DIAL News ========= 28 March 2002 2002/3 In this issue: * AUSTRALIAN TREATIES LIBRARY * NEW LEGISLATION * OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS * LAW AND POLICY REFORM * FEATURED WEBSITE * RESEARCH TIPS * DIAL TRAINING ********************************************************************** AUSTRALIAN TREATIES LIBRARY AustLII has a 'new look' front page for its Australian Treaties Library (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/) - a high quality and freely-accessible database of treaty information on the Internet. The Library is comprehensive - dating from 1901 - and to date, comprises the full text of approximately 2,700 treaties (both bilateral and multilateral), 450 Select Documents and 270 National Interest Analyses. Monthly updates of new actions and treaties not yet in force are also included. Related materials include, National Interest Analyses, Multilateral Treaty Actions Under Negotiation or Consideration and Status Lists. Quicklinks take the user to other explanatory material about treaty making, including the Australian and International Treaty Making Information Kit, a Plain English Guide to Treaty Making, major government reports and the United Nations Resolution - Electronic Treaties Database. The front page quicklinks also take the user to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and its reports, Hong Kong and Pacific Islands treaties databases and AustLII’s World Law/DIAL catalog and web spider search facility where hundreds of international websites are listed on the Treaties & International Agreements directory. ********************************************************************** NEW LEGISLATION "Laws and Regulations" (Indonesia) See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/224.html "Work Environment Act" (Sweden) See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2205.html "Legislación Agropecuaria" (Colombia) See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/50470.html ********************************************************************** OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS NEPAL>>TREATIES & INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS "Nepal's Trade & Transit Agreement" Contains a list of trade and transit agreements of Nepal and some are available in full text in English. Information is provided by the Trade Promotion Centre of Nepal. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/51002.html PERU>>LEGISLATION "Banco de Datos Legal Agrario" Database of Peruvian agricultural legal information. Includes full text in Spanish of laws, regulations, drafts, news, articles, links and more. Available on the Ministerio de Agricultura del Perú website. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2277.html ********************************************************************* LAW AND POLICY REFORM LAND LAW "Land Policy Reform" Provides information on Indonesian land policy reform. Includes full text of laws, regulations, articles, news and links related to land reform in Indonesia. Legislation is available in Indonesian and/or English. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/50420.html ********************************************************************* FEATURED WEBSITE LATVIA>>LEGISLATION "Legislation" Contains full text (some in English) of laws and regulations regarding environment protection, building and construction, tourism, and related treaties. Information is provided by the Latvian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (MEPRD). See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/50287.html ********************************************************************** RESEARCH TIPS The World Law/DIAL editors welcome suggestions for new links (new websites) to be added to the catalog. The [Add a Link] button is found at the top of each page of World Law/DIAL. [WorldLII] [World Law] [Recent Additions] [Translate] [Add a Link] [Disclaimer] The information you need to provide in order to add a link include: - the preferred category page in the World Law/DIAL catalog eg World Law>>Countries>>Indonesia>>Legislation etc - the title/name of the website - the url (uniform resource locator)/web address of the new site eg http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/dial/ - a brief description of the contents of the site if possible particularly if the site is not in English ********************************************************************** DIAL TRAINING VIET NAM TRAINING Follow-up training is planned for April in Hanoi, and training in other cities is also being considered. Details will be posted in DIAL News as soon as they are finalised. 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. 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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