DIAL News ========= 18 October 2001 2001/11 In this issue: * LAW VIA THE INTERNET CONFERENCE 2001 * NEW FEATURE ON WORLD LAW/DIAL * NEW LEGISLATION * OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS * LAW AND POLICY REFORM * FEATURED WEBSITE * RESEARCH TIPS * DIAL TRAINING This DIAL News focuses on Pacific Islands legal websites. ********************************************************************** LAW VIA THE INTERNET CONFERENCE 2001 AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute) will host its third conference on 28-30 November 2001. The conference will consist of two days of papers and panel discussions and an additional day of tutorials and special interest groups. It will be held at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/conference/ REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Registration is now open for the conference. A registration form is available from the site and can be submitted electronically or by post. Early registration is recommended since the last conference was sold out. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/conference/#Heading5 ********************************************************************** NEW FEATURE ON WORLD LAW/DIAL TRANSLATE The homepage of World Law/DIAL now features three additional translate buttons - Chinese, Korean and Japanese. The translation facility uses Babel Fish, powered by Systran. Users can now navigate all World Law/DIAL pages in each of these languages from the homepage. Please note that translation tools do not replace human translators and the results may require verification because they may contain mistranslations and grammatical mistakes. ********************************************************************** NEW LEGISLATION "Fisheries Legislation" Contains full text in PDF of fisheries legislation of South Pacific countries. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/52637.html "Melanesian Heritage Legislation On-Line" Provides cultural heritage acts and policies of Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/253.html "CNMI Law Revision Commission" Includes full text in PDF of laws from Northern Mariana Islands. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/51875.html ********************************************************************** OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS REGIONS>>SOUTH PACIFIC "Pacific Law Sites" Contains links to Pacific law sites on the Internet selected by the University of Waikato Law Library. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/253.html REGIONS>>SOUTH PACIFIC "Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources" A good starting point for researching Pacific Islands law written by Ruth Bird. It covers case law, legislation and government homepages. Published on the LLRX Law Library Resource Xchange site. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/253.html CATEGORIES>>LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTES This new category features links to Legal Information Institutes that provide free access to national and multi-national collections of legislation and case law. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/52806.html ********************************************************************* LAW AND POLICY REFORM GOVERNANCE "SPIN: Governance" Papers, seminar proceedings and an online discussion forum on governance issues facing South Pacific nations (South Pacific Information Network - SPIN). See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/253.html ********************************************************************* FEATURED WEBSITE "PacLII" The Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII) provides free access to 26 databases of primary legal material (cases and statutes) covering jurisdictions from American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The PacLII homepage also features Recent Cases & Other Announcements providing up-to-date access to new material. PacLII is operated by the University of the South Pacific School of Law with assistance from the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). See http://www.paclii.org/ Or, see http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/52806.html ********************************************************************** RESEARCH TIPS Pacific Islands legal materials (both cases and legislation) can be accessed directly from PacLII. A link providing access to other Pacific Islands legal materials on World Law is located on the PacLII homepage. Users can also access PacLII by navigating from the homepage of World Law World Law >> Categories >> Regions >> South Pacific (See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/253.html) and clicking on the PacLII logo. Individual countries within the South Pacific region are listed on the South Pacific categories page on World Law or at the >>Countries page accessed directly from the homepage of World Law. ********************************************************************** DIAL TRAINING PAKISTAN TRAINING Details will be posted in DIAL News as soon as they are finalised. 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 World Law/DIAL and internet legal research. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/training/ ********************************************************************** DIAL USERS - COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WELCOME 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 DIAL Team will do its best to assist. 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