Editors --- "Mentions" [2002] AltLawJl 69; (2002) 27(4) Alternative Law Journal 187

• MENTIONS
• PUBLICATIONS
• The Changing Face of Litigation
• South Australia's Law Handbook Online (Free!)

MENTIONS

PUBLICATIONS

The Changing Face of Litigation

A research report by the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW gives an insight into the characteristics and experiences of people representing themselves in family law disputes, and what effect the phenomenon of unrepresented litigants has had on Family Court jurisprudence and procedure.

The research for The Changing Face of Litigation: Unrepresented Litigants in the Family Court was undertaken by Professor Rosemary Hunter, Dr Ann Genovese, April Chrzanowski and Carolyn Morris. The report includes a quantitative study that charts the growth of the number of unrepresented litigants between 1995 and 1999, and the characteristics of people who are unrepresented, partially represented or fully represented. As well, the report involves a qualitative study of 152 appeal cases heard in the Family Court in 1998-1999.

Copies of the Report are available from the Law and Justice Foundation for $20.00 (including GST). To order copies please email sv@lawfoundation. net.au or tel: [phone]. A briefing note outlining the report's key findings is available on the Foundation's website at <http://www.lawfoundation. net.au/publications> .

South Australia's Law Handbook Online (Free!)

Log on to <www.lawhandbook.sa.gov.au>.

Do you ever need fast answers to hard legal questions? Now help is only a click away with the Legal Services Commission's Law Handbook Online. This website not only provides you with the complete text of the hard copy version of the book, but is also searchable for those times when you aren't certain where to look. And the Legal Services Commission staff will be keeping the information accurate and up-to-date. Hyperlinks to relevant Acts, Regulations and other useful materials will be added to the text as time permits, adding to the usefulness of the site.

From the Law Handbook Online home page you can also easily access the Commission's website <www.lsc. sa.gov.au> which provides a range of other legal resources and general information about the Legal Services Commission. New features such as online course registration and an online shop are also available on the site.

The Legal Services Commission acknowledges the support of the Law Foundation of South Australia and the Department of Administration and Information Services (DAIS) in making this valuable resource freely available.

Further inquiries to: Di Thompson, Law Handbook Online Project Team, Legal Services Commission of SA, tel: [phone].