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eLaw Journal: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law |
| Authors: | Anne Greenshields Librarian - Law, Murdoch University |
| Ian Lee MPsych, Grad Dip LIS Librarian, Murdoch University Library | |
| Issue: | Volume 10, Number 3 (September 2003) |
Primary Legal Materials on the Internet - Case Law, Statutes and Extrinsic Material
Recent Australian Publications: A monthly easy-to-use files of new Australian publications, including printed materials such as books, journals, maps, music, and newspapers; as well as multimedia material and electronic resources from the National Library of Australia
URL: http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/rap.htmlAustralian Institute of Criminology: Recidivism of Sexual Offenders : Rates, Risk Factors and Treatment Efficacy 124 page pdf report
URL: http://www.aic.gov.au
URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/reports/2003-06-recidivism.html
Law Reform Commission of New South Wales
Report 100: Contempt by Publication
Report 101: Questioning of Complainants by Unrepresented Accused in Sexual Offence Trials
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/lrcindex
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r100toc
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r101toc
Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry "On 29 August 2001, the Honourable Terence Rhoderic Hudson Cole RFD QC was appointed a Royal Commissioner to inquire into certain matters relating to the building and construction industry. The Royal Commissioner presented his final report to the Governor-General on 24 February 2003. The Final Report was tabled in Parliament on 26 and 27 March 2003". Final report.
URL: http://www.royalcombci.gov.au/index.asp
Senate
Committees of the Current Parliament
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/com-list.htm
Current Issues
Briefs
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/index.htm
Gordon Inquiry Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities. Use the link to Interim Report.
URL: http://www.fvcainq.dpc.wa.gov.au/fvcainq/fvcainq.nsf/Main?OpenFrameSetReview of the Mental Health Act (MHA) 1996 and the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Act (CLMIDA) 1996 : "The purpose of this review is consider the operations and effectiveness of the Mental Health Act (1996) and the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Act (1996) and make recommendations as to alterations in the legislation."
URL: http://www.health.wa.gov.au/mhareview/index.htmlWater Reform in Western Australia "This report contains the results of detailed analysis of the comments received by the Water & Rivers Commission during the first phase of consultation on proposals to reform laws governing water resource management in Western Australia". Allocation and trading in water rights. Phase 1 Consultations
URL: http://www.wrc.wa.gov.au/water_reform/Wr7/analysisreport.htm#Summary
Indian Parliament: Parliamentary debates, Bills, Acts (India Code), Regulations. Information about the Indian Parliament, Members, links to Ministers and Ministries. An invaluable resource.
Some materials only available in Hindi.
URL: http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/Law Reform Commission of Tanzania reports, discussion papers etc [pdf]
URL: http://www.lrct-tz.org/South Africa Government Online Parliamentary debates, Bills, Acts (under Documents & Reports), Regulations. Information about the Indian Parliament, Members, links to Ministers and Ministries. An invaluable resource.
URL: http://www.gov.za/
URL: http://www.gov.za/documents/index.htmlWorld Trade Organization - Documents Online 100,000+ official legal documents of the World Trade Organization. Full coverage from 1995.
URL: http://www.wto.org
URL: http://docsonline.wto.org/gen_home.asp
Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia "The Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia is the government agency responsible for the administration and regulation of the personal insolvency system in Australia." Use the dropdown menus at the top that include information for debtors, creditors and information about part X.
URL: http://www.itsa.gov.au/
World Trade Organization - Documents Online 100,000+ documents of the World Trade Organization. Full coverage from 1995.
URL: http://www.wto.org
URL: http://docsonline.wto.org/gen_home.asp
Australia: Senate Committee. Corporations and Financial Services
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/corporations_ctte/index.htm
- CLERP 9 EXPOSURE DRAFT - CLERP (AUDIT REFORM & CORPORATE DISCLOSURE) BILL
URL: http://www.treasury.gov.au/contentitem.asp?pageId=&ContentID=700- Inquiry into the Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1), Statutory Rules 2003 No. 31 (24 June 2003)
- Inquiry into Regulation 7.1.29 in Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3), Statutory Rules 2003 No. 85 (26 June 2003
- Inquiry into the Disclosure of Commissions on Risk Products (12 August 2003)
Provisions of the New Business Tax System (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Bill No. 1) 2003 [PDF] - Tabled 13 August 2003
Provisions of the Financial Services Reform Amendment Bill 2003 [PDF]- Appendix 3 Tabled 21 August 2003
Australian Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee.
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/EET_CTTE/reports/index.htmWorld Trade Organization - Documents Online 100,000+ documents of the World Trade Organization. Full coverage from 1995.
URL: http://www.wto.org
URL: http://docsonline.wto.org/gen_home.asp
Beacon for Freedom of Expression "An international database on censorship of books and newspapers, and literature on freedom of expression, produced by the Norwegian Forum for Freedom of Expression." Search for publications about censorship, as well as for information about censored material.
URL: http://www.beaconforfreedom.org/
Gordon Inquiry Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities. Use the link to Interim Report.
URL: http://www.fvcainq.dpc.wa.gov.au/fvcainq/fvcainq.nsf/Main?OpenFrameSet
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USA)
URL: http://uscis.gov/graphics/Provisions of the Migration Legislation Amendment (Identification and Authentication) Bill 2003 (18 September 2003) Australia. Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/legcon_ctte/migidentification03/report/report.pdf
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/index.htmProvisions of the Migration Legislation Amendment (Sponsorship Measures) Bill 2003 (12 August 2003) Australia. Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/legcon_ctte/migration03/report/report.pdf
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/index.htm
Australia, Parliamentary Library Research Papers online
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/index.htm
- Four-year Terms for the House of Representatives?
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/RP/2003-04/04RP02.htm- Frequently Asked Questions About the Office of Governor-general
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/RN/2003-04/04rn10.htm- A Rare Form of Law Making: Legislation Made Outside Parliament
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/RN/2003-04/04rn11.htm"The Founders' Constitution" is an anthology of documents from the 17th century through the 1830s about popular government in the United States.
URL: http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/
Resolving Deadlocks: a discussion paper on section 57 of the Australian Constitution Released by the Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard. This paper considers additional options for resolution of deadlocks between the Senate and the House of Representatives
URL: http://www.pmc.gov.au/docs/constitutionalchange.cfm
Australian Crime Commission (Formerly National Crime Authority)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/acc_ctte/index.htmTo examine Australian Crime Commission's response to trafficking in women for sexual servitude
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/acc_ctte/sexual_servitude/index.htm
Recent trends in practices and methods of cybercrime
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/acc_ctte/cybercrime/index.htmGRECO - Group of States Against Corruption "GRECO evaluates through a dynamic process of peer pressure, the compliance with undertakings contained in the legal instruments of the Council of Europe to fighting against corruption". Site includes instruments, conventions and other documents.
URL: http://www.greco.coe.int/Hate Crimes American Psychological Association's summary page, includes Legislation, congress briefings position papers, and testimony.
URL: http://www.apa.org/ppo/issues/phatecrime.html?CFID=2636796&CFTOKEN=52010796History of the FBI
URL: http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/historymain.htmJustice Policy Institute (USA) "a project of the Tides Center is a Washington, DC-based think-tank that is committed to reducing society’s reliance on incarceration."
URL: http://justicepolicy.tempwebpage.com/Questioning of Complainants by Unrepresented Accused in Sexual Offence Trials (Law Reform Commission of New South Wales)
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r101toc
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/lrcindexRecidivism of Sexual Offenders : Rates, Risk Factors and Treatment Efficacy 124 page pdf report from the Australian Institute of Criminology
URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/reports/2003-06-recidivism.html
URL: http://www.aic.gov.auReview of the Mental Health Act (MHA) 1996 and the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Act (CLMIDA) 1996 : "The purpose of this review is consider the operations and effectiveness of the Mental Health Act (1996) and the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Act (1996) and make recommendations as to alterations in the legislation."
URL: http://www.health.wa.gov.au/mhareview/index.html
Australian Government Publication Register "The Publications Register provides access to a range of resources on Australian Government publications. You can search or browse government agency listings for publication information or follow links to existing online publication resources".
URL: http://www.publications.gov.auChambers and Partners Global Guide "A guide and directory to the world's leading lawyers in over 170 countries. Law firms and individuals are ranked according to their reputations in different areas of specialization".
URL: http://www.chambersandpartners.com/chambersglobal/index.cfmEUR-Lex - The Portal to European Union law "Attempts to publish the whole body of European Union law, and in particular the legislation and the case law, as well as the decisional procedures between the Commission and the other institutions in all official languages"
URL: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.htmlHealthInsite " Through this site you will find a wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma". A Commonwealth Government of Australia initiative.
URL: http://www.healthinsite.gov.auInternational Transport Law: "Legal Resource guide for international transport law. It includes a database of forwarding conditions, commentary on developments in the law, links to Internet sites on law and transport practice, resolving disputes without litigation, recent cases on international transport and more".
URL: http://www.law.deakin.edu.au/research/subject/inttransport.htmRAVE :"a data base that covers recent publications (articles and decisions) in public international law and European law by listing them systematically and providing their citations. In addition it permits, via hyper links, direct access to relevant material published on the WWW (judicial decisions, national statutes, documents of international organizations and full-text articles). The ever expanding offers on the WWW are continuously observed and opened up in a systematic way to save users a time-consuming search of their own".
URL: http://www.jura.uni-duesseldorf.de/rave/e/englhome.asp
Association of American Colleges and Universities (USA)- links to member universities, conferences, publications etc.
URL: http://www.aacu-edu.org/Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment from the perspective of providing distance education in the United States.
URL: http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/International Association of Universities (UNESCO) "brings together institutions and organisations from some 150 countries for reflection and action on common concerns and collaborates with various international, regional and national bodies active in higher education".
URL: http://www.unesco.org/iau/
Inquiry into Workplace Relations Amendment (Protecting the Low Paid) Bill 2003 [PDF] (19 June 2003) Australian Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee.
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/EET_CTTE/reports/index.htmNational Occupational Health and Safety Commission (Australia)
URL: http://www.nohsc.gov.au/default.aspRoyal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry "On 29 August 2001, the Honourable Terence Rhoderic Hudson Cole RFD QC was appointed a Royal Commissioner to inquire into certain matters relating to the building and construction industry. The Royal Commissioner presented his final report to the Governor-general on 24 February 2003. The Final Report was tabled in Parliament on 26 and 27 March 2003". Final Report.
URL: http://www.royalcombci.gov.au/index.asp
Inquiry into the regulation, control and management of invasive species and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Invasive Species) Bill 2002. Australian Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/ecita_ctte/index.htm
Water Reform in Western Australia "This report contains the results of detailed analysis of the comments received by the Water & Rivers Commission during the first phase of consultation on proposals to reform laws governing water resource management in Western Australia". Allocation and trading in water rights. Phase 1 Consultations
URL: http://www.wrc.wa.gov.au/water_reform/Wr7/analysisreport.htm#SummaryYale Center for Environmental Law & Policy. Alerts and publications. Includes full text of substantial texts such as Esty, Daniel C & Ivanova Maria H (eds) "Global Environmental Governance: Options & Opportunities" Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, 2002
URL: http://www.yale.edu/envirocenter/
EUR-Lex - The Portal to European Union law "Attempts to publish the whole body of European Union law, and in particular the legislation and the case law, as well as the decisional procedures between the Commission and the other institutions in all official languages"
URL: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/index.htmlGRECO - Group of States Against Corruption "GRECO evaluates through a dynamic process of peer pressure, the compliance with undertakings contained in the legal instruments of the Council of Europe to fighting against corruption". Site includes instruments, conventions and other documents.
URL: http://www.greco.coe.int/
Family Violence Court Report "The Joondalup Family Violence Court project was launched in December 1999. This final evaluation report provides an overview of the Joondalup Family Violence Court's effectiveness in achieving its stated aims and key information regarding the profile of domestic violence in Joondalup and other nominated locations. It also provides a number of recommendations for future Family Violence Court initiatives in the State"
URL: http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/displayPage.asp?structureID=25289764&resourceID=76221353Gordon Inquiry Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities. Use the link to Interim Report.
URL: http://www.fvcainq.dpc.wa.gov.au/fvcainq/fvcainq.nsf/Main?OpenFrameSetProvisions of the Family Law Amendment Bill 2003 (13 August 2003). Australia. Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/legcon_ctte/family03/report/report.pdf
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/index.htm
GenderNet : TheWorld Bank site which "seeks to reduce gender disparities and enhance women's participation in economic development through its programs and projects. It summarizes knowledge and experience, provides gender statistics, and facilitates discussion on gender and development."
URL: http://www.worldbank.org/gender/
DrugInfo Clearinghouse "DrugInfo Clearinghouse is a service provided by the Australian Drug Foundation. Goal is to inform and support drug prevention in Victoria. The first port of call for high quality, evidence based drug prevention information".
URL: http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/HealthInsite " Through this site you will find a wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma". A Commonwealth Government of Australia initiative.
URL: http://www.healthinsite.gov.au
Report on a Rights Analysis Instrument for use in Evaluating Mental Health Legislation " Through this site you will find a wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma". A Commonwealth Government of Australia initiative.
URL: http://www.mentalhealth.gov.au/resources/reports/ranalysis.htmReview of the Mental Health Act (MHA) 1996 and the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Act (CLMIDA) 1996 : "The purpose of this review is consider the operations and effectiveness of the Mental Health Act (1996) and the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Defendants) Act (1996) and make recommendations as to alterations in the legislation. On this website you will find the Review's Terms of Reference, minutes of meetings, newsletters, copies of legislation, a range of resource documents and links to other sites."
URL: http://www.health.wa.gov.au/mhareview/index.htmlReview of the Self-Regulatory System for Alcohol Advertising 70 pages pdf from the Department of Human Resources, Victoria.
URL: http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phd/publications/downloads/ncraareport.pdf
URL: http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/The Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes a research Research Paper online from the Australian Parliamentary Library.
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/RN/2003-04/04rn13.htm
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/index.htm
Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry "On 29 August 2001, the Honourable Terence Rhoderic Hudson Cole RFD QC was appointed a Royal Commissioner to inquire into certain matters relating to the building and construction industry. The Royal Commissioner presented his final report to the Governor-general on 24 February 2003. The Final Report was tabled in Parliament on 26 and 27 March 2003" Final report.
URL: http://www.royalcombci.gov.au/index.asp
To Examine Australian Crime Commission's Response to Trafficking in Women for Sexual Servitude (Australian Crime Commission)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/acc_ctte/sexual_servitude/index.htm
Inquiry into the Progress Towards National Reconciliation (9 October 2003) Australia. Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/legcon_ctte/reconciliation/report/report.pdf
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/index.htm
Inquiry into The Effectiveness of the National Native Title Tribunal from the Australian Parliament Joint Committee Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/ntlf_ctte/index.htm
Gordon Inquiry Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities. Use the link to Interim Report.
URL: http://www.fvcainq.dpc.wa.gov.au/fvcainq/fvcainq.nsf/Main?OpenFrameSet
Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment from the perspective of providing distance education.(USA)
URL: http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/Designs Bill 2002 and the Designs (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002 [PDF] - Tabled 28 May 2003 Australian Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee.
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/EET_CTTE/reports/index.htmRAVE :"a data base that covers recent publications (articles and decisions) in public international law and European law by listing them systematically and providing their citations. In addition it permits, via hyper links, direct access to relevant material published on the WWW (judicial decisions, national statutes, documents of international organizations and full-text articles). The ever expanding offers on the WWW are continuously observed and opened up in a systematic way to save users a time-consuming search of their own".
URL: http://www.jura.uni-duesseldorf.de/rave/e/englhome.aspWorld Trade Organization - Documents Online 100,000+ documents of the World Trade Organization. Full coverage from 1995.
URL: http://www.wto.org
URL: http://docsonline.wto.org/gen_home.asp
Diplomacy Monitor (St. Thomas University School of Law, USA) - tracking "latest major diplomacy-related documents from around the world"
URL: http://www.diplomacymonitor.comInquiry into Australia's Relations with Papua New Guinea and the Island States of the Southwest Pacific (12 August 2003). Australia, Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/fadt_ctte/reports/index.htmGRECO - Group of States Against Corruption "GRECO evaluates through a dynamic process of peer pressure, the compliance with undertakings contained in the legal instruments of the Council of Europe to fighting against corruption". Site includes instruments, conventions and other documents.
URL: http://www.greco.coe.int/World Trade Organization - Documents Online 100,000+ documents of the World Trade Organization. Full coverage from 1995.
URL: http://www.wto.org
URL: http://docsonline.wto.org/gen_home.asp
Diplomacy Monitor (St. Thomas University School of Law, USA) - tracking "latest major diplomacy-related documents from around the world"
URL: http://www.diplomacymonitor.comFindlaw's Writ: Legal Commentary (USA): articles and commentary on topical issues, archives are both searchable and browsable.
URL: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository: "The NELLCO Legal Scholarship Repository provides a free and persistent point of access for working papers, reports, lecture series, workshop presentations, and other scholarship created by faculty at NELLCO member schools". (USA)
URL: http://lsr.nellco.org/Oxford University Press. Searching is free, results include abstracts and some free articles.
URL: http://www.oupjournals.orgRecent Australian Publications: A monthly easy-to-use files of new Australian publications, including printed materials such as books, journals, maps, music, and newspapers; as well as multimedia material and electronic resources from the National Library of Australia
URL: http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/rap.html
Law Reform Commission of New South Wales
Report 100: Contempt by Publication
Report 101: Questioning of Complainants by Unrepresented Accused in Sexual Offence Trials
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/lrcindex
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r100toc
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r101tocLaw Reform Commission of Tanzania reports, discussion papers etc [pdf]
URL: http://www.lrct-tz.org/
Law in Mexico Before the Conquest features of Aztec and Maya law explained with text and contemporary images.
URL: http://www.law.utexas.edu/rare/aztec/Home.htm
Contempt by Publication (Law Reform Commission of New South Wales)
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/r100toc
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/lrcindexInquiry into the provisions of the Spam Bill 2003 and the Spam (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003. Australian Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/ecita_ctte/index.htm
Inquiry into Competition in Broadband Services. Referred: 26 June 2003 Australian Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/ecita_ctte/index.htmReview of the Self-Regulatory System for Alcohol Advertising 70 pages pdf from the Department of Human Resources, Victoria.
URL: http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phd/publications/downloads/ncraareport.pdf
URL: http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/
Provisions of the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 7) 2003 [PDF] (Tabled 10 September 2003) Australian Senate Committee Economics
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/economics_ctte/reports/index.htm
Provisions of the New Business Tax System (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Bill No. 1) 2003 [PDF] - Tabled 13 August 2003
Provisions of the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 5) 2003 [PDF]- Tabled 21 August 2003 Australian Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/EET_CTTE/reports/index.htm
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission
URL: http://www.nohsc.gov.au/default.asp
International Transport Law: "Legal Resource guide for international transport law. It includes a database of forwarding conditions, commentary on developments in the law, links to Internet sites on law and transport practice, resolving disputes without litigation, recent cases on international transport and more".
URL: http://www.law.deakin.edu.au/research/subject/inttransport.htmLaw of the Sea, a new directory of predominantly Australian resources on weblaw.
URL: http://weblaw.edu.au/weblaw/display_page.phtml?WebLaw_Page=Law+of+the+Sea
URL: http://weblaw.edu.au
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