WORLDLII NEWS
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3 May 2006
2006/2

In this issue:

NEW AND UPDATED DATABASES
    AustLII (1), CanLII (3), PacLII (1)
NEW CATALOG CONTENT
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS

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NEW AND UPDATED DATABASES

AUSTLII

"Journal of Australian Taxation" (AustLII)
The full text of the Journal of Australian Taxation from 2005 is now 
available on AustLII.
See <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/JATax/>

CANLII

"Alberta Employment Standards Umpire" (CanLII)
This collection contains full text of the decisions of the Alberta 
Employment Standards Umpire made publicly available as of 1 December 2005.
See <http://www.canlii.org/ab/cas/abesu/>

"Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal" (CanLII)
This collection contains decisions of the Ontario Workplace Safety 
and Insurance Appeals Tribunal made publicly available as of 17 June 2005.
See <http://www.canlii.org/on/cas/onwsiat/>

"Nova Scotia Barristers' Society Hearing Panel" (CanLII)
This collection contains decisions of the Nova Scotia Barristers' 
Society Hearing Panel made publicly available as of 23 February 2006.
See <http://www.canlii.org/ns/cas/nsbs/>

PACLII

"Papua New Guinea Law Reform Commission" (PacLII)
This database contains reports, working papers and ocassional papers 
of the Papua New Guinea Law Reform Commission.
See <http://www.paclii.org/pg/LRC/LRC_index_PNG.htm>

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NEW CATALOG CONTENT

NEW LEGISLATION
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ETHIOPIA
"Ethiopian Legal Information Website"
This website provides access to the full text of the basics laws of 
Ethiopia including Constitution, Civil Code, Criminal Code, Civil 
Procedure Code, Criminal Procedure Code and Commercial Code. 
Developed by Mekelle University Law Faculty in Ethiopia in 
cooperation with the Law Department of Ghent University in Belgium.
See <http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2672.html>

OTHER NEW AND UPDATED MATERIALS
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LAW JOURNALS
"Scandinavian Studies in Law"
Full text of articles by Scandinavian jurists and lawyers. Covers 
Denmark, Finland,  Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Published by 
Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law. Available in PDF.
See <http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/54588.html>

PHILIPPINES
"Lawphil Project"
This website contains the full text of the Constitution and 
legislation, full text of Supreme Court decisions from 1901, 
treaties, legal news, information about the legal system of the 
Philippines, links and more.
See <http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/247.html>

LAW AND POLICY REFORM
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GOOD GOVERNANCE
"Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (POGAR)"
Portal dedicated to development and governance reforms in the Arab 
world covering democratic participation, rule of law and transparency 
and accountability. Includes, legal databases, publications, news, 
essays, statistics and links.
See <http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/3169.html>

FEATURED WEBSITE
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"Al-Muqtafi - Palestinian Legal and Judicial System"
Comprehensive subscription legal website including all legislation 
enacted in Palestine covering the various periods of rule - Ottoman, 
British Mandate, Egyptian in Gaza, Jordanian in the West Bank, 
Israeli Occupation and Palestinian Authority. Free material includes 
all inforce legislation as published in the Palestinian Authority 
"Palestine Gazette" from 1994, selected case law from all periods of 
rule, texts of international legal documents dealing with Palestine - 
declarations, accords, agreements, protocols, peace process -  legal 
library catalogue, legal dictionary, news archives and legal links. 
In Arabic with some English information
See <http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2756.html>

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