) and Research Centres. There is also an extensive list of individual countries concentrating on sites containing legislation and electoral authorities. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/3171.html INDIA Many new websites have been added to the India pages, plus legislation has been added to new directories covering Legal Aid, Cause List, Capital Markets, Elections, Money Laundering. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/221.html CAMBODIA>>LEGISLATION New Cambodian legislation has been added and many new directories created, including Environment, Banking & Finance, Industrial Relations & Labor Law , Land Law, Citizenship & Migration, Health & Medicine, Business, Trade & Commerce Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Privatisation, Constitutional Law, Elections, Media & Communications, Freedom of Information. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/211.html CAMBODIA>>TREATIES & INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS "Treaties and Conventions ratified by Cambodia" Contains full text either in English or French of treaties and conventions ratified by Cambodia. Covers economy, commerce, investment, environment, military issue and other topics. This site is maintained by the Council of Jurists of Cambodia. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/50871.html ********************************************************************* FEATURED WEBSITE "Heidelberg Bangladesh Law Translation Project" The South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University publishes the full text of acts and ordinances of Bangladesh translated into English. The site includes acts and ordinances from 1985 to 1995 but not all are translated yet. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/50620.html ********************************************************************** RESEARCH TIPS DIAL / World Law lists a wide range of other Internet legal indexes. A search from this page will often provide a very high value list of the specific pages in other indexes that index a particular country or subject. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/320.html Many country and subject pages in DIAL also have an Other Indexes directory listed on their front pages. It is always worthwhile checking this directory as other indexes may list sites not yet included in DIAL. For example see for India http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/222.html ********************************************************************** DIAL TRAINING MONGOLIA TRAINING - September 2000 The first in-country DIAL Training Mission took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in September 2000, hosted by our Mongolian training partner, the Legal Retraining Center. Photos from the training mission are at http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/Mongolia_training/ VIET NAM TRAINING - February 2001 The next in-country DIAL training will be in Hanoi in February 2001, hosted by our Vietnamese training partner, the Institute for Legal Research. GUIDED TOUR AND EXERCISES Did you know that DIAL now has an online User Guide & Guided Tour, and a set of Online Exercises? They can help you master the user of DIAL and internet legal research. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/dial/#training ********************************************************************** TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE DIAL USER LIST See http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/ The Project DIAL Team See http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/DIAL_team.html