WORLDLII NEWS
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8 October 2003
2003/8
In this issue:
LAW VIA THE INTERNET 2003
NEW DATABASES
NEW CATALOG CONTENT
RESEARCH TIPS
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
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LAW VIA THE INTERNET 2003
AustLII (Australasian Legal Information Institute) will host the fifth
Law via the Internet conference on 26-28 November 2003. It will
be held at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of
New South Wales, Australia.
The conference proper will take place on 27-28 November.
An international meeting of legal information institutes will take
place on 26 November, and tutorials on Internet legal research will
also be offered on the 26th.
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/conference/
DRAFT PROGRAMME
The draft programme for Law via the Internet 2003 is now available at
<http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/conference/program.html>. Law via
Internet 2003 will present over 40 papers by experts from 12 countries over
two days. Session topics will ranging from issues of global access to law,
to practical issues of court computerisation and legal knowledge
management, to technical issues in improving the quality of caselaw and
legislation, to the social and educational impacts of law on the Internet.
REGISTRATION FORM
Registration is now open for the conference. A registration
form is available from the website and can be submitted
electronically or by post. Early registration is recommended
since the last conference was sold out.
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/austlii/conference/regoform.html
SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES
There are a number of sponsorship packages available for those
interested in sponsoring the 2003 Conference. Please contact
Cathy Quigley for more information.
Proceeds from the Conference will support AustLII and WorldLII's
provision of free access to law via the net.
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NEW DATABASES
WORLDLII
"Privacy & FOI Law Project" (WorldLII)
This project aims to make searchable from one location all of the
databases specialising in Privacy and FOI law available on any
of the Legal Information Institutes (LIIs) that are part of WorldLII.
See http://www.worldlii.org/int/special/privacy/
"Canadian Privacy Commissioner Cases" (WorldLII)
This database contains selected cases of the Canadian Privacy
Commissioner from 2001.
See http://www.worldlii.org/ca/cases/CAPrivCmr/
"International Court of Justice Decisions" (WorldLII)
This database contains decisions of the International Court
of Justice Decisions since 1993.
See http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/ICJ/
AustLII
"Victorian Domestic Building Tribunal" (AustLII)
This database contains selected decisions of the Victorian
Domestic Building Tribunal prior to its amalgamation with other
Victorian Tribunals upon the creation of the Victorian Civil
and Administrative Tribunal on 1 July 1998.
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VDBT/
"Victorian Anti-Discrimination Tribunal" (AustLII)
This database contains selected decisions of the Victorian
Anti-Discrimination Tribunal prior to its amalgamation with other
Victorian Tribunals upon the creation of the Victorian Civil
and Administrative Tribunal on 1 July 1998.
See http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VADT/
BAILII
"Scottish Law Commission" (BAILII)
This database contains some publications of the the Scottish Law
Commission. Includes discussion papers, reports and consultation
papers.
See http://www.bailii.org/scot/other/SLC/
CANLII
"Northwest Territories Rental Office" (CanLII)
This collection includes all decisions made available for publication by
the Rental Officer's office for year 2002.
See http://www.canlii.org/nt/cas/ntro/
"Privacy Commissioner of Canada" (CanLII)
The collection contains the findings of the Privacy Commissioner of
Canada which are made available on the Commissioner's official website.
See http://www.canlii.org/ca/cas/pcc/index.html
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NEW CATALOG CONTENT
NEW LEGISLATION
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"Election Law" (Cambodia)
See http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/212.html
"Foreign Investment Code" (Cape Verde)
See http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/54661.html
OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS
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CZECH REPUBLIC>>COURTS & CASE-LAW
"Supreme Court of the Czech Republic"
Official website of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic. In
Czech and some information in English.
See http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2569.html
ETHIOPIA>>COURTS & CASE-LAW
"Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia"
Official website of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia. It
contains full text of judgements in PDF, reports, articles,
information about the Ethiopian judicial system and news.
See http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/54823.html
LAW AND POLICY REFORM
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THAILAND>>LAW REFORM
"Thai Law Reform Commission"
The official website of the Thai Law Reform Commission provides
reviews of legislation, news, forums, publications, treaties,
information on the status of bills, court rulings, legal opinions
and research reports. Users can search or browse the
legislation by alphabetical or subject list (in Thai and English)
See http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/54782.html
FEATURED WEBSITE
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HUMAN RIGHTS
"Central and Eastern European Internet Directory for Human Rights (CEEHR)"
A collection of links on Human Rights issues in Europe and
Newly Independent States (NIS)
See http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/304.html
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RESEARCH TIPS
WorldLII Search Form - Databases and Catalog
Boolean Operators - using title eg term @title or title (term)
Using 'title' in your search terms limits your search to document
titles only and can then be combined with other operators and
terms to find additional information.
The following search:
pollution @ title near ocean (or title (pollution) near ocean)
will find all those files with the word 'pollution' in the title which
has been combined with the 'near' operator to link information
from the text of the document about ocean.
The text inside the title can also contain other operators as well, such
as synonyms eg: title (westpac or suncorp); title (australian taxation
office or ATO).
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