DIAL News ========= 30 September 2002 2002/9 In this issue: * 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LAW VIA INTERNET * NEW LEGISLATION * OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS * LAW AND POLICY REFORM * FEATURED WEBSITE * RESEARCH TIPS * DIAL TRAINING ********************************************************************** 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LAW VIA INTERNET LexUM, a research team at the Public Law Research Centre of the University of Montreal, and CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute) will host the 4th International Conference on Law via the Internet on 2-4 October 2002. The previous conferences were organised by AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute) in Sydney, Australia in 1997, 1999 and 2001. The conference will be held at the Mount Royal Centre in Montreal, Canada. See http://www.canlii.org/conf2002/ ********************************************************************** NEW LEGISLATION "UNPAN Legislation in Asia and the Pacific" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/catalog/2038.html "Infolegis: Pesquisa Juridica no Brasil" (Brazil) See http://www.austlii.edu.au/catalog/2071.html "Hong Kong: E-Commerce Legislation & Regulations" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/catalog/54146.html "United States: State Electronic Transactions Legislation and Regulations" See http://www.austlii.edu.au/catalog/54171.html ********************************************************************** OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The United States of America pages have been extensively expanded and new categories and over 350 websites were added to the catalog. Legal websites for Courts & Case-Law, Education, Legislation, Other Indexes and Parliaments categories are now indexed by State and the 'By State' category was added for easier access to these resources. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/catalog/268.html CYBERSPACE>>ELECTRONIC COMMERCE New websites featuring national legislation on electronic transactions were added to the Cyberspace>>Electronic Commerce category. New laws and regulations are available for Argentina, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom and United States. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/catalog/51294.html ********************************************************************* LAW AND POLICY REFORM GEORGIA>>LAW REFORM "Georgian-European Policy and Legal Advice Centre (GEPLAC)" This centre was established in 1998 by the Tacis Programme to support economic and legal reform in Georgia. It provides economic policy and legal advice to the Georgian government and publishes the Georgian Law Review, a publication on development of Georgia's legal system and the legal systems of the European Union. Full text in Georgian and English are available in PDF format. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/catalog/54140.html http://www.austlii.edu.au/catalog/54141.html ********************************************************************* FEATURED WEBSITE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY>>LEGISLATION "Laws of the Middle East and North Africa" Full text in English of trademark, patent, design and copyright laws of Arab countries. Information is provided by Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP), a Jordan-based law firm. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/catalog/2296.html ********************************************************************** RESEARCH TIPS Search options - from the 'Find' menu [this phrase] - This option is used to search for exact phrases such as 'fit and proper' or 'contract of insurance' or 'contempt of court' etc. The words entered will be treated as a literal phrase ie in the exact order as typed. ********************************************************************** DIAL TRAINING CHINA TRAINING China In-Country Training Program took place in Shanghai and Beijing. The Shanghai session took place at the Fudan Law School and the Shanghai Institute of Administrative Law (SIAL) Computer Labs from 14 to 16 August 2002. Photos from this training session are at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/training/2002/8/ The Beijing training was held at Tsinghua University Law School from 21 to 22 August 2002. Photos from this training session are available at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/dial/training/2002/9/ 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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