DIAL News ========= 2 July 2001 2001/9 In this issue: * NEW LEGISLATION * OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS * LAW AND POLICY REFORM * FEATURED WEBSITE * RESEARCH TIPS * DIAL TRAINING The section LAW AND DEVELOPMENT was renamed LAW AND POLICY REFORM to reflect the name adopted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on this matter. ********************************************************************** NEW LEGISLATION "Legislation - Department of Taxation" (Nepal) See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/50630.html "Statutes" (Finland) See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2079.html "Hungarian Intellectual Property Legislation" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2902.html ********************************************************************** OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS INFRASTRUCTURE>>ENERGY This subcategory contains many links and resources on energy related issues and covers legislation, treaties and international agreements, as well as articles and commentaries. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/51206.html CIVIL LAW "Legal Systems" Contains information in Spanish, English and French on world legal systems: Civil Law, Common Law, Customary Law, Muslim Law and mixed law systems. Provided by the Law Faculty of the University of Ottawa. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/51614.html ********************************************************************* LAW AND POLICY REFORM NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS (NGOs) "International Center for Not-for-Profit Law - ICNL" An international organisation whose mission is to facilitate and support the development of civil society on a global basis by assisting the creation and improvement of laws and regulatory systems that permit, encourage, and regulate the not-for-profit sector in countries around the world. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2189.html ********************************************************************* FEATURED WEBSITE ENVIRONMENT "European Environmental Law" Provides full text cases, legislation, treaties and other materials related to European Environmental Law. Also offers articles, dossiers and environment links. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/317.html ********************************************************************** RESEARCH TIPS Categories of World Law: Countries - every country in the world is included in the catalog. There is a stored search which will find hundreds of websites concerning law from the country concerned. For most countries, individual websites are also catalogued. Other Indexes - links to all other valuable indexes/catalogs that we have found. If you cannot find what you need in World Law, you might find it in one of these other indexes. Searching from this page will just search over these indexes or catalogs. Regions - includes each region of the world, including links to each country in the region and to regional organisations. Subject Index - almost all links to websites are also catalogued under their subject matter. ********************************************************************** DIAL TRAINING CHINA TRAINING In-country training is planned for August 2001. 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 ================