DIAL News
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28 February 2002
2002/2

In this issue:
* NEW LEGISLATION
* OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS
* LAW AND POLICY REFORM
* FEATURED WEBSITE
* RESEARCH TIPS
* DIAL TRAINING

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NEW LEGISLATION

"Investment Acts" (Barbados)
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/50597.html

"Japanese Law"
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/50508.html

"Swazi Environmental Legislation"
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/53453.html

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OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
The World Law/DIAL's Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) 
pages have been updated. New websites added to these pages 
include legislation, arbitration courts, decisions and organisations. 
The By Country page was also expanded and new countries include 
Armenia, Ireland, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, 
Romania, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, Yugoslavia 
and Zambia.
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2409.html

ENVIRONMENT
New websites featuring legislation, treaties and international 
agreements, ministries and other government agencies and 
departments, and reports have been added to the Environment pages 
on World Law/DIAL.
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/317.html

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LAW AND POLICY REFORM

HUMAN RIGHTS
"Interights (International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights)"
Contains searchable databases of international case law, 
Commonwealth case law, publications and journals, current 
activities and links related to human rights.
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/303.html

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FEATURED WEBSITE

SUBJECTS>>ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
"InternationalADR"
Provides information on treaties, national arbitration laws, judicial 
decisions and arbitral awards, rules, model clauses, arbitrators, 
addresses of national government bodies, recent articles, books, 
and upcoming conferences, events and seminars.
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2409.html

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RESEARCH TIPS

For information and guides to international legal research go to the
World Law>>Categories>>Research page. Websites listed include
specialised research networks, comprehensive research guides, country
comparative information and subject gateway listings eg ASIL Guide to 
Electronic Resources on International Law, LLRX.com, Mondaq.
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/50514.html

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DIAL TRAINING

INDONESIA TRAINING
The first follow-up training took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 
18-20 February 2002. Photos from the training mission 
are at
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/training/2002/1/

PAKISTAN TRAINING
The first in-country training in Islamabad, Pakistan, is being 
re-scheduled and planned for May. Details will be posted 
in DIAL News as soon as they are finalised.

MONGOLIA TRAINING
The follow-up training is planned for March in Ulaanbaatar, 
Mongolia. Details will be posted in DIAL News as soon as 
they are finalised.

VIET NAM TRAINING
Follow-up training is planned in Hanoi, and training in 
other cities is also being considered. 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/

UPDATED TRAINING MATERIALS
The English versions of the World Law/DIAL User Guide & Guided 
Tour, Legal Research Exercises and Quick Guide have been 
updated in February 2002 to include changes in the search scope 
options and integration with the Google search engine.
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/training/

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DIAL USERS - COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS WELCOME

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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.

DIAL Users can participate in the development of World Law/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.

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http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/news/

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