DIAL News ========= 30 April 2002 2002/04 In this issue: * NEW LEGISLATION * OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS * LAW AND POLICY REFORM * FEATURED WEBSITE * RESEARCH TIPS * DIAL TRAINING ********************************************************************** NEW LEGISLATION "Swiss Civil Code" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2931.html "Electricity Act, 2000" (Namibia) See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/50562.html "German Securities Trading Act" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/52596.html ********************************************************************** OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS COUNTRIES>>INDIA "Laws 4 India" This Indian legal portal contains the full text of Indian legislation, treaties, cases, news, articles and links. Requires susbscription. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/221.html PAKISTAN>>COURTS & CASE-LAW "Supreme Court of Pakistan" Official website of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. It contains a brief introduction to the Supreme Court, information about judges, cause list, judgments, full text of the Supreme Court Rules and annual reports. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/3062.html ********************************************************************* LAW AND POLICY REFORM LEGISLATION>>MULTI-NATIONAL LEGISLATION COLLECTIONS "Country Laws and Reports" Contains a list of laws and reports affecting NGO law, governance issues, tax regulations, NGO codes of ethics, etc. from more than 160 countries around the world. Some are available online in full text. On International Center For Not-For-Profit Law (ICNL). See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/2038.html ********************************************************************* FEATURED WEBSITE COUNTRIES>>VIET NAM "Vietnamese Law Consultancy" Provides the full text of Vietnamese legislation, regulations and treaties, updates, news and articles related to foreign investment, international trade, banking, taxation, bankruptcy, accounting and auditing, arbitration, labor, technology, procurement, land and related areas. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/269.html ********************************************************************** RESEARCH TIPS Did you know that you can learn how to use World Law online from the homepage of World Law? Scroll down to 'Help with World Law/DIAL and click on 'User Guide'. This is a guided tour which you can do at your own pace which gives an overview of browsing and searching through the World Law catalog as well as research strategies on finding information on the World Law website. You can also go to the World Law/DIAL Legal Research Exercises which is a step-by-step supplement to the User Guide to assist you to carry out legal research on the Internet. For the 'User Guide & Guided Tour' See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/publications/guides/user/english.html For the 'Legal Research Exercises' See http://www.austlii.edu.au/links/publications/exercises/english.html ********************************************************************** DIAL TRAINING MONGOLIA TRAINING The first follow-up training took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from 13-17 March 2002. Photos from the training mission are at http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/training/2002/2/ PAKISTAN TRAINING The first in-country training in Islamabad, Pakistan, is planned for 6-10 May. Details will be posted in DIAL News as soon as they are finalised. CAMBODIA TRAINING The first in-country training in Cambodia is planned for May. Details will be posted in DIAL News as soon as they are finalised. VIET NAM TRAINING Follow-up training has been re-scheduled and planned for June 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/ ********************************************************************** 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. 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. 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/userlist.html The DIAL Team See http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/team.html END OF DIAL NEWS ================