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Greenshields, Anne --- "NetWatch June 2003" [2003] MurdochUeJlLaw 9; (2003) 10(2) Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law

NetWatch: July 2003

Author:	Anne Greenshields Librarian - Law, Murdoch University
Issue:	Volume 10, Number 2 (June 2003)

Australian legal sites and developments
Australian Government Publications
Primary Legal Materials on the Internet - Case Law, Statutes and Extrinsic Material
Asian Sites

Administrative Law
Bankruptcy
Children and the Law
Constitutional Law
Corporations and Securities Law
Directories and Guides
Dispute Resolution
Family Law
Human Rights
Intellectual Property
International Law
Journals, Essays & Newspaper

Labor Law
Land Law
Law Reform
Legal History
Legal Practice
Medico-Legal Links
Migration & Refugee issues
Reference materials and Search Engines
Social and Welfare Law
Technology and the Law
Women and the Law

Australian sites and developments

Ask the Children - Kids Speak Out about Immigration Detention Experiences [pdf](NSW Commission for Children and Young People)
URL: http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au/files/immigrationdetention.pdf

Elder Law Review a refereed e-journal based at the Centre for Elder Law at the University of Western Sydney.
URL: http://www.uws.edu.au/about/acadorg/clb/sl/research/elderlaw/elderlawreview

Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia ALRC 96 (Australian Law Reform Commission)
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reports/96/

The Family Court of Western Australia. Procedural and general information.
Since 1998 selected judgments from the Court are available on Family Court of Australia Judgments page. Selected judgments between 1988 and 1998 can be accessed from Family Court of Australia (AustLII)
URL: http:www.familycourt.wa.gov.au
URL: http://www.familycourt.gov.au/html/judgments.html
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/family_ct/

Law Institute Journal (Victoria)
URL: http://www.liv.asn.au/journal/

National Pro Bono Resource Centre (Australia) Conference papers, guides and resources to encourage and support lawyers working on pro bono cases.
URL: http://www.nationalprobono.org.au

Sydney Law Review Online (on AustLII). Journal articles, case notes, expert commentary on cases currently being heard by the High Court.
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SydLRev/

Western Australia Law Almanac 2003
URL: http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/content/files/lawalmanac1.pdf

Australian Government Publications

Commonwealth Government

Gazettes Online (Government Notices, Special Notices, Periodic Notices) and Indexes to the Gazettes (Jan 2002-), published by the Attorney-General's Department since July 2002.
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-govnot-pub-view)?OpenView
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-spcnot-pub-view)?OpenView
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-pernot-pub-view)?OpenView
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-indnot-pub-view)?OpenView

Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services. Reports .
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/corporations_ctte/reports/index.htm

Inquiry into Regulation 7.1.29 in Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3), Statutory Rules 2003 No. 85 (26 June 2003)

Inquiry into the Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1), Statutory Rules 2003 No. 31 (24 June 2003)

Improving Australia's Corporate Insolvency Laws ( Issues paper )
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/corporations_ctte/ail/issuespaper.doc

Joint Committee on Migration Index
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/mig/reports.htm

Review of Migration Regulation 4.31B, 2003, re Refugee Protection Visas. (26 May 2003)

House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Employment and Workplace Relations Index
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ewr/reports.htm

Inquiry into Employment: Increasing Participation in Paid Work (current)

Back on the Job: Report into aspects of Australian Workers' Compensation Schemes (2 June 2003)

Senate Economics Legislation Committee. Index
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/economics_ctte/reports/index.htm

Provisions of the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 4) 2003 (19 June 2003)

Provisions of the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 8) 2002 (19 June 2003)

Provisions of the Designs Bill 2002 and the Designs (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002 (28 May 2003)

Provisions of the Terrorism Insurance Bill 2002 (14 May 2003)

Senate Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Legislation Committee Index
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/FADT_CTTE/reports/index.htm

Inquiry into Materiel Acquisition and Management in Defence - Report (27 March 2003)

Report on the Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2003 (24th June 2003)

Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee Index
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/index.htm

Inquiry into the Australian Protective Service Amendment Bill 2003
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/aps03/index.htm

Inquiry into an Australian Republic
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/republic03/index.htm

Inquiry into the Provisions of the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Bill 2003 (29 May 2003)

Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee. Index
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/rrat_ctte/reports/index.htm

Report on the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2003 (24th June 2003)

Parliamentary Library Publications Index
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/index.htm

The Politics of Constitutional Amendment [pdf]
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/RP/2002-03/03rp11.pdf

The Double Dissolution Process: Questions and References [pdf]
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn45.pdf

Parliamentary Library: Current Issues Briefs
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/

Resolving the North Korean Nuclear Crisis—Options and Constraints
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib33.htm

Conflict in Aceh
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib32.htm

How Far Have We Come? Gender Disparities in the Australian Higher Education System
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib31.htm

Building Industry Royal Commission: Background, Findings and Recommendations
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib30.htm

Make or Break? A Background to the ATSIC Changes and the ATSIC Review
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib29.htm

Trafficking and the Sex Industry: From Impunity to Protection
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib28.htm

Parliamentary Library: E-Briefs Index
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/INTGUIDE/hotissues.htm

Media Ownership Regulation in Australia updated 16 June 2003

Higher Education Funding Policy updated 11 July 2003

Digital Television and Datacasting 16 June 2003

Australia's National Competition Policy: Its Evolution and Operation updated 3 June 2003

Parliamentary Library Research Notes Index
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/Index.htm

Report of the Royal Commission into HIH Insurance
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn32.htm

The Double Dissolution Process: Questions and References [pdf]
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn45.pdf

Is there Adequate Parliamentary Scrutiny of Government Contracts?
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn38.htm

Primary Legal Materials on the Internet

Australian States and Territories

Australian Capital Territory legislation
URL: http://www.legislation.act.gov.au

New South Wales legislation
URL: http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au

Northern Territory legislation
URL: http://www.nt.gov.au/lant/hansard/hansard.shtml

Queensland legislation
URL: http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/OQPChome.htm

South Australia legislation
URL: http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/leg/5_legislation.shtm

Tasmania legislation
URL: http://www.thelaw.tas.gov.au

Victoria legislation
URL: http://www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au

Western Australia legislation
URL: http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/statutes/swans.nsf

Australia. Commonwealth. Gazettes Online (Government Notices, Special Notices, Periodic Notices) and Indexes to the Gazettes (Jan 2002-), published by the Attorney-General's Department since July 2002.
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-govnot-pub-view)?OpenView
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-spcnot-pub-view)?OpenView
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-pernot-pub-view)?OpenView
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-indnot-pub-view)?OpenView

Lao PDR legislation on WorldLII
URL: http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/50627.html

Ukraine: Institute of Legal Information (ILI) Contains English translations and summaries of laws and draft laws of Ukraine.
URL: http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/50582.html

Treaties: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights : Human Rights Treaty Body Database. Documents from six UN committees established to monitor the implementation of the principal international human rights treaties. Includes reporting status, ratifications and reservations. Each committee listed separately on WorldLII Human Rights directory
URL: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf
URL: http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2670.html

Interights International Human Rights Law. Case law summaries of recent human rights decisions from national courts and international tribunals. Now available on WorldLII
URL: http://www.interights.org/
URL: http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/IIHRL/

Maori Land Legislation Database contains New Zealand legislation since 1840 (including private and local Acts) which has affected Maori or Maori land
URL: http://www.lbr.auckland.ac.nz/databases/learn_database/public.asp?record=maoland

Asian Sites

Asian Legal Business and Australian Legal Business, monthly newsmagazines for the legal profession.
URL: http://www.asianlegalonline.com
URL: http://www.australianlegalbusiness.com

Law on the Promotion and Management of Foreign Investment in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Linked under the more extensive WorldLII collection of Lao PDR legislation
URL: http://www.mekongexpress.com/laos/general/investlaw.htm
URL: http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/50627.html

Administrative Law

Court Administration as a Tool for Judicial Reform: An International Perspective [pdf] (National Center for State Courts). Includes reference to non-USA courts
URL: http://www.ncsconline.org/D_ICM/Research_Papers_2001/Court_Administration_Tool.pdf

European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters explanations and procedural information in relation to European judicial matters
URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/ejn/index_en.htm

The Family Court of Western Australia. Procedural and general information.
Since 1998 selected judgments from the Court are available on Family Court of Australia Judgments page. Selected judgments between 1988 and 1998 can be accessed from Family Court of Australia (AustLII)
URL: http:www.familycourt.wa.gov.au
URL: http://www.familycourt.gov.au/html/judgments.html
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/family_ct/

Make or Break? A Background to the ATSIC Changes and the ATSIC Review (Australia. Parliamentary Library)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib29.htm

Principled Regulation: Federal Civil & Administrative Penalties in Australia : Australian Law Reform Commission, 2003
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reports/95/

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper Series (University of Chicago Law School)
URL: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/academics/publiclaw/

Bankruptcy

Improving Australia's Corporate Insolvency Laws ( Issues paper ) from Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Service
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/corporations_ctte/ail/issuespaper.doc

Children and the law

Ask the Children - Kids Speak Out about Immigration Detention Experiences [pdf](NSW Commission for Children and Young People)
URL: http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au/files/immigrationdetention.pdf

Children: Their Non-accidental Death or Serious Injury (Criminal Trials) UK Law Commission # 279 (30 April 2003) [pdf]
URL: http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/files/NAIC_Pn.pdf

Risk and Protective Factors of Child Delinquency [.pdf]
URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/193409.pdf

Stolen Children: Abduction and Recruitment in Northern Uganda [pdf] (Human Rights Watch)
URL: http://hrw.org/reports/2003/uganda0303/uganda0403.pdf

Constitutional Law

The Double Dissolution Process: Questions and References [pdf] (Australia. Parliamentary Library)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn45.pdf

First Amendment Center [pdf] (Vanderbilt University, USA)
URL: http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/

Inquiry into the Australian Protective Service Amendment Bill 2003 (Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/aps03/index.htm

Inquiry into an Australian Republic (Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/republic03/index.htm

National Constitution Center [RealOne Player] (USA)
URL: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/

The Politics of Constitutional Amendment [pdf] (Australia. Parliamentary Library)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/RP/2002-03/03rp11.pdf

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper Series (University of Chicago Law School)
URL: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/academics/publiclaw/

The Supreme Court Historical Society " is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the history of the Supreme Court of the United States". Special topics include SC decisions and Womens Rights and History of the Court
URL: http://www.supremecourthistory.org/

Why does the American Constitution Lack Social and Economic Guarantees? [.pdf] (USA. University of Chicago)
URL: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/academics/publiclaw/resources/36.crs.constitution.pdf

Corporations and Securities Law

Australia. Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services. Reports .
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/corporations_ctte/reports/index.htm

Inquiry into Regulation 7.1.29 in Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3), Statutory Rules 2003 No. 85 (26 June 2003)

Inquiry into the Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1), Statutory Rules 2003 No. 31 (24 June 2003)

Improving Australia's Corporate Insolvency Laws ( Issues paper )
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/corporations_ctte/ail/issuespaper.doc

Australia's National Competition Policy: Its Evolution and Operation updated 3 June 2003 (Parliamentary Library: E-Brief)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/INTGUIDE/econ/ncp_ebrief.htm

Corporate Crime Reporter - US newsletter including interviews, documents and comments.
URL: http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/index.html

European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters
URL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/ejn/index_en.htm

Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee Prints, 107th Congress (USA) : Enron Corporation Report exploring "what could have been done, if anything, to detect Enron's problems or to prevent its failure."
URL: http://www.gpo.gov/congress/senate/senate12cp107.html

Crime and Justice Issues

Corporate Crime Reporter - US newsletter including interviews, documents and comments.
URL: http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/index.html

Department of Justice, Victoria. Extensive documentation under the heading Safety in relation to Crime Prevention and Community Safety. Reports from the Australian Institute of Family Studies and Crime Prevention, Victoria are included under the subject headings, the latest is a report into the the Patterns and Precursors to Adolescent Antisocial Behaviour
URL: http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/CA2569020010922A/Homepage?OpenForm&1=Home~&2=~&3=~
URL: http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/CA2569020010922A/OrigDoc/~D78FA20F5FB76447CA256CCC001D6471?OpenDocument&1=0-Safety~&2=0-Crime+Prevention~&3=0-Patterns+and+Precursors+of+Adolescent+Antisocial+Behaviour

Trafficking and the Sex Industry: From Impunity to Protection (Australia. Parliamentary Library Papers)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib28.htm

Directories and Guides

DOJA Directory of Open Access Journals. A useful directory listing free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals from many disciplines including law.
URL: http://www.doaj.org/
URL: http://www.doaj.org/links/term1450/term1460/

Reference Guide to Geneva Conventions (Society of Professional Journalists). This site contains the full text of conventions, documents, history and related links.
URL: http://www.globalissuesgroup.com/geneva/index.html

Dispute Resolution

Contents Dispute Resolution in the Family Court (NZLC R82, April 2003) [pdf]
URL: http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/Documents/Publications/NZLC R82 Fam.pdf

Family Law

Contents Dispute Resolution in the Family Court (NZLC R82, April 2003) [pdf]
URL: http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/Documents/Publications/NZLC R82 Fam.pdf

The Family Court of Western Australia. Procedural and general information.
Since 1998 selected judgments from the Court are available on Family Court of Australia Judgments page. Selected judgments between 1988 and 1998 can be accessed from Family Court of Australia (AustLII)
URL: http:www.familycourt.wa.gov.au
URL: http://www.familycourt.gov.au/html/judgments.html
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/family_ct/

Human Rights

Inquiry into the Provisions of the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Bill 2003 (29 May 2003) (Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/human03/report/report.pdf

Treaties: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights : Human Rights Treaty Body Database. Documents from six UN committees established to monitor the implementation of the principal international human rights treaties. Includes reporting status, ratifications and reservations. Each committee listed separately on WorldLII Human Rights directory
URL: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf
URL: http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2670.html

Interights International Human Rights Law. Case law summaries of recent human rights decisions from national courts and international tribunals. Now available on WorldLII
URL: http://www.interights.org/
URL: http://www.worldlii.org/int/cases/IIHRL/

Stolen Children: Abduction and Recruitment in Northern Uganda [pdf] (Human Rights Watch)
URL: http://hrw.org/reports/2003/uganda0303/uganda0403.pdf

UNESCO Human and Social Sciences Documentation Centre serves as a Clearing House for relevant UNESCO documents and has links to many online law journals. Browsing journal titles seemed the most effective way of finding information - the search engine was not functioning when the site was reviewed.
URL: http://www.unesco.org/shs/shsdc/

Intellectual Property

Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia ALRC 96
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reports/96/

Intellectual Property on the Internet: A Survey of Issues (World Intellectual Property Organisation)
URL: http://ecommerce.wipo.int/survey/index.html

Provisions of the Designs Bill 2002 and the Designs (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2002 (28 May 2003) (Australia. Senate Economics Legislation Committee)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/economics_ctte/design/report/report.pdf

International Law

Conflict in Aceh (Australia. Parliamentary Library)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib32.htm

Reference Guide to Geneva Conventions (Society of Professional Journalists). This site contains the full text of conventions, documents, history and related links.
URL: http://www.globalissuesgroup.com/geneva/index.html

Resolving the North Korean Nuclear Crisis—Options and Constraints (Australia. Parliamentary Library)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib33.htm

School of Development Studies: Working Papers (Melbourne University Private)
URL: http://www.muprivate.edu.au/index_sds_all.asp?menuid=040.020.040.040

6 'Integrated Economic, Social and Environmental Planning in the Pacific Region' by Peter King

5 'Peace and Development in Post-War Iraq' by Jon Barnett, Beth Eggleston and Michael Webber.

4 'The Conflict in Iraq and the International Rule of Law' by Professor Gillian Triggs

Journals, Essays & Newspapers

Asian Legal Business and Australian Legal Business, monthly newsmagazines for the legal profession.
URL: http://www.asianlegalonline.com
URL: http://www.australianlegalbusiness.com

Corporate Crime Reporter - US newsletter including interviews, documents and comments.
URL: http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/index.html

DOJA Directory of Open Access Journals. A useful directory listing free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals from many disciplines including law.
URL: http://www.doaj.org/
URL: http://www.doaj.org/links/term1450/term1460/

Elder Law Review a refereed e-journal based at the Centre for Elder Law at the University of Western Sydney.
URL: http://www.uws.edu.au/about/acadorg/clb/sl/research/elderlaw/elderlawreview

IRLII Irish Legal Periodical Index. An index to Irish legal periodicals published since 1997. The index can be browsed or searched. Unfortunately links to text of the listed articles is not available.
URL: http://www.periodicals.irlii.org/

Law Institute Journal (Victoria)
URL: http://www.liv.asn.au/journal/

Journal of Philosophy, Science & Law
URL: http://www.psljournal.com

Online Journal of Justice Studies : International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication
URL: http://ojjs.icaap.org/

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper Series (University of Chicago Law School)
URL: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/academics/publiclaw/

Sydney Law Review Online (on AustLII). Journal articles, case notes, expert commentary on cases currently being heard by the High Court.
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SydLRev/

UNESCO Human and Social Sciences Documentation Centre serves as a Clearing House for relevant UNESCO documents and has links to many online law journals. Browsing journal titles seemed the most effective way of finding information - the search engine was not functioning when the site was reviewed.
URL: http://www.unesco.org/shs/shsdc/

Labor Law

Australia. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Employment and Workplace Relations Index
Inquiry into Employment: Increasing Participation in Paid Work (current)
Back on the Job: Report into aspects of Australian Workers' Compensation Schemes (2 June 2003)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ewr/reports.htm

HIV at Work from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Information about AIDS/HIV in the workplace, discrimination and other workplace related issues.
URL: http://www.hivatwork.org/

Labor Market Specialization, Ethnicity, and Metropolitan Labor Markets [.pdf] Analysis of US labour market in relation to ethnic groups being "under or over-represented in certain employment sectors." (University of Wisconsin)
URL: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/cdewp/2002-10.pdf

Land Law

Maori Land Legislation Database contains New Zealand legislation since 1840 (including private and local Acts) which has affected Maori or Maori land
URL: http://www.lbr.auckland.ac.nz/databases/learn_database/public.asp?record=maoland

Law Reform

Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council : NSW Attorney General's Department. Research resources - publications and reports.
URL: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/ajac.nsf/pages/index

Children: Their Non-accidental Death or Serious Injury (Criminal Trials) UK Law Commission # 279 (30 April 2003) [pdf]
URL: http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/files/NAIC_Pn.pdf

Court Administration as a Tool for Judicial Reform: An International Perspective [pdf] (National Center for State Courts). Includes reference to non-USA courts
URL: http://www.ncsconline.org/D_ICM/Research_Papers_2001/Court_Administration_Tool.pdf

Contents Dispute Resolution in the Family Court (NZLC R82, April 2003) [pdf]
URL: http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/Documents/Publications/NZLC R82 Fam.pdf

Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia ALRC 96
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reports/96/

Principled Regulation: Federal Civil & Administrative Penalties in Australia : Australian Law Reform Commission, 2003
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reports/95/

Young Offenders and Diversionary Options : NSW Parliamentary Library Briefing Paper
URL: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/PHWebContent.nsf/PHPages/ResearchBf072003

Legal History

Law in Mexico Before the Conquest
URL: http://www.law.utexas.edu/rare/aztec/Home.htm

The Supreme Court Historical Society " is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the history of the Supreme Court of the United States". Special topics include SC decisions and Womens Rights and History of the Court
URL: http://www.supremecourthistory.org/

Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee Prints, 107th Congress. Documents from the McCarthy hearings of 1953-54. "Caution: in describing the targets of his enquiries, Senator Joseph McCarthy used coarse language that may not be appropriate for younger audiences."
URL: http://www.gpo.gov/congress/senate/senate12cp107.html

Legal Practice

National Pro Bono Resource Centre (Australia) Conference papers, guides and resources to encourage and support lawyers working on pro bono cases.
URL: http://www.nationalprobono.org.au

Medico-Legal Links

Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia ALRC 96
URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reports/96/

Migration & Refugee Issues

Review of Migration Regulation 4.31B, 2003, re Refugee Protection Visas. (26 May 2003) (Australia. Joint Committee on Migration Index)
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/mig/reports.htm

Ask the Children - Kids Speak Out about Immigration Detention Experiences [pdf](NSW Commission for Children and Young People)
URL: http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au/files/immigrationdetention.pdf

Senate Select Committee on Ministerial Discretion in Migration Matters [discretionary powers available under sections 351 and 417 of the Migration Act 1958]. Established 19 June. Terms of reference in Senate Hansard 19 June 2003 p. 11751. No website for the committee yet. Follow links from main Committees' homepage (under 'M') at: http://www.aph.gov.au/committee/inquiries_comm.htm
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/committee/inquiries_comm.htm

Reference Materials and Search Engines

Australian Digest Consolidated index (Thomson Lawbook Co.) The Australian Digest remains a subscription only product. The provision of the Consolidated index online will support small practitioners when planning their research activity
URL: http://www.lawbookco.com.au/DailyDigest/d_SearchDigest.asp

Australia. Commonwealth. Gazettes Online (Government Notices, Special Notices, Periodic Notices) and Indexes to the Gazettes (Jan 2002-), published by the Attorney-General's Department since July 2002.
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-govnot-pub-view)?OpenView
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-spcnot-pub-view)?OpenView
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-pernot-pub-view)?OpenView
URL: http://www.law.gov.au/portal/govgazonline.nsf/(custom-indnot-pub-view)?OpenView

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations (Information Services Division of Cardiff University). An excellent resource for finding legal abbreviation for law reports and law periodicals. The current emphasis is UK and Commonwealth abbreviations. US, International and comparative law abbreviations are as yet incomplete. The index is easy to use with both browse and search features.
URL: http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk

DOJA Directory of Open Access Journals. A useful directory listing free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals from many disciplines including law.
URL: http://www.doaj.org/
URL: http://www.doaj.org/links/term1450/term1460/

IRLII Irish Legal Periodical Index. An index to Irish legal periodicals published since 1997. The index can be browsed or searched. Unfortunately links to text of the listed articles is not available.
URL: http://www.periodicals.irlii.org/

Reference Guide to Geneva Conventions (Society of Professional Journalists). This site contains the full text of conventions, documents, history and related links.
URL: http://www.globalissuesgroup.com/geneva/index.html

Western Australia Law Almanac 2003
URL: http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/content/files/lawalmanac1.pdf

Social and Welfare Law

Risk and Protective Factors of Child Delinquency [.pdf]
URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/193409.pdf

Stunning Progress, Hidden Problems: The Dramatic Decline of Concentrated Poverty in the 1990s [pdf] (USA)
URL: http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/publications/jargowskypoverty.pdf

Why does the American Constitution Lack Social and Economic Guarantees? [.pdf] (USA. University of Chicago)
URL: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/academics/publiclaw/resources/36.crs.constitution.pdf

Technology and the Law

Australia. Parliamentary Library: E-Briefs Index
URL: http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/INTGUIDE/hotissues.htm

Media Ownership Regulation in Australia updated 16 June 2003
Digital Television and Datacasting 16 June 2003

Internet Quarantine: Requirements for Containing Self-Propagating Code [.pdf, .ps, .gz]
The Scout Report states "the paper serves as a good starting point for anyone interested in learning about the technical issues associated with self-propagating code, and can also be useful for Internet security professionals who need to evaluate current containment systems or implement new ones."
URL: http://www.caida.org/outreach/papers/2003/quarantine/

Women and the Law

The Supreme Court Historical Society " is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the history of the Supreme Court of the United States". Special topic SC decisions and Womens Rights and History of the Court
URL: http://www.supremecourthistory.org/

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