DIAL News ========= 25 May 2001 2001/8 In this issue: * NEW LEGISLATION * OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS * LAW AND DEVELOPMENT * FEATURED WEBSITE * RESEARCH TIPS * DIAL TRAINING ********************************************************************** NEW LEGISLATION "Thailand - Legislation" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2113.html "Money Laundering Act" (Switzerland) See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2931.html "Acts and Regulations" (Canada) See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2039.html ********************************************************************** OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS IRELAND Major directory on World Law with comprehensive resources under Courts & Caselaw - High Court and Supreme Court decisions - and Legislation - full text of Irish Statutes and Statutory Instruments from 1922 to 1998. Also contains Competition legislation and the full text of all decisions of the Irish Competition Authority since it was established in 1991. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2227.html TAXATION, REVENUE & CUSTOMS This directory covers taxation legislation in 38 countries, and lists many global online tax resources, including international agencies and associations, databases, research institutions and gateways to other related websites. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/313.html ********************************************************************* LAW AND DEVELOPMENT LAW REFORM>>MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL BODIES "Council of Australian and New Zealand Law Reform Agencies" This site provides information about law reform conferences and links to law reform agencies of Australia and other countries. The Council consists of the heads of the major law reform agencies throughout Australia and New Zealand. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2057.html ********************************************************************* FEATURED WEBSITE DENMARK>>LEGISLATION "Danish Law in English" Contains Danish law translated into English ordered alphabetically. Compiled by the Law Students' Library of the Faculty of Law of the University of Copenhagen. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2060.html ********************************************************************** RESEARCH TIPS RESEARCHING LAW REFORM DOCUMENTS Many countries have specialised organisations responsible for investigating areas where new laws are needed, and where old laws need reform. The reports they publish recommending law reforms are one of the most valuable sources of comparative international legislative materials. In different countries these organisations are called 'Law Reform Commissions', 'Law Revision Commissions', 'Uniform Law Commissioners Conferences' and so on. There are also international law reform bodies such as UNCITRAL. Collections of law reform materials can be accessed from the Law Reform page See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2029.html or by entering appropriate search terms in the search engine at the top of the World Law page. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/World/ ********************************************************************** DIAL TRAINING CHINA TRAINING Details will be posted in DIAL News as soon as they are finalised. 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/Project 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. DIAL Users can participate in the development of World Law/Project DIAL by forwarding new legal websites to add to any of the source, subject or country pages either through the DIAL User list or by clicking on 'Add a Link' at the top of World Law pages. Past issues of DIAL News are located at http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/news/ ********************************************************************** 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 ================