DIAL News ========= 21 February 2001 2001/3 In this issue: * NEW LEGISLATION * OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS * FEATURED WEBSITE * RESEARCH TIPS * DIAL TRAINING ********************************************************************** NEW LEGISLATION "Vietnam - Law Documents" (on Vietnam Web) See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2037.html "Acts Online - The Online South African Hypertext Series" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2041.html "Legifrance" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2194.html ********************************************************************** OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS VIET NAM New legislation has been added to the Viet Nam pages and new directories have been created, including Aviation & Space Law, Business, Trade & Commerce, Competition Law, Family Law, Foreign Investment, Industrial Relations & Labor Law, Maritime Law, Media & Communications, Travel & Tourism. Overall there are major legislative texts indexed under 22 subject headings as well as a topic on Introductions to Vietnamese Law and useful directories of Vietnamese statutes, decrees and regulations under the Other Indexes heading. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/269.html UNITED KINGDOM>>LEGISLATION "Northern Ireland - Legislation" (Her Majesty's Stationery Office) Full text of Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2000 and 2001, the Explanatory Notes to the Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2036.html "Northern Ireland Legislation" (BAILII) Full text of full text of Revised Northern Ireland Statutes since 1495. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2036.html MONEY LAUNDERING These pages feature international organisations, commissions and task forces dedicated to developing policies and implementing regulatory frameworks to combat money-laundering. The International Treaties and Agreements directory under this topic includes the full text of major conventions and model legislation and regulations. In addition, individual legislation, commentary and other crime fighting measures are listed under 40 individual countries. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/51458.html ********************************************************************* FEATURED WEBSITE GERMANY>>COMPETITION LAW "German Antitrust Law" Comments, legislation, publications and other resources on German Antitrust Law. Also includes pages on International Antitrust Law German Business, Telecommunications and Energy Law. Maintained by Joachim Rudo, Attorney-at-Law, Berlin. In English and German. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/51996.html ********************************************************************** RESEARCH TIPS Searching a selected site on World Law Where World Law's web spider has been sent to a site, an icon appears in brackets [] next to the catalog listing. If you click on the words [Search] or the icon, then you are taken to a 'Search Selected Site' page which limits the scope of the search only to the one site selected.You can use this to search sites that do not have their own search engine. ********************************************************************** DIAL TRAINING THAILAND TRAINING In-country training will take place on 11-19 March 2001. Details will be posted in the Newsletter as soon as they are finalised. CHINA TRAINING In-country training is planned for April 2001. Details will be posted in the Newsletter as soon as they are finalised. INDONESIA TRAINING - May 2001 In-country training is planned for Jakarta in May 2001. Details will be posted in the Newsletter 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 the user of DIAL and internet legal research. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/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 Project DIAL team will do its best to assist. ********************************************************************** 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 END OF DIAL NEWS ================