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Sources of Australian Law |  Australian Government Information |  Australian Courts  
Searching for Legal Information l Legal Research Guides l Citing Legal Resources
Laws of Other Countries |  International Law |  Australian University Law Faculties  
Directories of Lawyers |  Law Lists (Discussion groups) | 

ANU COLLEGE OF LAW

• ANU College of Law Home Page
• The John Fleming Centre for Advancement of Legal Research
• ANU Law Students Society
  Includes the Alternative Law Handbook

SOURCES OF AUSTRALIAN LAW

Primary Material (Cases and Legislation)

• AustLII - Australasian Legal Information Institute
  Primary site for access to Australasian public domain legal materials
  
  • AustLII User Guide
  • AustLII Online Tutorial
    
• ComLaw
  The Attorney-General's Department site containing Commonwealth primary legislation
  and the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI)
• Australian Capital Territory Legislation
  ACT Legislation Register
• New South Wales legislation
  Government of NSW's legislation home page
• Northern Territory legislation
  Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Hansard and legislation
• Queensland legislation
  Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel
• South Australian legislation
  Office of the South Australian Parliamentary Counsel
• Tasmania legislation
  Tasmania's Consolidated Legislation Online
• Victoria legislation
  Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents
• Western Australia legislation
  State Law Publisher Western Australian Legislation home page
• Western Australia - bills since 1997
  Parliament of Western Australia
  
• LexisNexis.AU (Restricted to ANU staff and students)
• Lawbook Online (Restricted to ANU staff and students)
• Westlaw (Restricted to ANU staff and students)

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

• Australian Commonwealth Government Entry Point
  Provides access to all Commonwealth government departments and agencies
• Australian Governments' Entry Point (National Library)
  National Library's gateway to federal, state and local government websites.
• Australian Law Online
  Official gateway to the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department and Australian Government legal resources
  
• Parliament of Australia
  A wide range of parliamentary information including Hansard, bills, and explanatory memoranda
• ParlInfo Search
  Provides search functionality to a wide range of parliamentary information resources
  
• ACT Legislation Register - authorised versions of new and up-to-date ACT legislation
  • ACT LawNet - ACT legislation and legal resources
  • ACT Legislative Assembly - access to ACT Hansard and bills

AUSTRALIAN COURTS

• High Court of Australia
• Federal Court of Australia
• Family Court of Australia
• Federal Magistrates Service
• Queensland Courts
• Courts of South Australia
  
• Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
  
• Supreme Court of NSW
• Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
  
• Supreme Court of Tasmania
• Supreme Court of Victoria
  
• Supreme Court of Western Australia
  
• ACT Magistrates Court and Tribunals

SEARCHING FOR LEGAL INFORMATION

Directories of law sites

• Weblaw (Australian)
• LawPortal (Australian)
• Findlaw (US)
• CataLaw is described as "the catalog of catalogs" of law on the Internet.
• AustLII World Law Index
• The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law
• Yahoo - Government:Law (US bias)
• Hieros Gamos calls itself "the comprehensive legal and government site" (US bias)
• Internet Legal Resource Guide

Search Engines that focus on law

• LawRunner
• LegalEngine
  

LEGAL RESEARCH GUIDES

• Abbreviations of Legal Publications (Monash University)
• Australian Law on the Internet (National Library of Australia)
  
• Finding What You're Looking For Online (article about conducting legal research on the Internet)

CITING LEGAL RESOURCES

• Australian Guide to Legal Citation 2nd ed (Melbourne University Law Review)
  This guide is widely used in the ANU Faculty of Law.

LAWS OF OTHER COUNTRIES

UNITED KINGDOM

• BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute
• Parliament of the United Kingdom
  
• United Kingdom government information

CANADA

• Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
  Primary access point for Canadian government information
• Department of Justice Canada (Canadian legislation)
  
• Virtual Canadian Law Precinct
• Supreme Court of Canada
• Justice and the Law (Justice-related information from across Canada)

NEW ZEALAND

• Public Access to New Zealand Legislation
• New Zealand Government Web Pages

UNITED STATES

• U.S. Federal Web Locator
  This is designed as a "one-stop-shop" for locating American federal government information.
• US Supreme Court Decisions (via Legal Information Institute)
  
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
  A wide range of American legislative information maintained by the Library of Congress.
• Government documents (via Purdue University)
  Keyword databases for Congressional Bills, Federal Register, GAO reports, etc.
• Pritchard Law Webs
  Formerly known as the Internet Law Precinct (U.S. House of Representatives).
• i.Lex: The Legal Research System for International Law in US Courts

ASIA

• Asia Web
• Asian LII
  

PACIFIC ISLANDS

• Pacific Law Materials
• Tonga Legislation Online
• Law of the Pacific islands: a guide to web based resources
  

INTERNATIONAL LAW

• International Law ANU's contribution to the Australian Weblaw legal indexing project
• European Union Law
  
• FindLaw International Law
• Refugee Caselaw Site
  Produced by the University of Michigan, this website collects, indexes, and publishes selected recent court decisions that interpret the legal definition of a "refugee."

AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY LAW FACULTIES

• UniServe Law - Australian Law Schools

DIRECTORIES OF LAWYERS

• Legal 500 Series
  Guide to the legal market in over 60 countries including Australia.
• Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator (U.S. and Canada)

• LawOffice.com (Formerly known as West's Legal Directory)

LAW LISTS (Discussion groups)

• Law Lists Info
  Comprehensive listing of law email discussion lists available world-wide giving detailed instructions on how to subscribe.